How can SA plug the ICT skills gap?

Kathy Gibson reports from the IITPSA Workforce Conference – While South Africa records the highest unemployment rate in the world, there is still a dire shortage of critical IT skills. Presenting the IITPSA IT Skills Survey, Lehlohonolo  Mokenela, MD of Africa...

Is talent debt depleting your institutional knowledge?

Organisations cutting costs through workforce reduction to weather tough conditions may be trading a visible saving for an invisible liability that will cost them far more later, warns Advaita Naidoo, Africa MD at executive search firm Jack Hammer Global. “Globally,...

In 2027, AI could account for 20% of all business tech spend

In the coming year, CIOs and CISOs will face growing pressure to realise returns on their AI investments in infrastructure, security, digital sovereignty, and emerging technologies, according to Forrester’s 2027 technology and security predictions. Additionally, with...

Banks expect to hand decisions to AI – even if they can’t explain them

Banks are racing toward a future where AI no longer merely informs key credit, treasury, and risk decisions – it makes them autonomously. Yet AI governance is not keeping pace with adoption, according to new AI risk research by FT Longitude, SAS and Microsoft. Even as...

AI, virtual agents send search engine volumes plummeting

By 2026, traditional search engine volume will drop 25%, with search marketing losing market share to AI chatbots and other virtual agents, according to Gartner. “Organic and paid search are vital channels for tech marketers seeking to reach awareness and demand...

BPO market set to hit $525bn

The global business process outsourcing (BPO) market size is anticipated to reach $525,2-billion by 2030 and expand at a CAGR of 9,4% from 2023 to 2030, according to a new study by Grand View Research. Factors such as the increasing demand for outsourcing services...

Covid-themed threats continue to proliferate

There was an average 648 threats per minute in Q4, an increase of 60 threats per minute (10%) over Q3, according to the McAfee Threats Report: April 2021. The two quarters also saw Covid-19-related cyber-attack detections increase by 240% in Q3 and 114% in Q4, while...

Government most targeted for ransomware

The government sector and the banking industry were the most affected by ransomware attacks in 2020 accounting for 50% of all incidents, according to research from Atlas VPN. Government organisations took the biggest share of ransomware attacks last year -- 31 906,...

Covid impacts 3D shipments inconsistently

The impact of Covid-19 on the global 3D printing industry in 2020 was vastly varied: there was new demand in some regions and sectors while business was significantly recessed in others, according to Context. Worldwide revenue from 3D printing services reportedly grew...

More Absa customers affected by data leak

What was described as a data leak affecting a small number of Absa’s customers back in November 2020 could be more widespread than initially thought. At that time, the bank disclosed that a data leak had taken place in October, with about 200 000 customers believed to...

14,3m SA users impacted in Facebook data leak

South African users were among those most affected by the data leak earlier this month the affected a total of 533-million users around the world. Privacy protection company Surfshark has examined 2 837 793 637 data points that were leaked online on 3 April, and its...

For effective security, build a ‘human firewall’

Businesses’ potentially most effective line of defense against cyber-attacks is their own educated and mobilised employees. However, Fujitsu cyber security experts warn that many corporate workers are unaware of their vital role in protecting their businesses against...

Hybrid working set to become the norm

A new study has revealed the extent to which Covid-19 has transformed the way that FTSE 250 companies will use workspaces in the future. Research from commercial office space operator IWG shows that three times the number of FTSE 250 companies are looking to use a...

Banking, manufacturing lead European blockchain investments

European spending on blockchain solutions is forecast to be $2-billion in 2021, with a robust increase over 2020, when the market experienced slower growth due to the pause in investments brought about by Covid-19. According to a new update to the International Data...

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Test Analyst – Gauteng Midrand

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