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...

Online daters at risk of digital stalking

A new survey from Kaspersky reveals shocking data about the extent of digital abuse, with almost a quarter of respondents (23%) had experienced some form of online stalking from a person they were newly dating. One-third (34%) of respondents believe that...

GenAI market to hit $109bn by 2030

With a CAGR of 36,5%, the global generative AI (GenAI) market size is anticipated to reach $109,37-billion by 2030, according to a new report by Grand View Research, which says that growing demand to modernise workflow across industries is expected to drive the demand...

Liquid adds new digital corridors

Liquid Intelligent Technologies South Africa has completed two key digital corridors - NLD5 and NLD6 connecting Durban to Cape Town via the inland route. "The completion of these two digital corridors is yet another milestone achieved as part of our on-going...

Humans are throwing Earth’s energy budget off balance

Earth is on a budget – an energy budget. Our planet is constantly trying to balance the flow of energy in and out of Earth’s system.  But human activities are throwing that off balance, causing our planet to warm in response. Radiative energy enters Earth’s system...

Workplaces with shared seating will be the new normal

A Gartner survey of finance and corporate real estate (CRE) leaders in February 2021 shows that 59% of respondents are expecting shared office seating for at least a quarter of their employees who return after the Covid-19 pandemic. "An increase in remote working will...

What do people want to know about the future?

People's interest in the future appears to focus on cars, food, health and immortality. Kaspersky tracked the trends of the future that people are most interested in, based on the analysis of questions submitted to the Safer Tomorrow online platform. Since its launch...

Internal audit could be overstretched in 2021

Internal audit organisations are facing both declining budgets and a significantly expanded workload in 2020, according to a study by Gartner. "For many heads of audit, it's not clear where the extra capacity is going to come from," says Margaret Moore Porter,...

Double-digit growth forecast for smart home devices

Worldwide shipments of smart home devices reached 801.5 million units in 2020, an increase of 4.5% over 2019, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Smart Home Device Tracker. Shipments are forecast to surpass 1,4-billion in 2025...

Common cybersecurity myths debunked

Some common misconceptions about cybersecurity - particularly by senior citiens - could jeopardise the security of online accounts, according to research by NordPass. In this article, security experts debunk the five most common cybersecurity myths and explain why...

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IT Technical Specialist at Cloud Group

We are expanding and looking for a young dynamic person to join our technical team. The role will include Supporting our technical partner channel with our iShield and other productsConsulting on infrastructure problems and providing suitable network solutionsTaking...

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