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...

Mankind’s first journey to another star set for 2029 launch

Plans are underway for mankind’s first journey to another star – a trip that is expected to take about 80 000 years. The Fermi Explorer Mission, a nonprofit organisation, hopes to set off for Alpha Centauri by 2029. The more than 40-trillion kilometre journey is...

IT spend will breach $7trn for the first time in 2027

Worldwide IT spending is expected to reach $7,35-trillion in 2027, up 15% from 2026, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. “Collectively, the market forces are reinforcing spend around AI infrastructure, AI-enabled cloud platforms, and advanced software...

These are the top priorities for customer service, support leaders

Reimagining self-service, piloting employee-facing GenAI, and exploring new offerings in the customer journey analytics (CJA) market will be top priorities for customer service and support leaders in 2024, according to Gartner. A Gartner survey of 246 customer service...

Meta drives move to label AI-generated content

Meta is working with industry partners on common technical standards for identifying AI content, including video and audio. Nick Clegg, president: global affairs at Meta, says in the coming months, images that users post to Facebook, Instagram and Threads will be...

Call for broadband solutions to Covid setbacks

A year into the crucial Decade of Action intended to achieve 17 key Sustainable Development Goals, the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has resulted in setbacks. In response, the commissioners of the UN Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development has advocated the...

Tesla overtakes Samsung’s market cap

It took electronic vehicle manufacturer Tesla at least four times fewer years to amass a higher market capitalisation than South Korea's electronic giant Samsung, according to data calculated and analysed by Finbold. By 23 March 2021, Tesla was only 18 years old with...

Acer believed to have been hit by ransomware

Acer is believed to have been compromised by the REvil/Sodinokibi ransomware group. The notorious ransomware group is on a spree, with at least nine victims in two weeks, says Candid Wuest, Acronis vice-president of cyber protection research. The list of victims is...

Hybrid cloud key for accelerating the digital journey

Kathy Gibson reports – Despite cloud being mainstream for at least the last eight years, only 20% of workloads have moved to the public cloud. One of the reasons for this is that moving to the public cloud is not always the cheapest option, says Mostafa Zafer,...

Constrained supply chains still impact manufacturers

Global restrictions implemented to curb the spread of Covid-19 have had a direct impact on manufacturing supply chains. Constraints are still evident across many manufacturing subsectors a year after the country first went into hard lockdown, according to the Q1 Absa...

The danger within: threats lurk in users’ devices

There is a common misconception that the most dangerous threats to encounter on modern users' digital journeys are likely to appear during Internet surfing. The reality however, based on the most recent analysis of cyberattacks in South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria...

Fake vaccine, test results and certificates abound

The global roll-out of Covid-19 vaccinations is underway - but so far only around 1% of the world's population have received their full course of injections. There will always be people who don't want to wait for their official vaccination, or for an official negative...

Security and risk management trends for 2021

Security and risk management leaders must address eight top trends to enable rapid reinvention in their organisations, as Covid-19 accelerates digital business transformation and challenges traditional cybersecurity practices. Peter Firstbrook, research vice-president...

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