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...

CFOs are budgeting more for AI

Ninety percent of chief financial officers (CFOs) are projecting higher AI budgets in 2024, and none are planning a reduction, according to recent survey by Gartner. In December 2023, Gartner polled 302 CFOs and senior finance leaders to understand how budgets and...

Analytics has less influence on sales performance than expected

A massive 84% of sales leaders agreed that sales analytics has had less influence on sales performance than what leadership expected, according to a survey by Gartner. Gartner surveyed 303 sales leaders in July 2023 to understand the current state of sales analytics...

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...

Investec supports MetroFibre’s network expansion

Investec has taken the lead role in arranging R2,5-billion in debt funding for MetroFibre Networx, a Gauteng-based fibre infrastructure provider. The financing will be used to extend its fibre connectivity into underserviced homes and businesses. Wayne Edwards,...

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