SA skills gap: Where talent supply and employer demand collide

South Africa faces a persistent disconnect between the talent available in the labour market and the qualifications that employers are seeking, according to the latest Pnet Job Market Trends Report for April. Around half (54%) of job adverts posted in the last 12...

SA’s key industries come under fire from DDoS attacks

South Africa has become one of the most targeted countries globally for distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against certain key industries, including financial and computer services. New data from NetScout’s Threat Intelligence Report for the second half of...

With sustained stress, workers turn to escapist behaviours

There has been a steady year‑on‑year rise in addictive behaviours among South African employees, reflecting how prolonged stress is reshaping the ways people cope, escape and self‑manage emotional pressure. Drawn from a five‑year analysis of Lyra Southern Africa’s...

SA has world’s highest cyberattack rate, identity visibility gap

South African companies have significant gaps in workforce password security, underscoring growing risks as they contend with rising cyber threats, increasing regulatory pressure, and limited visibility into user identities and access. This is according to a new study...

Global PC shipments still on a downturn

Global PC shipments declined 13,4% YoY during the second quarter of 2023, according to preliminary results from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker. This was the sixth consecutive quarter of contraction...

Few HR leaders implementing generative AI

Only around 5% of HR leaders report their function has already implemented generative AI, while another 9% reported they are currently conducting generative AI pilots, according to a new survey of 105 HR leaders from Gartner. "More than half of HR leaders surveyed by...

Google, Amazon emerge as top phishing brands

It's estimated that phishing is the starting point of over 90% of all attempted cyber-attacks, and Verizon's 2019 Data Breach Investigations Report shows that nearly one-third (32%) of actual data breaches involved phishing activity. What's more, phishing was present...

Vehicle hijacking levels are up

Tracker's vehicle crime statistics for the year July 2019 to June 2020 indicate that hijacking is on the rise and remained prevalent during the lockdown period even with a significant drop in vehicle crime. Hijacking can also happen at any time of the day, any day of...

MTN grows subscriber base

MTN increased its subscriber base by 10,6-million over the six-month period ended 30 June 2020, to 261,5-million. The group reported service revenue growth of 9,4%, with EBITDA margin up by 6,4 percentage points to 49,7% EBITDA (before once-off items) growing by 21%....

Logicalis Latin America acquires a stake in Kumulus

Datatec has announced that Logicalis Latin America has acquired a 30% stake in Kumulus, a company based in Brazil with 80 employees specialising in Microsoft cloud and data manged services. With this investment, Logicalis strengthens its ability to assist customers on...

Net1 CEO to step down

Net1 today announced that, after 22 years with Net1, CEO Herman Kotzé will be stepping down on 30 September 2020. "Following a number of transformational corporate actions over the last year, including the sale of certain material assets and the retirement of all...

Despite challenges, AI still on a growth trajectory

Worldwide revenues for the artificial intelligence (AI) market, including software, hardware, and services, are expected to total $156,5-billion in 2020, an increase of 12,3% over 2019. While this year's growth is somewhat slower than previous years due to the...

Covid-19-driven notebook momentum continues

The strong pandemic-related notebook momentum seen at the end of Q1 2020 carried on into Q2, according to the latest data published by IT market intelligence company Context. Notebooks continued to see extraordinary growth across Western Europe's largest distributors,...

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