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...

African shared mobility sector to double by 2030

The size of Africa's shared mobility market, which includes services like ride-hailing, scooter or e-bike rentals, and car-sharing, will double by 2030, creating an additional 550 000 income-earning opportunities. That's according to a new report from global...

HPE confirms acquisition of Juniper Networks

Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Juniper Networks have entered a definitive agreement under which HPE will acquire Juniper in an all-cash transaction for $40.00 per share, representing an equity value of approximately $14-billion. The combination of HPE and Juniper...

How the pandemic affects staff working from home

The Covid-19 pandemic has affected many companies, but small businesses have suffered more than others. According to numerous research findings, in some countries, up to 90% of small companies have experienced a negative impact from the pandemic, such as drops in...

South Africans aim to be healthier and wealthier in 2021

When it comes to New Year's resolutions, health and wealth seem to come out on top every year. A survey carried out by Game shows that 2021 is no different, as 69% of South Africans aim toward better health and wellness, and 67% look to start a new business or 'side...

Americans more worried about being hacked than murdered

According to the Atlas VPN investigation, US citizens worry much more about getting hacked than being murdered. As many as 72% of respondents frequently or occasionally lose sleep over having their personal, credit card, or financial information stolen by hackers. The...

Education, business apps set for biggest growth

Covid-19 forced a large part of the world to live a 'new normal' as people were forced to stay indoors to shelter from the dangers of the pandemic. This meant mobile devices took on an even more significant role than it already has in more recent times, as they became...

Note from Pat Gelsinger to Intel staff

Pat Gelsinger, who today was named CEO of Intel, effective 15 February 2021, sent the following note to all Intel employees: I am thrilled and humbled to be returning to Intel as CEO. I was 18 years old when I joined Intel, fresh out of the Lincoln Technical...

Loadshedding on the cards for coming months

The next months are not looking positive for energy provision, with the outlook by Eskom indicating a sustained period of loadshedding in 2021. This is the word from Ted Blom, senior mining, energy and legal strategist and tactician, who explains that Eskom's own...

Private LTE/5G infrastructure market to reach $5,7bn

A new report from International Data Corporation (IDC) presents IDC's inaugural forecast for the worldwide Private LTE/5G infrastructure market for the period 2020-2024. Private LTE/5G infrastructure is any 3GPP-based LTE and/or 5G network deployed for a specific...

Global semiconductor revenue grew 7,3% in 2020

Following a decline of 12% in 2019, worldwide semiconductor revenue rebounded in 2020 to total $449,8-billion, an increase of 7,3% from 2019, according to preliminary results by Gartner. "In early 2020, the expectation was that Covid-19 would have a negative impact...

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