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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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Intel demonstrates next-generation transistor scaling

Dec 12, 2023

Intel has unveiled technical breakthroughs that maintain a pipeline for the company's future process roadmap, underscoring the continuation and evolution of Moore's Law. At the 2023 IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), Intel researchers showcased...

AMD showcases AI solutions from data centre to PCs

Dec 12, 2023

At its Advancing AI event this week, AMD was joined by Microsoft, Meta, Oracle, Dell Technologies, HPE, Lenovo, Supermicro, Arista, Broadcom and Cisco to showcase how they are working with AMD to deliver advanced AI solutions spanning from cloud to enterprise and PCs....

The changing shape of African cybersecurity

Dec 9, 2020

The 2020 KnowBe4 African Report has collated insights from 881 respondents across South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, Egypt, Morocco, Mauritius and Botswana to discover how the continent views cybersecurity and its risks in a world shaped by a global pandemic. The...

Perks of the new normal include working nude

Dec 9, 2020

People working from home during the pandemic have discovered some guilty pleasures that they would now like to keep, according to new global research commissioned by Kaspersky which studied the behaviours of 8 000 SMB workers. Speaking of the opportunities opened up...

Average ransomware payout jumped 178% in a year

Dec 9, 2020

Ransomware attacks - a malicious attack where a criminal encrypts, typically, sensitive files, then threatens to publish them unless a demanded ransom is paid - reached record-highs in 2020 as employees shifted to remote work, in turn creating more attack vectors for...

Virus management measures see spike in VPN services

Dec 9, 2020

In countries where coronavirus management rules have been tightened, the demand for privacy tools has gone up which has seen spikes in demand for VPN services around the world, says leading service provider NordVPN. When Japan, for example, announced that Sapporo and...

ITU salutes innovative tech SMEs

Dec 9, 2020

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has recognised innovative tech solutions with the potential to change lives across the globe at its Virtual Digital World Awards ceremony, following an expert-led SME programme of masterclasses and online pitching....

Top emerging technologies to watch

Dec 8, 2020

After a tumultuous 2020, organisations need to re-examine their outlook on what emerging tech innovations will be critical for their future opportunities. To help them do so, Lux Research has released its annual report on the top tech innovations that will have the...

SMMEs bore the brunt of lockdown

Dec 8, 2020

Finfind's 2020 SA SMME Covid-19 Impact Report has revealed comprehensive findings on the impact the Covid-19 pandemic has had on SMMEs during lockdown. Finfind engaged a sample of 15 000 SMMEs from its database of 400 000 businesses with almost 10% completing the...

Ending digital platform dystopia

Dec 8, 2020

A new study - Decentralized vs. Distributed Organization: Blockchain, Machine Learning, and the Future of the Digital Platform - has outlined four recommendations to end the harmful dominance of "big tech" AI platforms such as Google, Facebook, Amazon, Tencent, Baidu...

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