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...

Rapid digitisation of SA companies not without risk

According to a recent Kaspersky Business Digitisation survey, 78% of companies in South Africa feature a high level of digitisation which simplifies work processes and makes business more efficient. However, there are significant challenges that accompany this,...

Robust growth for fleet management systems in the Americas

The number of active fleet management systems deployed in commercial vehicle fleets in North America was 15,3-million in Q4 2022 and, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12,6%, this number is expected to reach 27,6-million by 2027, according to new...

Sentech calls on innovators to hack the future

Sentech is calling on all talented and innovative minds in the fields of technology, software development and broadcast to step up and join the #SENTECHHackTheFutureChallenge. The hackathon provides a stage for these innovators to compete for a chance to bring their...

Overview of the mini-budget

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni presented his third Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) on October 28. Dr Christie Viljoen, PwC economist, unpacks Mboweni's third budget speech for the lockdown-hit year following the regular February address and a supplementary...

What the post-Covid future looks like for enterprises, IT

This year's predictions are shaped by the disruptive forces of the COVID-19 pandemic, which will dramatically alter the global business ecosystem for the next 12-24 months and beyond. The impacts from Covid-19 on are ubiquitous and affect the many external forces that...

Banking set for once-in-a-generation change

The primary role of a traditional bank providing financing and capital is set to be challenged further in a post Covid-19 world by non-banks. This is according to PwC's report, "Securing your tomorrow, today - the future of financial services", which predicts that...

Looking to the future of distributed work

Kathy Gibson reports - If the Covid-19 lockdown has proved anything to the busines world, it is that the distributed working model can and does work. Kristine Dahl Steidel, vice-president: EUC EMEA at VMware, says the new way of working has expressed a desire that...

Data set to drive the digital transformation

Kathy Gibson reports from NetApp Insight 2020 - The IT industry has spoken about a changing world for years - but no-one could have predicted how quickly and radically it would change in 2020. George Kurian, CEO of NetApp, acknowledges that the past months have been...

Nadella offers leadership advice

Kathy Gibson reports from NetApp Insight 2020 - As a partner-led organisation, NetApp works with an ecosystem of vendors and customers to deliver solutions. Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, points out that the two companies have worked together on co-innovation for...

Cybersecurity market continues meteoric ascent

According to the World Economic Forum, cybercrime damages are projected to reach $6-trillion in 2021, which would equal the GDP of the world's third largest economy. Spending by enterprises on cybersecurity is continuing to grow, defying the pandemic-driven economic...

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