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...

SMMEs using cloud could add billions to SA economy

Enabling more of South Africa's small, medium and micro (SMME) companies to adopt cloud computing could unlock R185.9-billion for South Africa's economy by 2030, according to a new study by Access Partnership. The research, commissioned by Amazon Web Services (AWS),...

Social media giants face privacy challenges

The landscape of social media is undergoing a transformation as Big Tech faces challenges from privacy regulations and heightened user concerns. The industry's future rests on navigating evolving user preferences and regulatory pressures, striking a delicate balance...

What’s the post-Covid future for 3D printing?

The last decade has seen an explosion in 3D printing, among hobbyists and professional users alike. The ability to prototype - or even, increasingly, industrially produce - almost any component with just a CAD package and a 3D printer has transformed the manufacturing...

Car-tracking customers hit in repair scam

A syndicate of criminals posing as employees of vehicle-tracking companies is targeting these companies' customers in a car-theft scam. The criminals claim that customers' tracking devices need repairing, then set up appointments, where they attempt to steal vehicles....

Accenture wins the top EBU Partner award for Sub-Saharan Africa

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) scooped the Top Enterprise Business Unit (EBU) Partner accolade at the Salesforce Partner Awards event which was hosted virtually on 23 July 2020. Now in their 2nd year, the Salesforce Sub-Saharan Partner Awards aim to recognise Salesforce...

Gijima acquires T-Systems’s SA business

Gijima has acquired the business of T-Systems South Africa (TSSA). The transaction is pending Competition Commission approval. TSSA, owned by T-Systems International, the IT services arm of German-based Deutsche Telekom, has been providing ICT networks, applications...

NASA confirms water on the sunlit side of the moon

NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has confirmed, for the first time, water on the sunlit surface of the Moon. This discovery indicates that water may be distributed across the lunar surface, and not limited to cold, shadowed places. SOFIA...

How to reduce IT costs quickly

The Covid-19 pandemic has had widespread impact on the global economy, leaving many CIOs with the challenge of making immediate IT cost savings, according to Gartner. IT spending is forecast to contract across all categories and regions in 2020. While businesses in...

African gaming takes centre stage at Fak’ugesi

The Fak'ugesi Digital Innovation Festival 2020 programme, led by the Wits University's Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct and Wits School of Arts in Johannesburg kicked off on 20 October and will run live and online until 20 November 2020. Now in its seventh...

Kaspersky warns of fraudulent iPhone pre-order schemes

Following Apple's recent presentation of the company's updates, and the iPhone 12 launch in particular, Kaspersky experts have uncovered dozens of suspicious resources around the world which allegedly offered to pre-order the new smartphone. In reality, the security...

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