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...

Nvidia to accelerate AI workloads on Azure

Nvidia continues to collaborate with Microsoft to build AI infrastructure, with Microsoft introducing additional H100-based virtual machines to Microsoft Azure to accelerate demanding AI workloads. At its Ignite conference in Seattle yesterday, Microsoft announced its...

New Equinix data centre will host JINX

Equinix has announced that JINX, the Johannesburg Internet Exchange Point, will be available in its new JN1 International Business Exchange (IBX) data centre at launch in mid-2024. Established in June 1996, JINX is Africa's longest running exchange point, boasting a...

Global blockchain spend leaps 50%

According to the research data analysed and published by StockApps.com, global blockchain spending is set to hit $4,1-billion in 2020, up by nearly 50% from $2,7-billion in 2019. Over the five-year period between 2020 and 2024, it is expected to maintain a 46,4% CAGR....

Microsoft most-imitated brand in Q3 phishing attacks

Check Point Research has published its new Brand Phishing Report for Q3 2020. The report highlights the brands which were most frequently imitated by criminals in their attempts to steal individuals' personal information or payment credentials during July, August and...

Cell C delivers on new strategic focus

Cell C's normalised earnings showed a 64% improvement to R1,8-billion its interim results for the six months to June 2020, reflecting the overall impact of the new management team's strategic focus on optimising its network as well as its emphasis on more profitable...

Standard Bank, Mastercard, Google help SMEs open digital doors

As SMEs accelerate digital transformation efforts in response to the pandemic, today Standard Bank, Mastercard and Google announced a collaboration to help them move their businesses online, accept digital payments and attract more customers. Through the...

Cloud opportunities to drive $1trn market

The Covid-19 pandemic has largely proven to be an accelerator of cloud adoption and extension and will continue to drive a faster conversion to cloud-centric IT. According to a new whole cloud forecast from International Data Corporation (IDC), total worldwide...

Second wave of Covid is top emerging risk

Senior executives continued to focus intensely on a second wave of coronavirus infections around the globe and the implications for managing work as a result. In its Emerging Risks Monitor Report, Gartner surveyed 119 senior executives across most industries and...

Ransomware attacks cause lasting damage

Organisations are never the same after being hit by ransomware. In particular, the confidence of IT managers and their approach to battling cyberattacks differ significantly depending on whether or not their organisation has been attacked by ransomware. For instance,...

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