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...

Sandile Dube is new Equinix MD in SA

Sandile Dube has been appointed as MD: South Africa of digital infrastructure company Equinix, which is currently building a $160-million data centre in Johannesburg. One of Dube's key roles will be to work closely with both local businesses and multinational...

Malware ‘meal kits’ help attackers steal businesses’ lunch

Thriving cybercriminal marketplaces are offering low-level attackers the tools needed to bypass detection and infect users, according to HP Inc's quarterly HP Wolf Security Threat Insights Report. Based on data from millions of endpoints running HP Wolf Security, key...

Covid and its impact on Telkom operations

The impact of Covid-19 and the national lockdown have dominated the first half of the year and we saw the country facing macro-economic challenges. Telco services have been an essential service during South Africa's national lockdown therefore the telco industry...

RPA software revenue set for huge growth

Global robotic process automation (RPA) software revenue is projected to reach $1,89-billion in 2021, an increase of 19,5% from 2020, according to the latest forecast from Gartner. Despite economic pressures caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the RPA market is still...

As crisis unfolds, executives fast-track technology

The disruption caused by Covid-19 has shifted digital priorities among European C-suites. As the pandemic hit badly economic activities, it has become critical to organizations to switch to digitally continued operations to respond to changing client's needs while...

Reflex founders take back control

The founders of Reflex Solutions will take back a majority share of the company. Reflex is currently 51% owned by Jasco, but a new transaction will see minority shareholders Gregory Wilson and David Robinson acquiring addition shares to bring their interest in the...

ICT, innovation the heroes in pandemic fight

ICTs has been the foundation and the "glue" behind the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, and will continue to underpin emergency health response in future. This is according to Professor Darelle van Greunen of the Nelson Mandela University Centre for Community...

Trump backs Oracle’s TikTok bid

US president Donald Trump has given his "blessing" to a proposed deal between Oracle and Walmart for the US operations of TikTok. The Chinese-owned app has been pressured into finding a US partner or owner over national security and data privacy concerns. The deal on...

Converged systems market sees Q2 decline

According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Converged Systems Tracker, worldwide converged systems market revenue decreased 4,5% year over year to $3,9-billion during the second quarter of 2020 (2Q20). "The overall converged systems...

Pandemic highlights need for cybersecurity

The Covid-19 pandemic has touched virtually every aspect of human life - from health to housing to economy in general. With uncertainty looming over the future of physical services and remote work on the rise, many businesses and organisations have taken the...

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