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...

Healthy outlook for European enterprise networking market

The European enterprise networking infrastructure market will grow 18,9% YoY in 2023, reaching a total value of $14,3-billion, according to International Data Corporation's (IDC) latest Worldwide Ethernet Switching, WLAN, and Router Trackers. Demand for enterprise...

Innovation without disruption resonates with SA enterprises

Avaya's South African customers face the same challenges in moving to the cloud, and many of them have bought into the company's phased approach. Brett Butler, country manager of Avaya South Africa, points out that many of Avaya's largest customers in the financial...

Facebook helps Zimbabwe to rally blood donors

Facebook and the National Blood Service Zimbabwe (NBSZ) have launched a new feature to encourage people to donate blood. Zimbabweans between 18 and 65 years old will now have the option to sign up as blood donors on Facebook. They will be notified when blood donor...

Oracle, ByteDance confirm TikTok deal

ByteDance and Oracle have confirmed that Oracle will take over the US operations of TikTok, although details of the deal are still sketchy. "We can confirm that we've submitted a proposal to the Treasury Department which we believe would resolve the Administration's...

Red tape hampers OT cybersecurity

The main barriers that inhibit or delay implementation of industrial cybersecurity projects include the inability to stop production (34%), and bureaucratic steps, such as a lengthy approval process (31%) and having too many decision-makers (23%). This is among the...

Bill Gates Sr dies

William H Gates II, the father of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, has died at the age of 94. The family announced that Gates died peacefully on Monday at his beach home, from Alzheimer's disease. The obituary from the family described Gates as having "a deep...

Global tourist numbers down 65% for first half of 2020

International tourist arrivals plunged 93% in June when compared to 2019, with the latest data from the World Tourism Organisation showing the severe impact Covid-19 has had on the sector. According to the new issue of the World Tourism Barometer from the United...

Research shows pandemic has stalled 20 years of progress

New data demonstrates how the ripple effects of Covid-19 have stopped 20 years of progress toward the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (Global Goals). The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has launched its fourth annual Goalkeepers Report provides a...

Robust growth for blockchain investments

Worldwide spending on blockchain solutions is forecast to be $4,1-billion this year, an increase of more than 50% compared to 2019. According to a new update to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Blockchain Spending Guide, blockchain spending will...

Modern privacy regulations will soon cover 65% of people

By 2023, 65% of the world's population will have its personal data covered under modern privacy regulations, up from 10% in 2020, according to Gartner. "With more countries introducing modern privacy laws in the same vein as the General Data Protection Regulation...

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