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...

Google, CTSC partner to train girls on AI and robotics

In line with the International Day of the Girl Child, the Cape Town Science Centre (CTSC) partnered with Google to offer training on Artificial intelligence (AI) and Robotics to South African girls between the ages of 10 and 13. The training, which is aimed at...

Get paid for space, power use when upgrading your storage

Pure Storage has come up with a novel way to help customers make the decision to keep their storage on-premise: they’ll pay them for the space and power that the systems will use. This means customers are effectively paying for just the consumption of storage capacity...

PwC partners with Unicef on youth employment

PwC and Unicef South Africa announced the details of local collaboration, on International Youth Day, to help prepare young people with relevant skills to enter the workforce. This is part of a three-year global collaboration between PwC and Unicef in support of...

Data ethics set to have major marketing impact

Customer data ethics has made its first appearance on the Gartner Hype Cycle for Digital Marketing 2020 as it has moved into the Innovation Trigger phase of the Hype Cycle, according to Gartner. Customer data ethics focuses on aligning business practices with moral...

Virtual celebrations for Wozniak’s 70th birthday

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak celebrated his 70th birthday on 11 August with a virtual benefit concert. “The Woz” was the guest of honour at the virtual surprise party organised by his wife Janet Wozniak. The event, hosted by Jewel, benefited the Inspiring Children’s...

Mixed results for US smartphone sales

Vendors shipped 31,9-million smartphones in the United States in Q2 2020, a 5% year-on-year decline, but an 11% quarter-on-quarter increase. Resumption of Chinese factory operations at the end of March and stores reopening in May and June were key contributors to...

IT industry digs deep

The IT industry has raised a massive R60 606.11 for the Sandton SPCA in the A-Plus Channelwise Women's Day Challenge. This is made up of R55 606.11 raised via direct donations through the 101 Donations page on Back-a-Buddy and an additional R5 000.00 bid in the online...

Digital transformation key to remote working success

The shift to remote working has led to improved productivity for 29% of organisations, with that figure leaping to 70% for companies that had implemented digital transformation before the pandemic struck, These are among the findings from the study "Remote Working in...

Banks face up to harsh choices

Banks are facing a stark choice: own customers or power finance - and few will manage both. A new Forrester report, "The Future Of Banking Is Built On Trust," finds that future banks will operate in different modes: direct to consumer, as-a-service, marketplace...

Which content do users want to unblock?

Video content on YouTube is the most desirable to unlock, according to NordVPN research into what people search with the aim of unblocking. In total, 82,7% of internet users searching how to unblock certain online services want to access YouTube, while 5,7% of all...

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PeopleSoft Finance -Business Systems Analyst

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