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...

Companies brace for repeated cyberattacks

Around 24% of employees have never had any cybersecurity training, according to a new study by NordLocker. Employees often get the blame for phishing attacks, ransomware attacks, and malware infections, but respondents feel the organisations should be accountable. The...

Prehistoric fish fills 100m year gap in evolution of the skull

A 455-million-year-old fossil fish provides a new perspective on how vertebrates evolved to protect their brains, a study has found. In a paper published in Nature yesterday (20 September), researchers from the University of Birmingham, Naturalis Biodiversity Centre...

E-commerce offers hope for local economy

E-commerce is providing a ray of hope for the local economy with transactions hitting a record high in May and June. And, while there will be some leveling off, South Africa's largest payment provider, DPO South Africa, says the new love affair with digital commerce...

Access to reliable IoT would transform mining sector

Organisations across the mining industry are struggling to take full advantage of Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled applications due to a lack of reliable connectivity. This is according to a new global study by Inmarsat, the world leader in global, mobile satellite...

How much are missed risks costing you?

A Gartner survey of more than 382 strategic initiative leaders quantified the cost of missing risks in strategic initiatives. For an average $5-billion revenue company it amounts to $99-million annually in opportunity cost from delayed new product launches alone....

Tech companies see signs of business stability

Technology companies continue to see customer interest in cybersecurity, cloud computing and other areas, perhaps indicating that the business environment is stabilising. According to a new survey by CompTIA, the percentage of tech firms that reported receiving new...

In the digital age, parents really don’t understand their kids

Modern parents have to constantly educate themselves and keep up to date when it comes to the Internet trends. There is a strong reason for it - their children. If parents do not know what is popular on the Internet, they can have misunderstandings or even conflicts...

Standard Bank aims to become a platform business

Standard Bank has concluded an extended agreement with global customer engagement expert Salesforce to deliver positive digital experiences to its clients. Standard Bank Group chief executive Sim Tshabalala says the collaboration with Salesforce - together with the...

External enterprise storage market declines

EMEA external storage systems market value in 2020Q1 was down 10,7% year on year in dollars and 8,1% in euros, according to International Data Corporation's (IDC) EMEA Quarterly Disk Storage Systems Tracker. Once again, the quarter saw marked differences across...

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IT Developer (Intermediate)

Key performance areas? Shows appetite and aptitude for owning responsibility of technical decisions forone or many projects.? Aptly manages team demands on his/her time as well as on-time deliveryaccording to specified deadlines.? Demonstrates interest in improving...

Senior Business Analyst at RecruiTech

An exciting opportunity to join a well-known software development house. Our client is seeking a talented and experienced Senior Business Analyst/ Project Manager (Hybrid) with strong expertise in Microsoft Modern Workplace technologies to lead and drive projects...

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Key performance areas? Shows appetite and aptitude for owning responsibility of technical decisions forone or many projects.? Aptly manages team demands on his/her time as well as on-time deliveryaccording to specified deadlines.? Demonstrates interest in improving...

Senior Business Analyst at RecruiTech – Gauteng Midrand

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