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...

Three macro trends impacting technology recruiting

There are three macro trends impacting recruiting technology that HR leaders need to address in 2024, according to Gartner, which has just completed its ReimagineHR conference in London. The research group says these macro trends include: * Generative AI hype will...

Major boost for campus switch market in second quarter

Worldwide campus switch sales experienced an impressive surge of nearly 60% in Q2 of 2023, according to Dell'Oro Group, which adds that this is a remarkable achievement given the market's historical mid-to-high single-digit growth rate prior to the pandemic. Cisco...

SA ranks third in the world for cybercrime victims

Reliance on the Internet and technology across multiple platforms has led not only to an expansion of communication options but also created a wealth of opportunities for cyber criminals. According to a new Accenture report, the attack surface has grown tremendously...

Mining companies resilient, but face new risks

The global Top 40 mining companies are so far weathering the Covid-19 crisis but should take advantage of relative stability to adopt strategies to mitigate against further economic and social risks, according to PwC's Mine 2020 report. PwC's forecast for 2020...

AI, 5G expected to drive tech revolution

Technology solutions built around artificial intelligence (AI) and 5G wireless networks will have the biggest impact on companies involved in the business of technology in the coming years. According to the Emerging Technology Community of CompTIA, AI and 5G lead the...

What the pandemic has taught small businesses

While 75% of small businesses wait for back to business at Level 1 of the Covid-19 pandemic, South African organisations are urged to bank the learnings and continue with the rebuilding process. In the National Small Business Survey by the National Small Business...

UCT face shield easy, inexpensive to make

A team of biomedical engineers at the University of Cape Town (UCT), led by associate professor Sudesh Sivarasu, have been working on a variety of biomedical devices, including a face shield that can be made easily with household items. The ViZAR is among the first of...

rAge Expo 2020 cancelled

For the first time in its 18 year history, rAge Expo has been cancelled, another victim of the Covid-19 pandemic. A statement from the organisers outlines that the decision was the product of lengthy internal discussions as well as input from other stakeholders, and...

Customer experience, employee productivity drive AI adoption

An International Data Corporation (IDC) survey of more than 2 000 IT and line of business (LoB) decision makers confirms that adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) is growing worldwide. Over a quarter of all AI initiatives are already in production and more than...

SA parents concerned about schools reopening

Following an initial delay due to health concerns and the unpreparedness of some provinces, the majority of South African schools reopened on Monday 8 June, as part of a gradual loosening of Covid-19 restrictions. However, despite confirmation from Basic Education...

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IT Support Agent (On-site) – Western Cape Century City

The IT problem solver hero - simplifying one user life at a time Is this you?Ready to be our IT Support Agent superstar? You'll tackle tech puzzles, soothe stressed users, and make tech troubles vanish. Your mission? Installation, maintenance and support of the...

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Develop and operate production ready business applications (24/7). Liaise with customer, team members and external vendors. Deploy applications in AWS (via Github). Monitoring and operation of applications within AWS CloudWatch. Applying cloud-security patterns and...

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