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...

Cybersecurity predictions for the rest of the year

In response to the constantly growing number of global cybersecurity breaches - and the heightened awareness of them within organisations - SecurityHQ has released its latest white paper to highlight analyst predications for threats and vulnerabilities in H2 2023,...

Strong growth forecast for Ethernet switches

The worldwide Ethernet switch market grew revenues 38,4% year-over-year in the second quarter of 2023 (2Q23) to $11,8-billion. The total worldwide enterprise and service provider (SP) router market recorded $4,6-billion in revenue in 2Q23, a 9,4% year-over-year...

Mixed bag for enterprise WLAN sales

The combined consumer and enterprise worldwide wireless local area network (WLAN) market segments rose 2,3% year over year in the first quarter of 2020 (1Q20), according to results published in the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly WLAN Tracker....

Legacy technology, lack of skills hamper digital transformation

As organisations look to transform their business operations and revolutionise customer service, digital transformation (DX) is at the top of most CXOs' agendas - in fact, DX spending is expected to approach $7,4-trillion between 2020 and 2023, a CAGR of 17,5%....

Covid-19 delays AARTO rollout

The national rollout date for the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO) Act has been delayed as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. In August 2019, the AARTO Bill was signed into law and although no date was officially promulgated, it was...

Earwear, wristbands drive wearables growth

Global shipments of wearable devices grew 29.7% year over year during the first quarter of 2020 (1Q20) as total device volume reached 72,6-million units according to new data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker....

16,6% growth predicted for Open Compute Project

A new forecast from International Data Corporation (IDC) shows worldwide revenue from the Open Compute Project (OCP) infrastructure market will reach $33,8-billion in 2024. While year-over-year growth will slow slightly in 2020 due to capital preservation strategies...

What you need to know about taking a flight in SA

Airports Company South Africa has put in place extensive physical measures, standard operating procedures and staff training necessary to give effect to the Alert Level 3 regulations announced by the Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula. Gopolang Peme, spokesperson for...

Nutanix helps ‘industrialise’ work from home initiatives

Nutanix's desktop as a service (DaaS) offering, now available in South Africa, will help companies to formalise the rollout of work-from-home (WFH) initiatives. Xi Frame lets CIOs deliver virtual apps and desktops to clients no matter where they are, provisioned via...

Cloud conferencing will continue growing in 2020

Global end-user spending on cloud-based web conferencing solutions will grow 24,3% in 2020, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. Global workplace restrictions spurred by the coronavirus pandemic will expand the cloud conferencing user base throughout 2020, but...

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