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...

Executives take a brighter view on US economy

With concerns about inflation and a potential recession ticking down, business executives have grown guardedly less pessimistic about the US economy's prospects, according to the third-quarterAICPA & CIMA Economic Outlook Survey. The survey polls chief executive...

Technology industry among the worst for client data leaks

Businesses operating in the technology field have leaked consumers' data more than most other industries. This is the shock finding from NordPass research, which shows that almost 780 technology companies have suffered data breaches during which various consumer data...

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...

The changing world of work

Prior to the coronavirus outbreak, 87% of companies revealed that flexible working is a focus for them in 2020. By Lesiba Mothata, head of strategic clients, and Craig Bentley, head of multinational consulting, both at Alexander Forbes This is according to the 2020...

Privacy regulations to affect SA for 10 years

South African marketers expect new regulations governing data privacy to have the biggest impact over the next 10 years. Salesforce's sixth annual global State of Marketing report reveals that, in addition, an expanded online population as more people get internet...

41% of SA parents see potential danger in kids’ social media

The Covid-19 pandemic has forced families to spend their free time mostly at home. Staying at home usually also means spending much time using different Internet connected devices. For clear reasons, children's growing online activity can cause lots of worries to...

NASA supercomputers power Covid-19 research

NASA is flexing its supercomputing muscle to help crack some of the most pressing questions surrounding Covid-19, from basic science on how the virus interacts with cells in the human body to genetic risk factors to screening for potential therapeutic drugs. In...

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