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...

Hybrid working important for working parents

A new study has revealed the challenges faced by working parents in managing childcare commitments during the holidays. The research, undertaken by IWG, shows that almost two-thirds (62%) of working parents find arranging childcare for the school holidays to be a...

Malaria vaccine-drug combination proves effective

The final results of a landmark study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases confirm that the benefits of combining the RTS,S/AS01E (RTS,S) malaria vaccine with antimalarial drugs in settings of highly seasonal malaria transmission continue over five years. The...

Not all leaders coping with Covid-19 crisis

Not all business leaders are handling the workplace crises of Covid-19 as well as they should, with those who combine a war-like approach tempered with humanity and compassion proving the most effective, say their executive coaches in a recent study. Dr Nicky...

Seacom unveils WonderNet

Responding to the growing needs of consumers around the country, Seacom has launched WonderNet - a new consumer-focused, Fibre to the Home (FTTH) offering. "Consumers require a simple, fast and effective way to do business and connect themselves and more importantly,...

How to ensure IT financial survival through Covid-19

Many of the financial business implications of Covid-19 will be felt in the IT department, according to Gartner. CIOs should take eight actions to protect or quarantine their IT organisations' cash flow during the coronavirus pandemic. "Survival, not growth, will be...

Pandemic highlights importance of succession plans

Although it's recommended in King IV, succession planning is often neglected because it's an uncomfortable subject. The Covid-19 crisis, however, should act as a wake-up call for organisations to ensure not only that they have a plan to govern an orderly succession...

Server spend decreases in EMEA

IDC's EMEA Server Tracker shows that in the fourth quarter of 2019 the EMEA server market reported a year-on-year decrease in vendor revenues of 5,1% to $4,6-billion and a YoY decrease of 5,2% in units shipped to around 550 000. When viewing the EMEA market by product...

What does the future of security look like?

Kathy Gibson is at the virtual Kaspersky Security Analyst Summit – The cyber security industry will need to make some fundamental changes in order to be relevant in a post-pandemic world. The move to remote working driven by global Covid-19 lockdowns means that...

Changed perimeter puts network at risk

Kathy Gibson is at the virtual Kaspersky Security Analyst Summit – Cyber crooks haven’t taken a holiday while the world is in lockdown. Eugene Kaspersky points out that, during quarantine, we have seen an increase of about 10% in malware. “The cyber crooks are...

PhantomLance targets mobile devices

Kathy Gibson reports on the virtual Kaspersky Security Analyst Summit – As mobile devices become the most popular way for people to access  the Internet, mobile advanced persistent threats (APTs), have the ability to affect thousands if not millions of smartphone...

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Project Manager – Remote Remote

Our client is looking for a dynamic and adaptable candidate to fulfil the role of a Project Manager within the IT space.Project ManagerRole overview: Our client is looking for a Computer Science Graduate or a Junior Project Administrator to fulfil the role of a...

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