Despite perceived value, companies lag in digital workplace redesign

Eight in 10 IT decision-makers say the digital workplace is critical to successful AI-led transformation – but only 10% report fundamentally redesigning it for AI. This is among the findings from Lenovo’s sixth Work Reborn report, The AI-ready workplace, which exposes...

In the AI era, control is not enough: you have to prove it

A new report from IBM, Proof, Not Promises: The Digital Sovereignty Index, reveals an “overconfidence gap”: leaders believe they can prove sovereign control of their technology, but the evidence often falls short of the Index’s highest standards. As AI adoption...

AI set to drive a net increase in jobs by 2030

AI is expected to drive a net increase of 1,7-million jobs by 2030, according to Gartner, which says AI will create more jobs than it eliminates - generating 10,6-million new jobs, while removing 8,9-million jobs worldwide by 2030. “Organisations most advanced in AI...

A familiar face takes the reins at Tarsus

By Mark Davison - After months of speculation, Alviva Holdings – parent company of Tarsus Distribution – has announced a new, permanent CEO for one of South Africa’s oldest and leading distributors. Thibault Dousson, currently director of Lenovo’s Solution and...

Evolving threat landscape calls for active defence

Kathy Gibson reports - Africa is unique in the world when it comes to cyber resilience and data protection. Kate Mollett, regional director: South Africa and SADC at Commvault, explains that cybercrime that takes place in Africa could have wide-ranging effects around...

European public cloud spend defies budget cuts

Public cloud services spending in Europe will total $142-billion in 2023 and will reach $291-billion by 2027, recording a five-year (2022 to 2027) compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 20%. Software-as-a-service (SaaS) will continue to drive most of the spending,...

SA users want to keep info private

New Kaspersky research has found that consumers around the world want to take more action to protect and maintain control over their personal privacy. As revealed in the company's latest report, "Defending digital privacy: taking personal protection to the next...

CFOs plan to spend more on cloud, RPA, analytics

In May and June the number of companies furloughing staff, as well as cutting salaries and workforce will have more than doubled since the end of March. According to a Gartner survey of 161 finance executives on 3 May, 11% of respondents reduced staff in March, and...

Hardcopy shipments worse than expected

According to research by International Data Corporation (IDC), the Western European printer and multifunction (MFP) market declined by 6,9% in unit terms in 1Q20 compared with the same period a year ago, to give a market size of 4,33-million units. This figure is in...

Bitcoin halving highlights role of crypto

Bitcoin's halving event on Monday underscores that the "long-term future of cryptocurrencies is secure". This is the word from Nigel Green , CEO and founder of deVere Group, as the world's supply of bitcoin was cut on Monday. The halving event, occurring only every...

Lockdown regulations drive piracy increase

The Publishers Associations of South Africa, an affiliate of the Copyright Coalition of South Africa, has served cease and desist letters on the administrators of the WhatsApp group called "Die Boek Klub" as part of an ongoing effort to curb an explosion in piracy...

Pandemic to devastate retail sales

Global retail sales are expected to drop by $2,1-trillion in 2020, according to a new report from Forrester. China is the worst affected country in the Asia Pacific region, with $192-billion of retail sales (excluding restaurants, automobile, and gasoline) lost from...

Trends that will impact the future of work

Organisations can differentiate themselves from competitors during the Covid-19 pandemic by leveraging nine ongoing trends, according to Gartner. These trends are broken into three categories: accelerating trends, new impacts that were not previously part of the...

Data drives Vodacom’s SA growth

The Vodacom group has reported group revenue up 4,8% (3,5 %) year ended 31 March 2020, supported by group service revenue growth of 5% (3,5%). The group also added 5,9-million customers, to serve a combined 116-million customers. Total financial services customers up...

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