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...

Watsonx generative AI accelerates mainframe app modernisation

IBM has announced watsonx Code Assistant for Z, a new generative AI-assisted product that will help enable faster translation of Cobol to Java on IBM Z and enhances developer productivity on the platform. This product will be generally available in Q4 2023, and is...

Financial inclusivity drives QR code payment growth

The volume of QR code payments in the leading southeast Asian market will increase from 13-billion in 2023 to 90-billion in 2028, according to a new study from Juniper Research. High growth in Southeast Asia and other developing markets is largely down to financial...

Study identifies largest IaaS and PaaS workloads on public cloud

A new study from IDC offers the first look at enterprise workloads leveraging Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) capabilities on the public cloud. The study found that IaaS and PaaS spending in 2018 was dominated by three workloads:...

Lockdown takes its toll on road freight

Road freight operators are predicting an 80% drop in their income for the lockdown period which started on 26 March and is scheduled to end on 30 April. This is according to the results of a weekly survey conducted by the Road Freight Association (RFA) among its...

Sextortion bribes used to fund criminal activity

Sophos has traced the money extracted from sextortion victims, exposing how they were used to fund an underbelly of cybercriminal activity. A SophosLabs article, “Following the Money in a Massive ‘Sextortion’ Spam Scheme”, details how researchers traced the origin of...

Structural reforms on the cards as economy reopens

The economic recovery strategy announced last night by President Cyril Ramaphosa aims to stimulate demand and supply through interventions including a substantial infrastructure build programme, the speedy implementation of economic reforms, the transformation of our...

Cyber-crooks will cash in on stimulus

The stimulus package announced last night is good news for South Africans - but it's also an opportunity for cyber-criminals. According to Check Point Research, hackers are taking full advantage of the moment by spreading deceptive domains and distributing malware...

Covid-19 spending fallout to vary across industries

International Data Corporation (IDC) currently forecasts worldwide IT spending to decline 2,7% this year due to the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. While every industry will be affected by the global slowdown, some will reduce their IT spending more than...

How virus will impact tech investments across verticals

Across industries, organisations around the world are feeling the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on their operations. While many end-user organisations are facing an immediate slowdown, some industries will see increased technology investment in the long term as...

SA needs to step up its innovation game

In the midst of a major technology revolution, South Africa continues to face multiple challenges such as high unemployment, slow economic growth and declining productivity to mention a few. Innovation - driven by digital disruption - is opening up new opportunities...

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