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...

Cyberthreats loom large at major sporting events

Based on its learnings and telemetry from delivering cybersecurity support to critical infrastructure facilities during the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, Microsoft's latest Cyber Signals report highlights threats to large venues, sporting and entertainment events....

Fabricated data leaks are just as destructive

Cyber threats continue to evolve, bringing new challenges for global businesses. Kaspersky reveals an emerging threat landscape where cybercriminals are not just conducting real data breaches but are also fabricating data leaks. This tactic has significant...

Covid-19 could change car ownership, insurance in SA forever

The global novel coronavirus outbreak could bring about dramatic changes in South African car owner's behaviour that outlast the pandemic itself - in the process bringing about significant disruption for the car insurance sector. New-generation insurers with lean...

Global semiconductor revenue down 12% in 2019

Worldwide semiconductor revenue totalled $419,1-billion in 2019, down 12% from 2018, according to final results by Gartner. "Oversupply in the DRAM market helped push the overall memory market down 32.7% 2019. The memory market accounted for 26.1% of semiconductor...

The top names in brand phishing are …

Apple is the most imitated brand when it comes to phishing attempts. This is according to Check Point Research's new Brand Phishing Report for Q1 2020, highlighting the brands which were most frequently imitated by criminals in their attempts to steal individuals'...

Massive growth in leaked government records

According to Atlas VPN research compiled from various publicly available sources, the number of exposed government and individual politician records increased by 278% when comparing the first quarters of 2019 and 2020. During the first quarter of 2019, there were over...

Pandemic bolsters case for technology-based economic resilience

As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to have a devastating impact globally, the African continent, while less affected, is preparing to undergo its own severe social and economic crisis. By Stefan Nalletamby, acting vice-president for private sector, infrastructure and...

Vehicle behaviour trends during lockdown

During the current Covid-19 lockdown, people are allowed to use their vehicles, but permitted trips are limited to visits to the grocery store, pharmacy or to access essential services. The majority of the population is at home to minimise interaction and to avoid...

Sharp decline for traditional PC shipments

The global traditional PC market, comprised of desktops, notebooks, and workstations, declined 9,8% year over year in the first quarter of 2020 (1Q20), reaching a total of 53,2-million shipments according to preliminary results from the International Data Corporation...

SARB comes to the Covid-19 party

Globally, central banks have unleashed a new wave of stimulus to counter the effects of the economic fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic. Sanisha Packirisamy, economist at Momentum Investments and Herman van Papendorp, head of investment research and asset allocation...

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