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...

Intel, Synopsys expand partnership

Intel and Synopsys have entered into a definitive agreement to expand the companies’ long-standing IP (intellectual property) and EDA (electronic design automation) strategic partnership with the development of a portfolio of IP on Intel 3 and Intel 18A for Intel’s...

Collaboration, productivity key for SA workers

Kathy Gibson reports - A surprising majority of South African workers have gone back to the office full-time. That is one of the headline findings from a new study on collaboration and productivity in the South African enterprise in 2023, conducted by World Wide Worx...

Network underestimated despite its role in security

Given the increasing strategic focus on the network for delivering connectivity, intrinsic security, and app delivery, almost two-thirds (59%) of European IT heads believe it is really challenging to gain end-to-end visibility of their network, with almost half saying...

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...

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