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...

Curiosity Rover faces its toughest climb on Mars

Tomorrow (5 August 2023), NASA’s Curiosity rover will notch its 11th year on Mars by doing what it does best: studying the Red Planet’s surface. The intrepid bot recently investigated a location nicknamed “Jau” that is pockmarked with dozens of impact craters....

Google gives users more control of personal information

Google Search has introduced new features to help users stay in control of their personal information, privacy and online safety. Last year, Google launched the "Results about you" tool to make it easier to request the removal of search results that contain a users'...

CFOs look to protect contractors during crisis

A Gartner cohort of 200 CFOs has revealed that 81% intend to offer benefits to their hourly employees that exceed any contractual obligations during the coronavirus disruption, with as many as a third intending to offer full monetary compensation during the period....

Dark data raises security risks for SA organisations

South African organisations are struggling more than ever before to manage their data, with almost half (49%) of enterprise data now considered 'dark' (unclassified and untagged), an increase from 41% since last year. This is among the findings from the latest South...

Coronavirus adds to local SMMEs woes

With the global outbreak of the Covid-19 virus now crippling economic activity worldwide, South African SMMEs are particularly vulnerable. Local businesses have already been battling through a technical recession, severe load-shedding and low consumer and business...

US lockdowns lead to huge surge in VPN usage

VPN usage in the US increased by 71% in the last seven days, and by a staggering 124% in the last two weeks. This is according to Atlas VPN which says it measured how much traffic travelled through its servers last week from its 53 000 weekly users. The number of...

IT services hit hardest by new virus

The coronavirus (Covid-19) will by far have the most impact on the technology industry in 2020. It will put incredible strain on the world's economy, which will be effectively halted for three months or more. It is effectively a stress test on companies' ability to...

Global economy heads for recession

Disruptions to supply chains, demand, international trade flows, and travel, along with lockdowns and collapsing stock prices, resulting from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) virus have dealt a heavy blow to the global economy. By IHS Markit March Global...

Companies make the switch to remote working

A Gartner survey of 800 global HR executives on March 17 found that 88% of organisations have encouraged or required employees to work from home, regardless of whether or not they showed coronavirus-related symptoms. Nearly all organisations (97%) have canceled...

Covid-19 impacts global semiconductor market

The coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) is affecting China and is spreading within East Asia and into Europe and North America. In addition to the human cost of life, the impact of the spread of the virus on the global economy is only beginning to be appreciated and...

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