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...

EV adoption restricted by slow infrastructure roll-out

A new study from Juniper Research has found that lack of public infrastructure is severely limiting electric vehicle (EV) adoption in urban environments. In particular, as flat and apartment owners typically cannot have home chargers fitted, the lack of public...

More charging points drive adoption of commercial EVs

Berg Insight has released new findings about the market for heavy electric commercial vehicle charging infrastructure in Europe and North America. The total number of connected charging points in Europe is forecasted to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of...

Liquid Telecom prepared for virus outbreak

Liquid Telecom has put plans in place to deal with the novel coronavirus Covid-19. With more than 2 000 employess in 13 African countries, the company has issued a statement sharing the steps it has taken to mitigate risk during the outbreak. Liquid Telecom has a...

PC monitors hit 5-year high, but slowdown expected

The worldwide market for PC monitors grew 5% year over year in the fourth quarter of 2019 (4Q19), according to preliminary results from International Data Corporation's (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly PC Monitor Tracker. Global shipments exceeded expectations, reaching just...

Youth don’t think education prepares them for jobs

An online poll of 40 000 young people in more than 150 countries reveals that many young people feel their current education is not preparing them with the skills they need to get jobs. One-third (31%) of the young people responding via the UNICEF engagement platform...

AI emerges as new malware threat

The past year has seen changes in messaging-specific threats along with the use of more sophisticated malware, as well as the potential abuse of emerging technologies in artificial intelligence to inform future business protection strategies. These are among the...

Sabric warns of mobile phone snatching fraud

Th South African Banking Risk Information Centre (Sabric), on behalf of the banking industry, is warning bank clients to protect their mobile devices. The theft of mobile phones is not a new phenomenon, but Sabric is seeing an emerging trend where mobile phones that...

IP address prices could double

IP address market prices are estimated to increase by as much as 100% in the next five years, turning the remaining IPv4 resources into a tradable commodity and creating a newfound demand for IP leasing services. The growth of prices in the IP market is a result of...

Xerox adds to its HP election slate

Xerox Holdings has announced that it is filing a preliminary proxy statement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in support of its slate of independent candidates to replace the board of directors of HP Inc at HP’s 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders....

Intel demos co-packaged optics Ethernet switch

Intel has successfully integrated its 1,6Tbps silicon photonics engine with its 12,8Tbps programmable Ethernet switch. The co-packaged solution brings together the essential technology building blocks from Intel and its Barefoot Networks Division for integrated optics...

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