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...

Increased chip demand will fuel steady OSAT growth

A surge in global demand for applications such as AI, high-performance computing (HPC), 5G, automotive, and Internet of Things (IoT) has fueled semiconductor supply chain expansion, according to IDC's upcoming Semiconductor Manufacturing Services: 2022 Worldwide OSAT...

Top business priorities for CEOs and CFOs

Growth remains the top strategic business priority for both CFOs and CEOs, according to a survey by Gartner, which says 45% of CEOs ranked growth in their Top 3 strategic priorities (down from 53% in 2022) while 62% of CFOs put it in their Top 3 (up from 59% in 2022)....

Security, compliance drive healthcare adoption of hybrid cloud

Healthcare organisations around the globe are under pressure to drive digital transformation to meet increasing patient care demands. This is among the findings of Nutanix's second annual Enterprise Cloud Index Report, measuring healthcare organisations' plans for...

Trials demonstrate WiFi 6E potential

The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), the global industry body dedicated to improving WiFi services and standards, has announced the first phase of WiFi 6E trials showing multi-Gigabit speeds and the low-latency connections required for the next generation of...

Slight decline for MEA PCs

The Middle East and Africa (MEA) personal computing devices (PCD) market, which is made up of desktops, notebooks, workstations, and tablets, suffered a slight year-on-year decline in shipments during the final quarter of 2019, according to industry analysis conducted...

SA still has massive rates of economic crime

The percentage of South African organisations who have experienced economic crime has significantly declined in 2020, returning to levels last seen in 2011, with the rate of reported economic crime has dropped 17 percentage points from 77% in 2018 to 60% this year....

Xerox launches hostile takeover bid for HP Inc

Xerox Holdings yesterday launched a tender offer to acquire all outstanding shares of HP Inc for $24.00 per share, comprising $18.40 in cash and 0.149 Xerox shares for each HP share. "Our proposal offers progress over entrenchment," says John Visentin, vice-chairman...

Alviva weathers tough six months

By Kathy Gibson - Alviva Holdings has experienced a disappointing six months, with revenue down 4% to R7,4-billion, EBIDTA down 8% to R425-million, headline earnings per share down 36% to 94 cents; profit before tax down 41,6% to R178, 98-million and net profit down...

Global smartphone sales dip

Global sales of smartphones to end users contracted in the fourth quarter of 2019, declining by 0.4% year over year, according to Gartner, Inc. In full year 2019, smartphone sales declined by 1%. "2019 ended a little better than expected, due to slightly improved...

Top CX trends for CIOs to watch

Chatbots, virtual assistants and robots drive seamless and effortless experience, and their usage is bound to increase. Gartner predicts that by 2022, 70% of customer interactions will involve emerging technologies such as machine learning (ML) applications, chatbots...

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