Despite perceived value, companies lag in digital workplace redesign

Eight in 10 IT decision-makers say the digital workplace is critical to successful AI-led transformation – but only 10% report fundamentally redesigning it for AI. This is among the findings from Lenovo’s sixth Work Reborn report, The AI-ready workplace, which exposes...

In the AI era, control is not enough: you have to prove it

A new report from IBM, Proof, Not Promises: The Digital Sovereignty Index, reveals an “overconfidence gap”: leaders believe they can prove sovereign control of their technology, but the evidence often falls short of the Index’s highest standards. As AI adoption...

AI set to drive a net increase in jobs by 2030

AI is expected to drive a net increase of 1,7-million jobs by 2030, according to Gartner, which says AI will create more jobs than it eliminates - generating 10,6-million new jobs, while removing 8,9-million jobs worldwide by 2030. “Organisations most advanced in AI...

A familiar face takes the reins at Tarsus

By Mark Davison - After months of speculation, Alviva Holdings – parent company of Tarsus Distribution – has announced a new, permanent CEO for one of South Africa’s oldest and leading distributors. Thibault Dousson, currently director of Lenovo’s Solution and...

Largest geospatial AI foundation model open to all

IBM's watsonx.ai geospatial foundation model - built from NASA's satellite data - will now be openly available on Hugging Face. It will be the largest geospatial foundation model on Hugging Face and the first-ever open-source AI foundation model built in collaboration...

Conversational AI to drive 16% contact centre growth

Worldwide contact centre (CC) and CC conversational AI and virtual assistant end-user spending is projected to total $18,6-billion in 2023, an increase of 16,2% from 2022, according to Gartner. "Near-term investment growth rates for CC and CC conversational AI and...

Virus weighs on African smartphone prospects

The overall African mobile phone market grew 3,8% year on year (YoY) in Q4 2019, according to the latest figures from International Data Corporation (IDC). However, this growth is unlikely to be repeated over the following two quarters as the impact of the global...

Smartphone sales see global decline

Global sales of smartphones to end users contracted in the fourth quarter of 2019, declining 0,4% year over year, according to Gartner. In full year 2019, smartphone sales declined 1%. "2019 ended a little better than expected, due to slightly improved performances...

SA’s middle-of-the-road private pensioners

Despite the changes in the economy, South Africa's privately banked pensions have shown positive growth over recent years. Yet, some pensioners are finding themselves in the middle-of-the-road of not having enough funds to cover their monthly expenses and necessities...

Covid-19 spam clicks to weaponised malware

SophosLabs has uncovered a new email spam attack targeting Italians with a document containing a macro loaded with Trickbot malware. The email takes advantage of Covid-19 fears by offering up a clickable document that allegedly includes a list of precautions to take...

Massive smart speaker growth set to continue

According to the latest Canalys estimates, the worldwide smart speaker market grew 52% in Q4 2019, with vendors shipping 49,2-million units in the quarter. The last quarter of 2019 saw all five top vendors, Amazon, Google, Baidu, Alibaba and Xiaomi, break their...

Integrated approach optimises marketing measurement

To gain a deeper understanding of marketing's impact, Gartner research shows there are four distinct methods that marketers can employ to gain deeper insights. "Competitive insights and analytics are what marketers need to progress to higher levels of maturity,...

Positive growth for security appliances

According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Security Appliance Tracker, the total security appliance market experienced positive unit shipment and revenue growth in the fourth quarter of 2019 (4Q19). Worldwide revenue increased 9,4% year...

Calls for crisis mode as global emissions gap grows

In a comment published in Nature, University of Cape Town (UCT) Professor Harald Winkler, as part of an international team, delivers the bad news that the emissions gap is growing, while pointing to small signs of hope that the climate crisis can be addressed. A...

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