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...

Semiconductor shortage is mostly over for the auto industry

The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the availability of semiconductor chips took a drastic toll on all facets of the automotive industry, and in turn the global economy. But in mid-2023, the worst of the fallout seems to have settled, and the auto industry has...

AI improves supply chains, but people are still needed

Artificial intelligence (AI) is being used successfully in a range of practical applications in the supply chain. These include demand forecasting, risk, inventory and quality management, and transport and distribution optimisation. It is making roads safer. In...

Where to for the SA economy?

Kathy Gibson is at IDC Directions 2020 in Sandton - Is South Africa running out of time to turn its economy around? It may well be at the point of do or die right now. Things are tough, says Gina Schoeman, director, economist and head of research at Citibank South...

What’s the biggest threat to your business?

Business interruption catapulted from fifth position in last year's Allianz Risk Barometer (23% of responses) to the top business risk (31% of responses) in Africa and the Middle East this year as larger and more complex business interruption (BI) losses continues...

Smartphone sales set for 3% growth in 2020

Worldwide sales of smartphones to end users are on track to reach 1,57-billion units in 2020, an increase of 3% year over year, according to Gartner. In 2019, worldwide smartphone sales declined 2%, the first time since 2008 that the global smartphone market...

Cell C embraces the gig economy

Cell C has taken steps to address its market share in South Africa by embracing the gig economy and implementing the Spaza 5 000 pilot project. The project, carried out by gig technology company M4Jam, gathered market analytics in the informal sector to help Cell C...

Digit the robot joins Ford’s workforce

Agility Robotics is launching Digit, a robot with arms and legs to work with humans and in human spaces, for commercial sale; and, Ford Motor Company is the first customer, receiving the first two robots off the line. This cooperation continues the existing...

We need less government intervention in the economy, not more

Government intervention in the economy simply does not work, writes Mpiyakhe Dhlamini, a data science researcher at the Free Market Foundation. It is a mystery, then, why so many otherwise intelligent people keep calling for more of the same. After years of low growth...

Index highlights digital readiness

Technology can help solve the world's most pressing problems. In every corner of the world, digital economy is helping us become more connected to each other and the organisations upon which we rely. The Cisco Global Digital Readiness provides insight into how nations...

Cell C defaults on payments, commits to restructuring

Cell C has told its noteholders that is has defaulted on the payment of interest on its $184 002 000 note that was due in December 2019. It has also defaulted on as interest and capital repayments related to the respective bilateral loan facilities between Cell C and...

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A team responsible for digitally enabled technology service as a group COE, driving business and transformation and providing group-wide digital and data architecture, operating the various technology platforms and shared services, ensuring cyber and information...

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Software Engineer at NRF National Research Foundation

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