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...

Telkom considers acquisition bid

Telkom has confirmed that it has received an unsolicited non-binding indicative letter from the Afrifund Investments for the acquisition of a controlling stake in Telkom. Afrifund Investments is a consortium led by former Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko, comprising Axian...

Retirement trends shift as life expectancy increases

Life expectancy increased from an average of 48 to 73 years between 1950 and 2019 and the United Nations forecasts further increases, estimating that global average life expectancy will reach about 81 years by 2100. Longer lifespans are causing individuals,...

Ukheshe, Mindbridge scoop fintech awards

The South African Reserve Bank has announced the 2019 Global Fintech Hackcelerator@Southern Africa competition winners - Ukheshe and Mindbridge. The Global Fintech Hackcelerator, powered by KPMG Matchi, is a fintech acceleration programme that creates a platform for...

Unemployment rate highest since 2003

Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) has reported that South Africa's unemployment rate increased from 29,0% in 2019Q2 to 29,1% in the third quarter - the highest jobless reading since 2003. South Africa now has the joint fourth-highest unemployment rate out of 182...

Halloween posters that are out of this world …

Just in time for Halloween, NASA has released two new posters celebrating some truly terrifying exoplanets, or planets outside our solar system. Free to download, the entertaining posters recall vintage horror movie advertisements but have a decidedly astronomical...

Study pinpoints birthplace of modern humans in southern Africa

A new study has concluded that the earliest ancestors of anatomically modern humans (Homo sapiens sapiens) emerged in a southern African homeland and thrived there for 70 000 years. The breakthrough findings are published in the journal Nature, with the authors...

Africa’s 5G future hangs in the balance

Sub-Saharan Africa's economic growth from next-generation 5G services will be reliant on the availability of a specific strand of radio frequencies, known as 'millimetre wave' frequencies, which are set to be identified for use by mobile operators at WRC-19. However,...

Just months until Africa’s IP addresses run out

South Africa's Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA) says local ICT service providers that don't support the latest version of the Internet Protocol (IPv6) are potentially threatening the country's participation in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). IPv4...

Why users are the weakest link

Humans still present the biggest cybersecurity risk, according to Duo Security founder Dug Song, formerly a member of the elite hacker group w00w00. Song co-founded Duo Security in 2010 and the company was bought by Cisco for $2,35-billion in 2018. He spoke to...

Joburg slowly comes back online

The city of Johanneburg says its systems are slowing coming back up following last week's ransomware attacks - and it has no intention of paying the 4-bitcoin ransom demanded. Starting on Thursday 24 October, city employees attempting to log on to their computers were...

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