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...

Generative AI could expand by 10-times by 2028

The popularity of ChatGPT has spawned an array of startups and kicked off a race by major technology providers to compete for mindshare. Revenues of generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology offerings are forecast to reach $3,7-billion in 2023 and expand to...

Enterprise, industrial metaverses exceed expectation

Companies that have already deployed industrial metaverse use cases are seeing more reported benefits than those still in the planning phase expect, most notably in capital expenditure reduction (15%), sustainability (10%) and safety improvement (9%). This is...

Only 13% of employees happy with work experiences

Employee experience remains a top talent concern for HR leaders, yet 46% of surveyed employees report they are largely dissatisfied with their overall experience at their organisation, says Gartner. Gartner analysts were discussing the importance of the modern...

Canon to close Irista cloud service

Canon EMEA will close its Irista cloud photo service on 31 January 2020, moving away from the cloud image storage industry to instead focus on imaging technology and connected services that sit closer to its cameras such as Canon image Gateway and Canon Camera...

All the winners at MTN’s Business App of the Year Awards

Naked Insurance has been crowned the overall winner in the eighth edition of the MTN Business App of the Year Awards, one of the country's most prestigious app development competitions. The Naked Insurance app uses cutting-edge artificial intelligence and chat-bots to...

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,...

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