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...

IT industry wakes up to ESG

Kathy Gibson reports - What is your carbon footprint? In a world where climate change and decarbonisation is a big issue, this is an important question for everyone to ask themselves, says Adam Simon, global MD and chief financial officer of Context. "Most people...

Salaries lag private pension payments

The average salary in South Africa has weakened amid the underperforming economy, high unemployment rate, soaring inflation and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to BankservAfrica's Five-year Review of Take-home Pay and Private Pensions in South Africa...

First server contraction in nine quarters

According to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, vendor revenue in the worldwide server market declined 11,6% year over year to just over $20-billion during the second quarter of 2019 (2Q19). Worldwide server shipments declined 9,3% year over year to just...

The future of wearables is medical

Wearable technology and medical devices have many prominent synergies. Electronic devices on the body are perfectly placed for sensors to collect data relevant to healthcare, with communication options allowing them to be the gateway to digital health data. Common...

Something for the history buffs …

It may come as a surprise to many that today, 6 September, marks the day in which an electric car set a new speed record for the first time - 6 September 1900, to be precise. On this date, Andrew L Riker managed to achieve a speed of 46,47km/h, beating out his petrol...

Social media, fake news create new demand for media literacy

Reading and writing used to be enough on World Literacy Day, but now being able to filter what we read is an essential part of children's development. It's World Literacy Day this Sunday, 8 September 2019 - a day set aside by the United Nations to celebrate literacy...

What’s needed for Africa to leapfrog?

Kathy Gibson is at the World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town – The next stage of digital innovation could come from Africa: the ingredients to create digital economies are all there and some key interventions could stimulate massive growth. This is the word from...

Now for the hard slog towards African unity

Kathy Gibson is at the World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town – The World Economic Forum meeting in Cape Town this week has heard a lot about Africa as a rising continent, and as a united region in a fractured world. But what needs to be done to make the vision a...

Is 4IR relevant for Africa?

Kathy Gibson is at the World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town - Is Africa ready to embrace the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR); or should it be focusing on more basic imperatives? That’s the question that got emotions running high at a panel discussion on the...

Africa maps strategies to get on board with 4IR

Kathy Gibson is at the World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town – African leaders are keen to get on board the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) – but a lot needs to be done to make the dream a reality. “Globally we are witnessing heightened human and political...

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