Underfunding a leading cause of AI failures for SA firms

South African organisations whose AI ambitions outrun their budgets are seven times more likely to say AI has fallen short, according to preliminary results from DayOne’s State of AI Delivery in South Africa survey. Of the more than 170 employees, founders, managers...

Revenue to hit $1bn as quantum breakthroughs advance

Worldwide, quantum computing revenue is projected to total $1,1-billion in 2027, according to Gartner. “Nations and businesses have scaled spending in quantum literacy, patents, partnerships, and early use-case exploration,” says Gaurav Gupta, vice-president analyst...

Fuel price shock will hit supply chains hard, driving prices up

South Africa’s latest fuel price increase will put fresh pressure on already strained supply chains, says supply chain industry body SAPICS. The organisation warns that the cost impact is likely to extend far beyond the transport sector and into consumers’ pockets at...

SA must put jobs at the centre of its AI future

South Africans are embracing AI, but turning that appetite into economic opportunity will require trained educators, reliable Internet, affordable access, recognised skills pathways, scaling of existing financing models, and investment in the country’s own languages,...

Phishing takes on business, IT, HR focus

KnowBe4 has announced the results of its Q3 top-clicked phishing report. "Social engineering attacks continue to be one of the top ways malicious hackers breach organizations and/or cause damage," says Stu Sjouwerman, CEO of KnowBe4. "We are seeing a continued...

UCT alum wins Earthshot award for restoring coral reefs

Trailblazing entrepreneur Gator Halpern, who recently scooped one of the most prestigious environmental awards in history, has credited the University of Cape Town (UCT) for helping to shape his mission to restore dying coral reefs. Halpern, who won the Earthshot...

Entertainment industry continues to grow

The Internet, video games, television and filmed entertainment segments of sub-Saharan Africa's entertainment and media industry are projected to continue to grow in the following years but the publishing industry is having to work very hard to make any headway,...

IoT deployments become reality

Initial results from the International Data Corporation (IDC) 2016 Global IoT Decision Maker Survey show that the market is pivoting away from proof of concept projects to scalable Internet of Things (IoT) deployments that are incorporating cloud, analytics, and...

SA inflation back into the target range

Statistics South Africa (StatsSA) reported on 21 September that headline inflation decreased from 6% year-on-year (YoY) in July to 5,9% YoY during August. The latest YoY figure (calculating the change over a 12-month period) was below market expectations of 6% YoY and...

What next for HP Inc/Samsung?

There's been remarkably little follow-up news after the bombshell announcement 10 days ago that HP Inc is to acquire Samsung's printer business - but IT-Online has learnt that a lot of behind-the-scenes work has already been accomplished, and the move should take...

The increasing cost of data breaches

Its common knowledge that data breaches are growing in intensity and sophistication. Scarcely a week passes without the news of some high-profile attack or another flooding the headlines. What makes the situation worse is the fact that the cost of breaches continues...

SA consumers won’t pay more for brands

South African consumers are looking for value for money, with the search patterns showing that they seek out good cell phone deals as well as cost-effective banking and insurance products. "In recent years, people have been spending a significant portion of their...

The future of work according to employees

Employees want to work outside the office, and feel workplace technology is lagging their personal technology for innovation – and millennials could decline or quit a job if the technology doesn’t come up to scratch. These are among the European and South African...

The growing threat from malware

Phishing attacks continue to rise in volume, impacting 80% of businesses, while organisations are battling with nine-times more unknown malware than before. Check Point Software Technologies recently published findings from two research projects, the Check Point 2016...

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