IT spend will breach $7trn for the first time in 2027

Worldwide IT spending is expected to reach $7,35-trillion in 2027, up 15% from 2026, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. “Collectively, the market forces are reinforcing spend around AI infrastructure, AI-enabled cloud platforms, and advanced software...

As African CEOs embrace AI, ROI is still elusive

By Kathy Gibson - African companies are in the middle of learning and adopting artificial intelligence (AI), and adapting to the changes it brings. But they are also looking beyond adoption at how to measure value from their AI investments, says Ladi Asuni, partner...

Africa moves from AI ambition to action

AI has moved from potential to proven economic value and while ambition setting is near universal across economies, execution speed is the differentiator, according to Boston Consulting Group’s The AI Maturity Matrix 2026: AI Is Transforming How Economies Develop and...

The shocking reality facing jobseekers

Of the 867 706 people who registered looking for entry-level work in retail, restaurants and quick-service outlets over a 13-month period, just 6 566 were appointed - approximately one in every 132 – and between them, they sent nearly five million applications. The...

UP’s digital twin city aims to improve metro management

The University of Pretoria (UP) has created the Hatfield Digital Twin City, a new initiative that aims to boost service delivery with the help of smart technology. “In making cities smarter and future fit, we need instruments to help our cities become more efficient –...

SA’s digital fraudsters shift focus

As the prevalence of digital fraud attempts on businesses and consumers continues to rise, TransUnion's newest quarterly analysis found that fraudsters in South Africa are re-focusing their efforts from financial services to the gambling, travel and leisure and...

GPS pet tracking takes off

The number of pets monitored using GPS locator devices in Europe and North America was about 300 000 at the end of 2015 according to a new research report from the M2M/IoT analyst firm Berg Insight. Growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 45%, this number...

Competition Commission signs off Dell/EMC merger

Kathy Gibson reports from the Dell Executive Forum in Limpopo – In South Africa, all regulatory hurdles ahead of Dell’s acquisition have been cleared, and the local operation is ready to proceed as soon as all global conditions have been met. This is according to Doug...

Dell SA is serious about partnering

Kathy Gibson reports from the Dell Executive Forum in Limpopo – The IT reseller channel is critically important for Dell, and the vendor has come a long way from its roots as a direct-to-market player. Doug Woolley, GM of Dell South Africa, points out that the channel...

Slow rise of the robots …

Despite plans to invest in machines and artificial intelligence as part of their strategy to boost productivity, many automotive and industrial equipment companies are failing to implement the measures needed to harness these capabilities. This is according to a new...

Wireless Internet providers not top of the pops

South Africans are about as happy with their wireless internet service providers as they are with airlines - so not very happy at all. While average customer satisfaction scores with wireless internet providers increased slightly from last year's score, new findings...

Ethical consumers take their buying online

Ethical consumerism remains a relatively long tail in the retail industry, and it makes sense that it's a niche well-suited to e-commerce. There's not a lot of research on the status of ethical consumerism in South Africa, but the 2015 Ethical Markets Report 2015 by...

Commercial notebooks turn the corner

PC shipments in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) reached 17,2 -million units in the first quarter of 2016 -- a 14,6% decrease year on year, according to International Data Corporation (IDC). Despite the shrinking market, commercial notebook PCs returned to...

New MD, new direction for Bytes Managed Solution

Fourie van der Merwe has been appointed as MD of Bytes Managed Solutions (Bytes MS), part of the Altron group of companies and the sole distributor of NCR products in South Africa, effective 1 March 2016. Deidre Le Hanie steps down after 11 years at the helm. Van der...

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