How can SA plug the ICT skills gap?

Kathy Gibson reports from the IITPSA Workforce Conference – While South Africa records the highest unemployment rate in the world, there is still a dire shortage of critical IT skills. Presenting the IITPSA IT Skills Survey, Lehlohonolo  Mokenela, MD of Africa...

Is talent debt depleting your institutional knowledge?

Organisations cutting costs through workforce reduction to weather tough conditions may be trading a visible saving for an invisible liability that will cost them far more later, warns Advaita Naidoo, Africa MD at executive search firm Jack Hammer Global. “Globally,...

In 2027, AI could account for 20% of all business tech spend

In the coming year, CIOs and CISOs will face growing pressure to realise returns on their AI investments in infrastructure, security, digital sovereignty, and emerging technologies, according to Forrester’s 2027 technology and security predictions. Additionally, with...

Banks expect to hand decisions to AI – even if they can’t explain them

Banks are racing toward a future where AI no longer merely informs key credit, treasury, and risk decisions – it makes them autonomously. Yet AI governance is not keeping pace with adoption, according to new AI risk research by FT Longitude, SAS and Microsoft. Even as...

Tourism takes action on plastic waste, pollution

Tourism businesses and destinations are stepping up their commitment to sustainability. Aimed at reducing waste and pollution across the sector, the Global Tourism Plastics Initiative (GTPI) is welcoming 32 new signatories, with every global region represented behind...

Wireless technology isn’t just for connectivity anymore

The next generation of wireless is going to do far more than connect people and machines. Yes, 5G, Private 5G, and Wi-Fi 6 can augment existing enterprise networks and provide the necessary coverage, quality of service (QoS), and resiliency companies require. By...

2015 the hottest year on record

Earth's 2015 surface temperatures were the warmest since modern record keeping began in 1880, according to independent analyses by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Globally-averaged temperatures in 2015 shattered the previous mark...

Tech needs to benefit, not divide

Rapid advances underway across a range of technologies are changing how people live, work and interact with each other, with both positive and negative impact. In a panel at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2016 on the transformations driven by this Fourth...

DevOps deployments far from maturity

Only 20% of organisations that have attempted to implement DevOps have fully deployed it - but these "advanced" DevOps adopters were more likely to report that their digital initiatives contributed to competitiveness, customer retention and top- and bottom-line...

Hybrid cloud key to digital transformation

IT and business executives agree that digital transformation and the use of hybrid clouds are key to competitive success in the digital age. This is according to research from EMC, conducted by IDG Research Services, which reveals that organisations must "think...

Cloud captures lion’s share of IT spend

Total spending on IT infrastructure products for deployment in cloud environments will increase by 24,6% in 2015 to reach $32,8-billion. This amount includes spending on servers, storage (excluding double counting between storage and server), and Ethernet switch...

UJ academics improve learning outcomes

An innovative technology teaching method, designed and developed by two University of Johannesburg (UJ) academics, has allowed educators to meaningfully integrate technology into the teaching and learning processes of resource constrained environments. According to...

Competition, cyber-crime top risks in 2016

The risk landscape for businesses is substantially changing in 2016. While businesses are less concerned about the impact of traditional industrial risks such as natural catastrophes or fire, they are increasingly worried about the impact of other disruptive events,...

World economy stuck in low gear, says IHS

The global economy is stuck in low gear and, as a result, global growth is expected to hover between 2,5% and 3% in 2016, according to new analysis released at the World Economic Forum in Davos by IHS. "The world economy is being dragged down by supply-side and...

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