Turn vision into reality with the right AI strategy

Kathy Gibson reports from Dell Technologies Forum in Johannesburg - Today's leaders aren't asking whether to adopt AI, they're asking how to turn it into outcomes the business can see. And South African companies can no longer afford to take a wait-and-see attitude to...

Gloomy outlook for global economies as geopolitical tensions worsen

Coface’s latest risk review, Rates Against the Machine, has confirmed what the world dreaded just a few months ago has come to pass – rather than improve, the geopolitical situation has deteriorated once again. This, Coface says, puts upward pressure on commodity...

Banks are still missing the links between fraud and money laundering

Financial institutions are increasingly integrating their fraud and anti-money laundering (AML) systems, but intelligence and governance gaps remain. New fraud and AML convergence research from Datos Insights, commissioned by data and AI leader SAS, finds 86% report...

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...

NASA’s InSight Mars lander gets a power boost

The team behind NASA's InSight Mars lander has come up with an innovative way to boost the spacecraft's energy at a time when its power levels have been falling. The lander's robotic arm trickled sand near one solar panel, helping the wind to carry off some of the...

Global smartphone sales jumped 21% in Q1

After a steep decline in 2020, global smartphone sales to end users grew 26% in the first quarter of 2021, according to Gartner. Overall worldwide mobile phone sales to end users grew 22% year over year. "The improvement in consumer outlook, sustained learning and...

Internet was less free in 2015

Internet freedom around the world declined for the fifth consecutive year in 2015 as more governments censored information of public interest while also expanding surveillance and cracking down on privacy tools.

SA firms swimming in ‘dark’ data

Companies in South Africa highest rates of "dark" data stored in their corporate networks - with a massive 58% of the data held by organisations unknown to the IT professionals. This data could contain everything from holiday snaps to pirated content, creating a high...

Parents under pressure to protect young and old

New research by Kaspersky Lab and B2B International reveals that 28% of parents in South Africa feel they have no control over what their children see or do online, with 41% concerned that their children's Internet-dependency is becoming an addiction. Added to this,...

Extortion, hacktivism set to increase in 2016

Next year, users should expect to see continued growth in online extortion, hacktivism and mobile malware, as well as a shift to an offensive cybersecurity posture for government entities and corporations. This is accroding to Trend Micro's annual security reports,...

Apple grows revenue, profits

Apple has announced financial results for its fiscal 2015 fourth quarter ended 26 September 2015, with quarterly revenue of $51,5-billion and quarterly net profit of $11,1-billion, or $1.96 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $42,1-billion and net...

Europe’s contact centre outsourcing set to rise

Against a backdrop of stagnant economies and relatively rigid labour markets, the European contact centre outsourcing market is pressing ahead. Powerful consumer trends, along with the expansion of automated and non-voice channels, are adding momentum to...

SA’s job losses continue to mount

Figures from Statistics SA show that unemployment increased in the third quarter of 2015. Third quarter Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) shows that the working-age population was 36,1-million , of whom 15,8-million employed, 5,40million unemployed and 14,9-million...

ICT research council back on the table

The creation of an ICT research council in South Africa to drive integrated ICT research and development was put back on the table at the GovTech 2015 conference today. At a roundtable attended by students, academics and government ICT officers, Deputy Minister of...

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