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...

Africa’s mobile fraud losses set to peak

Africa’s mobile fraud losses will continue to rise above last year’s $4-billion to peak at a record $5-billion by the end of 2021 if nothing is done to prevent global cybercriminals from looting the continent’s wealth in a new, virtual “scramble for Africa”. That’s...

SSL certificates boost Google rankings

Greater adoption of secure socket layers (SSL) certificates is essential if Web site owners want to better their Google search engine rankings. This is according to Domains.co.za which highlighted Google's recent announcement that it would start placing greater...

Iran is learning cyber-warfare from the US

The US National Security Agency believes that the US’ cyber-attacks against Iran may have helped to raise Iran’s cyber-warfare capability. A report from “The Intercept” cites a secret document from the National Security Agency that warns of Iran studying and...

IBM: Millennials not lazy, selfish

Everything you thought you knew about Millennials could be wrong. A new IBM study reveals much of the hype about Millennial employees simply isn’t true. They aren’t the “lazy, entitled, selfish and shallow” workers that many believe them to be. The results of the global, multigenerational study, Myths, Exaggerations and Uncomfortable Truths, found that the fundamental distinction between Millennials and older employees is their digital proficiency, which comes from growing up immersed in a digital world.

Wipro invests R3,8m in skills development

Wipro has announced an investment of R3,8-million towards skills development and job creation in South Africa.
This investment will be utilised for local hiring and skills development. Wipro plans to hire 55 science and technology graduates, fresh out of university, for its operations in South Africa over the course of the next six months. Graduates will be shortlisted basis academic performance, tests and interviews.

2015 is the year of customer obsession

Becoming customer-obsessed is one of the top five trends that will impact the contact centre industry this year, according to one of the experts at the Interactive Intelligence panel discussion. To be truly competitive today, companies have to become “customer obsessed”, contact centre experts say. Enhancing customer experience is one of the top five trends in the contact centre industry this year, and new strategies and technologies must be harnessed to ensure that customer expectations are met and exceeded.

Service delivery platform market set to grow

Propelled by API exposure platforms and enterprise and small- and medium-sized business (SMB) services, the global market for service delivery platform (SDP) software and services grew 13% in 2014 to just under $4,7-billion, according to a new report by technology...

Slow global growth for large format printers

According to new data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Large Format Printer Tracker, large format printer (LFP) shipments grew 3,5% in 2014 when compared to 2013, while revenue from those shipments declined by less than -1%. Product...

Hitachi expands with CBT acquisition

Hitachi Systems is to acquire Italian IT service company Cosmic Blue Team (CBT) and make it into a wholly-owned subsidiary. With this acquisition, expected to be completed by March, Hitachi Systems aims to shore up its IT services business in the IT markets in Italy and elsewhere in Europe. The Hitachi Group has been pushing ahead with global expansion of its social innovation business for resolving issues facing society and customers by achieving innovations with solutions that combine its products, services and information technology.

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