Skills gap in SA grows
South Africa is falling behind its peers in Africa as countries like Kenya, Nigeria and Egypt place greater emphasis on the role that technology plays in economic growth. This is clear from Wits University’s Jo’burg Centre for Software Engineering (JCSE) sixth...IT plans not well defined
More than 70% of companies recognise that IT infrastructure plays an important role in enabling competitive advantage or optimising revenue and profit. However, despite this recognition, only 22% have a well-defined enterprise IT infrastructure strategy. An IBM...SMEs lead in digital maturity
Small businesses in Europe are set to reach digital maturity before their larger peers, seizing the opportunity to level the playing field and compete in a higher league. New research commissioned by Ricoh Europe and conducted by Coleman Parkes reveals that small...More jobs as BPO takes off
The South African BPO industry is poised for further growth in 2015, with Business Process enabling South Africa (BPeSA) estimating that a further 7 627 jobs will be created within offshoring by March next year. BPeSA’s most recent barometer shows that the industry...Rosetta probe touches down
ESA’s Rosetta mission has soft-landed its Philae probe on a comet – the first time in history that such a feat has been achieved. After a tense wait during the seven-hour descent to the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, the signal confirming the...