by Dianne Bayley | May 23, 2023 | Workplace 2020
Technology is moving so quickly that many business owners might feel overwhelmed with all the sudden hype around artificial intelligence, ChatGPT and other trends, writes Filum Ho, CEO of Apollo Studios. We’re still coming to terms with what this technology means and...
by Dianne Bayley | May 23, 2023 | Sustainability
ITOnline Editor Kathy Gibson reports – We are living in tough times, and it’s harder than ever for organisations to thrive today – putting digital transformation squarely in focus.IDC research shows that operational transformation is far away the top priority for...
by Dianne Bayley | May 23, 2023 | Security and Legal
In 2022, WhatsApp Business was the biggest social messaging platform in the world. Towards the end of last year, there were 2.4 billion WhatsApp users, with hundreds of millions of those accounts being business accounts, writes Richard Firth, CEO, MIP Holdings....
by Dianne Bayley | May 23, 2023 | Security and Legal
As payment fraud remains an area of concern for South African businesses, there is debate about what more can be done to tackle the problem and whose responsibility it is. There are layers of complexity that make what appears to be a deceptively easy question to...
by Dianne Bayley | May 23, 2023 | Featured Articles
Development, growth, and advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) is progressing at a rapid speed, writes Mtho Maphumulo, Senior Associate, Adams & Adams. ChatGPT is one such chatbot that has taken the internet space by storm. There have been robust debates...
by Dianne Bayley | May 23, 2023 | Innovation
Farming in 21st Century South Africa is a high-stakes game, with technology playing an increasingly important role. In parallel, service providers must adopt a solutions-driven mindset, writes Willouw Goosen, Key Account Manager, Bridgestone Southern...
by Dianne Bayley | May 21, 2023 | Innovation
Economists, ethicists, and technologists have debated what artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) will mean for human workers as long as the technologies have been around, writes Bryan McLachlan, Managing Director: Africa at CyborgIntell. But in the...
by Dianne Bayley | May 21, 2023 | Innovation
Today’s consumers are very familiar with the capabilities of modern technology, and if they know there is software or an application out there that can make their lives easier, they will expect retailers to implement it. If businesses fail to heed their call, it’s...
by Dianne Bayley | May 21, 2023 | Security and Legal
South Africa loses R2.2 billion per year to cybercrime, according to a 2020 Accenture report. Kaspersky research shows that 32.5% of local users were affected by online threats last year. Four out of five South African organisations – 78% – were hit by...
by Dianne Bayley | May 18, 2023 | Workplace 2020
Blink and you will miss it – at times, the rapid rate at which tech is changing our lives can be difficult to comprehend. I was reminded of this when I woke up on the morning of the 30th of November 2022 to a new era of communication, writes De Wet Bisschoff, Director...
