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6 days ago
1 min

Businesses start to rethink their tech priorities for a COVID-19 world

A new Forrester report shows that to survive the next ten years, businesses will need to switch their strategy from efficiency to agility.

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First Technology Western Cape

Jul 21
3 min

Directors View

The majority of us will remember the original version of the 1987 movie “Wall Street” where Michael Douglas plays the role of “Gordon Gecko”

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First Technology Western Cape

Jul 21
1 min

Robots will take 50 million jobs in the next decade. These are the skills you'll need to stay employ

A recent report finds that automation will take over a significant part of work activities in Europe by 2030.

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First Technology Western Cape

Jul 21
1 min

Inside a ransomware attack: From the first breach to the ransom demand

Security researchers map out how a ransomware attack plays out over a two week period.

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First Technology Western Cape

Jul 21
1 min

The more cybersecurity tools an enterprise deploys, the less effective their defense is

New research highlights how throwing money indiscriminately at security doesn’t guarantee results.

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First Technology Western Cape

Jul 21
1 min

Going back to the office? Here are five major tech problems that lie ahead of you

Keeping employees productive at home was only the first part of the challenge. Now businesses are preparing for the next wave of IT issues.

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First Technology Western Cape

Jul 21
1 min

Digital transformation: Keeping e-commerce moving even when everyone is stuck at home

When social distancing made Avon International’s direct-selling model unworkable, the beauty company’s tech chief used digitisation.

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First Technology

Jul 20
3 min

Embracing the Art of Remote Working

Technology has always connected us, and now it’s more important than ever. As we navigate the changing landscape of work, First Technolog...

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First Technology Western Cape

Jul 15
1 min

The robots are coming, and this is how they will change the future of work

Robotic systems have historically been kept separate from humans, and tucked away deep in factory lines.

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First Technology

Jul 14
3 min

Transforming Your Workforce for a Better Future

The workplace is a fragile ecosystem that requires constant and meticulous attention to thrive. The key to any ecosystem’s survival is ma...

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First Technology

Jul 9
2 min

Exploring Workforce Transformation

The nature of the workplace is going through one of the most monumental transformations in history. Innovative minds across the globe are...

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First Technology Western Cape

Jul 8
1 min

The key to stopping cyberattacks? Understanding your own systems before the hackers strike

Organisations struggle to monitor their networks because they often don't know what's there.

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First Technology Western Cape

Jul 2
1 min

Nine bad things that happen when IT projects go wrong

Digital transformation projects can offer big benefits - but when they fail, the impact can last for years.

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First Technology Western Cape

Jun 30
2 min

First Technology and Curro on virtualised datacentres

Future educators are today grappling with how to deliver education solutions that support the changing demands of learners.

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First Technology Western Cape

Jun 24
1 min

7 low-cost, high-impact IT initiatives you can launch today

Transformation is the key to enterprise success.

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First Technology

Jun 23
5 min

Director’s View

Across the globe, countries are trying different strategies to combat the spread of Covid-19 and in these times, one will be forgiven for...

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First Technology

Jun 23
1 min

How the world's largest and fastest supercomputers are being used to understand the coronavirus

UK scientists will be given access to some of the fastest supercomputers in the world to accelerate their understanding of COVID-19 and h...

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First Technology

Jun 23
1 min

The “future of work” is here, thanks to Covid-19

As the Covid-19 crisis has unfolded, corporate leaders have scrambled to develop radical new strategies for accessing customers, maintain...

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First Technology

Jun 23
1 min

Microsoft builds a supercomputer for OpenAI for training massive AI models

Microsoft is building a supercomputer for and with OpenAI and is using it to train massive distributed AI models, which it is counting on...

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First Technology

Jun 23
1 min

No matter how sophisticated, artificial intelligence systems still need human oversight

Artificial intelligence and machine learning models can work spectacularly -- until they don't. Then they tend to fail spectacularly. Tha...

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Businesses start to rethink their tech priorities for a COVID-19 world

Directors View

Robots will take 50 million jobs in the next decade. These are the skills you'll need to stay employ

Inside a ransomware attack: From the first breach to the ransom demand

The more cybersecurity tools an enterprise deploys, the less effective their defense is

Going back to the office? Here are five major tech problems that lie ahead of you

Digital transformation: Keeping e-commerce moving even when everyone is stuck at home

Embracing the Art of Remote Working

The robots are coming, and this is how they will change the future of work

Transforming Your Workforce for a Better Future

Exploring Workforce Transformation

The key to stopping cyberattacks? Understanding your own systems before the hackers strike

Nine bad things that happen when IT projects go wrong

First Technology and Curro on virtualised datacentres

7 low-cost, high-impact IT initiatives you can launch today

Director’s View

How the world's largest and fastest supercomputers are being used to understand the coronavirus

The “future of work” is here, thanks to Covid-19

Microsoft builds a supercomputer for OpenAI for training massive AI models

No matter how sophisticated, artificial intelligence systems still need human oversight

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