New tool puts customers in the centre

Standard Bank has rolled out a new online tool to assist merchants countrywide to change the paradigm of customer interaction. The bank completed a highly successful pilot phase of its new online dashboard tool CustomerView across 12 clients in October and November...

Anti-plagiarism software enhances academic integrity

Technology has taken the blame for much online plagiarism, but institutions find that it also engages students meaningfully with lecturers, fellow students and resources, improving and deepening learning. Although accused of making cheating easier, it also enhances...

Big data to transform cancer care

In the digital age, data are all around us. How these data are captured, formatted and analysed determine if they are pieces of information or kernels of intelligence that give us the power to take meaningful action. The explosion of data in healthcare is creating the...

SA’s SuperTeachers urged to come forward

The Internet Service Providers’ Association of South Africa (ISPA) and the Digital Education Institute (DEI) have issued a joint call for the country’s teachers to enter the 2018 ISPA SuperTeacher of the Year Competition. Registration opens on 01 March...

FMI gains speed, agility with Lenovo ThinkSystems

The insurance business is fast-paced and dynamic, so IT must provide fast processing and storage that’s both available and easy to manage. When Durban-based insurer FMI needed to refresh its existing IBM systems, it turned to long-time partner Network Configurations...

Sureswipe’s POS Lite benefits small retailers

For a small retailer or start-up to be successful and move to the next level, it’s important that systems are in place to track inventory, recon and balance merchant batch closure, manage multiple store and staff sales and have immediate access to realtime data...