Securing devices to ensure e-learning grows

All around South Africa, government along with the private sector is rolling out e-learning and paperless learning initiatives, which sees IT hardware and solutions being introduced in classrooms, in order to enlarge the footprint of quality education within...

Coded in Braam explores hybrid apps

Continuing its tradition of supporting the local tech community, ThoughtWorks is hosted the first Coded in Braam event of the year on Saturday 28 March. This hands-on session introduced developers to Spring Boot, a tool based on the Spring IO platform that introduces...

How schools can deal with load-shedding

With South Africa’s energy security seriously compromised and a solution to the challenge of electricity shortages half a decade or more away, it is necessary for organisations of all kinds to consider how they can continue operations. The situation is no different...

Why gamification aids effective learning

The increasing importance of technology in organisations has opened up new avenues in business, not just in the way in which we work – such as bring your own device (BYOD), which allows workers to be far more mobile and not tethered to the desk from nine to five – but also in how new employees are recruited and how on the job training occurs.

GIBS, DiData partner on programme

The University of Pretoria’s Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) and Dimension Data have announced the formation of the Dimension Data Programme in Digital Disruption, which will be funded by Dimension Data through a sponsorship endowment to GIBS. The...

Acer commits to the education channel

Acer is a leading vendor of IT products in the education market and aims to support the change of the way students learn and teachers teach nowadays. Acer believes the most valuable part of computing is its power to spread knowledge. With its full product portfolio...