Gauging social sentiment the smart way

Securing buy-in from citizens to new and potentially unpopular moves is a challenge faced by public sector agencies across the world. Social media-style consultation can help gauge public sentiment and boost acceptance of new public sector initiatives, says IBM South...

IT in the public sector

Governments around the world are under enormous pressure to deliver more services with fewer resources. The current European economic climate in countries such as Greece, Spain and others have forced government to cut their budget by as much as 50% in some cases – a...

Risk profiling improves border control

Looking back over the last couple of years, South Africa has attracted the interest of several high-profile events – the most prominent being the 2010 Soccer World Cup  and, more recently, the 2013 BRICS Summit and World Economic Forum Africa 2013.  These are...

MPS helps government tackle printing costs

Public sector agencies and government departments could achieve significant cost savings and productivity gains by turning towards managed print services (MPS) to enhance the management of their document output environments. That’s the word from Simbo Ntshinka, MD of...

IT asset management improves audit success

Effective IT asset management can help all tiers of government departments to have a clear view of their IT assets. This can help a department to have no unexplained variance between the lists of IT assets purchased against the actual assets that can be accounted for...