Govt dept rolls out Dac’s PPM solution
Dac Systems, local provider of turnkey solutions based on Microsoft products, has successfully initiated a Project Portfolio Management (PPM) solution for a high profile government department . This solution will be used to track performance of the department on...
Elections modernised in 2013
Scytl, the worldwide leader in secure online voting and election modernisation announces a revenue growth of over 70% resulting from the company’s innovative end-to-end election modernisation technology deployment in election processes across the globe. The...
Municipal bill payments made easy
Revolutionising business requires three primary ingredients: innovation; collaboration; and vision. The recent merger of Bytes Technology Group (BTG) and Altech, and the subsequent establishment of the Technology Multimedia Telecoms (TMT) Division of Altron, has...
Asset management key for municipalities
It is essential that both public and private sectors get a strong understanding of their asset management maturity and develop a robust maintenance road map, says Anton Booyzen, chairman of the Southern African Asset Management Association (SAAMA). Municipalities in...
Taking government asset management mobile
Local governments in South Africa have a vast number of assets that they need to manage, from small internal assets such as computers, through to significant external assets such as water pumps, tanks and so forth. These assets are proving to be a nightmare to manage...
Addressing identity management in realtime
Global populations are not only growing, they are concentrating in ever-larger urban conglomerations. These large concentrations of people create many challenges, many of which can only be solved with the help of new and flexible ways to establish identity securely....
Bytes brings CSI-type technology to SA
From Kay Scarpetta to hit TV shows like CSI and NCIS, forensic science has become one of the coolest ways to fight crime. It’s a new take on the eternal good-versus-bad story. Part of the genre’s appeal is its use of sophisticated technology to give the good guys an...
Police tap into the power of SMS
The Humewood police station in Port Elizabeth is making use of an innovative SMS service by Vox Telecom to keep in close communication with the community at large and improve services. “A number of police stations in the Eastern Cape have been making use of a Vox...
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...
Smart collaboration could help government
Private-public sector collaboration, underpinned by smart technologies, stand to significantly reduce South Africa’s crime levels, says IBM South Africa. Speaking from GovTech 2013, IBM South Africa sales lead Hamilton Ratshefola noted that the most recent crime...
Cloud computing for government
Before the birth of the electricity generating industry, any enterprise needing power had to build and run private generators. These were inflexible, inelastic and did not scale easily, says President Ntuli, Business Critical Systems (BCS) manager, HP Enterprise...
Zetes wins Belgian e-passport contract
Within the framework of a call for tender process, the Federal Public Service (FPS) for Foreign Affairs has entrusted Zetes with the personalisation of Belgian e-passports. The contract, which becomes effective on 1 May 2014, covers a period of five years. Around 400...