Adapt IT invests in third Knowledge Centre

The JSE listed and innovative IT company, Adapt IT, has opened its third Knowledge Centre at the Rusthof Secondary School in the Western Cape. This brings the company’s total knowledge centre investment to R1,6-million, after investments in Amaoti and Olievenhoutbosch...

Electronic medical records for Medscheme

Although the benefits offered by electronic medical records (EMRs) to both healthcare professionals as well as healthcare administrators have long been recognised, uptake has been slow both locally and internationally. This now looks set to change as Medscheme, a...

OSVR, partners launch research portal

Organisers of Open Source Virtual Reality (OSVR), a platform designed to set an open standard for virtual reality devices, has announced the launch of a research portal on the OSVR Web site. Led by OSVR’s academic partners, the research can be accessed by developers,...

Strong dollar impacts IT pricing

As the euro and dollar almost reach parity, coping with exchange rate fluctuations is turning into a major challenge for the IT industry.Components purchases are usually in dollars and, consequently, all EMEA hardware manufacturers have to face the strong currency...

Oracle Retail helps improve insights

Most retailers agree their customer and operational data contains unique and valuable insights, but they are often unable to extract those insights due to the capital investment, infrastructure and staff required to sustain “big data” analytics environments. Today...