Brainstorm Magazine

1. Shooting the moon
(October 2008/In-Depth Analysis)

... successful trip to the international space station, the founding of the Shuttleworth Foundation that tackles the challenges facing education in South Africa, and his company Canonical, which aimed to develop ...

2. More than just certification
(October 2008/Features)

... been studies by higher education bodies in South Africa – one in 2007 and one in 2009 – that show that graduates lack the ability to find information, they don’t understand business, they can’t problem-solve ...

3. Dumb end-users
(October 2008/Features)

... solutions. Unfortunately, often it is new users who become the victims of these scams as they are not aware of the dangers,” he says. Teach them There is a strong need for education – and not the ‘brain-dump ...

4. Out of sorts
(October 2008/In-Depth Analysis)

... the country must market itself holistically, and train up the skills it needs through the Sector Education Training Authorities (Setas). “South Africa must market itself as a [stable] destination,” he ...

5. New generation communication
(Informatica/Effective e-Government 2009)

... reminders but will soon be expanded to cover other activities. These will include short form information and education at times of national medical emergencies or during times of epidemics. “SMS provides ...

6. Linking great minds
(Informatica/Effective e-Government 2009)

... the CSIR’s Pretoria campus to one another and to a major gateway site in Johannesburg. Teams from UJ and Wits, Meraka, the Tertiary Education Network (Tenet) and Neotel worked closely together to accomplish ...

7. Next-generation services
(Informatica/Effective e-Government 2009)

... with government across all levels to implement this vision of complete, complementary services. For Lazarus, two key areas of government delivery offer a point of focus: health and education. “On a simple ...

8. A partner of choice to government
(Informatica/Effective e-Government 2009)

... benefit from greater operational efficiency. “Eclipse’s specialist Microsoft teams are currently involved with public sector projects in the Health and Education departments of Mpumalanga and Limpopo,” ...

9. SITA: A decade of existence
(Informatica/Effective e-Government 2009)

... Health, as well as the Unemployment Insurance Fund are key participants in this government-wide information exchange project. In collaboration with the Department of Education, SITA implemented the Learner ...

10. Fostering the Entrepreneurial Spirit
(Informatica/Bytesize 2007)

... to encourage entrepreneurship education; an entrepreneurial awareness is starting to develop amongst the younger generations; unemployment forces people to become more entrepreneurial; and more role models ...

11. A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS?
(Informatica/Effective e-Government 2007)

... for how to make changes towards achieving policy goals over time. This implies a rational process of education and negotiation, leading to an agreement on the way forward. • Such an agreement should ...

12. Big history with small businesses
(Informatica/Bytesize 2007)

... Unit, SeDa and the coega Development corporation. Tati underlines the dual-benefit of partnerships and skills transfer: “it helps bring small businesses into the mainstream. our education and support ...

13. GETTING READY FOR BANDWIDTH BLAST-OFF!
(Informatica/Converging communications 2007)

... on entrepreneurial enterprises, businesses, all spheres of government, internet services providers, health and educational institutions. The potential business to be generated from VSAT -equipped cyber ...

14. WHEN STUDENTS ARE VIEWED AS CUSTOMERS
(Informatica/ICT in Financial Services 2007)

... years old. Its processes are intricate, well-worn and siloed. It is the biggest university in the southern hemisphere (300 000 students, receiving distance education), and it handles a million student ...

15. ZENSAR: OPTIMAL SOURCING SOLVES SKILLS SHORTAGE , PRODUCES QUALITY RESULTS
(Informatica/ICT in Financial Services 2007)

... like manufacturing, retail, distribution & logistics, financial services, telecom, utilities, education, media and entertainment. • Has a $155-million revenue for the year on date 31st ...

16. ANALYTICS – THE KEY TO COMPETITIVE DIFFERENTIATION
(Informatica/ICT in Financial Services 2007)

... support centre provides always-on access to a wealth of technical support, reference information, educational resources and communities. Knowledge sharing is continuously available through regular seminars, ...

17. A GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS LEADER
(Informatica/Effective e-Government 2007)

... 94% of Fortune 500. Verizon’s market strength lies in the delivery of financial services, retail, high-tech, healthcare, federal/state/local government and education. Verizon Business in South Africa ...

18. TAKING SPECIALIST HEALTHCARE TO THE PEOPLE
(Informatica/Effective e-Government 2007)

... as the entire diagnosis process can be recorded and be kept available for review. There are also the educational possibilities that would allow nurses in the clinics to learn remotely by viewing operations ...

19. TRANSFORMING THE WAY THE WORLD MANAGES INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(Informatica/Effective e-Government 2007)

... than 45 countries, serving over 99% of Fortune 1000® companies including, government, education and thousands of other entities and companies in diverse industries worldwide. We are driving to the next ...

20. WORKING TOWARDS CREATING AN INCLUSIVE INFORMATION SOCIETY
(Informatica/Effective e-Government 2007)

... jobs directly to the units. These offices also feature voice services. The Gauteng Online Project In 2004, Sentech was appointed by the Gauteng Department of Education and Gauteng Online to provide ...