Author:Nicolaou, StavrosDate:Oct 2017This presentation discusses the evolution of Aspen's manufacturing base and how to build a world class, globally competitive pharmaceutical business out of South Africa.Read more
Author:Dlamini, Sifiso B; Masonta, Moshe T; Johnson, DLDate:Nov 2014The purpose of this paper is to present research findings that investigate the extent of Internet usage as well as options for extending the current reach of the wireless network in Dwesa, a rural area in South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province. ...Read more
Author:Mtsweni, Jabu S; Thaba, James MDate:2022Cyberspace has been designated by organizations such as NATO as the fifth domain for battlespace, and many nations are already having and/or building their capabilities in the cyber defence environment in order to protect and defend their ...Read more
Author:Ford, M; Herselman, Martha E; Botha, AdèleDate:Nov 2014The purpose of this paper is to provide an explanation of how Design Science research has been applied in order to develop a mobile learning framework for the ICT4RED project which is currently in progress in Cofimvaba in the Eastern Cape ...Read more
Author:Veerasamy, Namosha; Grobler, M; Von Solms, BDate:Jul 2012Cyberterrorism and the use of the Internet for cyberterrorism is an emerging field. Often cyberterrorism activities overlap with traditional hacking and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Infrastructure exploitation. As a result, ...Read more
Author:Loots, GlaudinaDate:Oct 2017This presentation focuses on a proposed Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) development model for South Africa,Read more
Author:Van Vuuren, JJ; Plint, G; Leenen, L; Zaaiman, J; Kadyamatimba, A; Phahlamohlaka, Letlibe JDate:2016With the advancement of technology and proliferation of mobile and computing devices through all levels of society, cyber power is becoming an increasingly prominent driver in the attainment of national security for any state. This paper ...Read more
Author:Mvelase, P; Dlodlo, N; Macleod, D; Sithole, Happy MDate:Jul 2015This research is on the identification of components that are general across cloud platforms. These components are classified under hardware, virtualisation and cloud management. These building blocks encompass nodes and clusters, hypervisors, ...Read more
Author:Abbott, GR; McDuling, JJ; Parsons, SA; Schoeman, JCDate:May 2007This paper proposes a condition assessment system and process with examples of value addition towards sustainable construction. Most condition assessments are mere snapshots in time that end up gathering dust on a shelf because the value of ...Read more
Author:Van Straaten, JF; Lotz, FJDate:Oct 1974The need for conserving energy is emphasised. Recommendations are made to ensure the best thermal performance under the relevant climatic conditions. Several construction methods are discussed against a thermal comfort scale for housing.Read more
Author:Smith, Andrew C; Gelderblom, HDate:Sep 2013We present interaction with a physical building as a hypothetical example of peripheral interaction. The state of the building's windows provides input to an algorithm which produces abstract art as the result of the interaction. This paper ...Read more
Author:Haywood, Lorren K; Van der Watt, CDate:Sep 2016This is a conference presentation on Building resilience into business strategy. Resilience within business is very appealing in that, it enables organisations to put sustainability into context: business is not a self-contained system but ...Read more
Author:Johnson, D; Roux, KDate:Sep 2008Providing connectivity to under-serviced rural areas comes with a unique set of challenges such as the high cost of installing equipment, lack of reliable power, skill shortages and high cost of providing Internet connectivity which is mostly ...Read more
Author:De Wet, Febe; Dlamini, Nkosikhona; Van der Walt, Willem J; Govender, AvashnaDate:Dec 2017Creating synthetic voices that are both natural and intelligible is a daunting challenge for well-resourced languages. The challenge is much bigger for languages in which the speech and text resources required for voice development are not ...Read more
Author:Adedeji, KB; Hamam, Y; Abe, BT; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MIDate:Sep 2017In most water distribution systems, an appreciable volume of water is lost through leaking pipes, resulting in financial loss and environmental pollution among others. Thus, water loss constitutes a major challenge to utilities around the ...Read more
Author:Gous, H; Gard, J; Baltes, G; Schutte, C; Gerber, ADate:Jun 2011The range of inter-organisational innovation networks existing in the global economy today show a wide variance in structure, purpose, location, lifespan and maturity. These differences between network instantiations highlight the need for ...Read more
Author:Calteaux, Karen V; Grover, AS; Van Huyssteen, GBDate:May 2012Multilingual emerging markets hold many opportunities for the application of spoken language technologies, such as interactive voice response (IVR) systems. Designing such systems requires an in-depth understanding of the business drivers and ...Read more
Author:Mvelase, P; Dlamini, Z; Macleod, D; Dlodlo, N; Sithole, Happy MDate:May 2014Advances in Information Technology have brought about cloud computing, an evolutionary computing practice that facilitates the provisioning of computing services as a utility. Cloud computing has brought about change in the economics and ...Read more
Author:Luzipo, S; van Biljon, J; Herselman, Martha EDate:May 2015Business process adoption is one of the factors that determine an organisation's performance. While there are various factors that can have an impact on business processes adoption, this paper focuses on the impact of individual, process and ...Read more