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Challenges facing eTextbook provision to South African schools

Author: Dlodlo, N ; Foko, Thato E Date: Oct 2012 One of the mandates of the Department of Basic Education (DBE) in South Africa is to distribute textbooks to both urban and remote rural schools. The challenge that the DBE faces in this regard is that the distribution machinery has not been ... Read more
A comparative analysis of pricing models for enterprise cloud platforms

Author: Mvelase, P ; Sibiya, G ; Dlodlo, N ; Oladosu, J ; Adigun, M Date: Sep 2013 Research and commercial efforts are currently addressing challenges and providing solutions in cloud computing. Business models are emerging to address different use case scenarios of cloud computing. In this paper, we present the evaluation ... Read more
Custom-made cloud enterprise architecture for small, medium and micro enterprises

Author: Mvelase, P ; Dlodlo, N ; Williams, Q ; Adigun, M Date: Jul 2011 Small, Medium, and Micro enterprises (SMMEs) usually do not have adequate funds to acquire ICT infrastructure and often use cloud computing. In this paper, the authors discuss the implementation of virtual enterprises (VE) to enable SMMEs to ... Read more
Custom-made cloud enterprise architecture for small, medium and micro enterprises

Author: Mvelase, P ; Dlodlo, N ; Williams, Q ; Adigun, M Date: Jul 2011 Small, Medium, and Micro enterprises (SMMEs) usually do not have adequate funds to acquire ICT infrastructure and often use cloud computing. In this paper, the authors discuss the implementation of virtual enterprises (VE) to enable SMMEs to ... Read more
Depiction of experimental findings for a cloud enterprise architecture

Author: Mvelase, PS ; Dlodlo, N ; Sithole, Happy M ; Adigun, M Date: Dec 2015 Research and commercial efforts are currently addressing challenges and providing solutions in cloud computing. Business models are emerging to address different use scenarios of cloud computing. In this paper, we present a virtual enterprise ... Read more
Digital television in the delivery of multimedia education content.

Author: Ntlatlapa, Ntsibane S ; Dlodlo, N Date: Nov 2012 Broadband access has not reached all corners of South Africa, and yet the need to deliver multimedia education content to all schools in the country remains the same. Low-cost, appropriate technologies would enable schools in areas that would ... Read more
Distributed knowledge-based system for the optimum utilisation of South African wool

Author: Dlodlo, N ; Hunter, Lawrance ; Botha, Anton F ; Metelerkamp, RGM Date: Sep 2009 This article describes the concept and development of a knowledge-based advisory system for the optimum utilisation of South African wool for the benefit of present and potential investors and other interested parties Read more
Experiences of girls in a fabrication engineering environment

Author: Dlodlo, N ; Beyers, RN Date: 2009 The article reports on an effort to address the issue of inequality in girls’ and women’s access to science, engineering and technology (SET) education and careers through raising an awareness on SET among school girls in South Africa. Secondary ... Read more
Experiences of South African high school girls in a fab lab environment

Author: Dlodlo, N ; Beyers, RN Date: Jan 2009 This paper reports on an effort to address the issue of inequality in girls' and women's access to science, engineering and technology (SET) education and careers through raising awareness on SET among secondary school girls in South Africa. ... Read more
Gender-based survey of learning styles of South African employees in ICT careers

Author: Dlodlo, N ; Mvelase, PS ; Krause, C Date: Jan 2010 This research is one of a series that attempt to unveil the various reasons why the numbers of women participating in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) education and careers in South Africa is significantly low compared to that ... Read more
Handing over ownership of schools to learners

Author: Dlodlo, N ; Tolmay, JP ; Mvelase, P Date: Mar 2012 This research is about encouraging learners to participate in the management of their schools through technology and a constructivist approach. Learners populate a database with photos on the state of the school infrastructure, availability ... Read more
An integrated smart system for ambient-assisted living

Author: Foko, Thato E ; Dlodlo, N ; Montsi, L Date: Aug 2013 Ambient-assisted living (AAL) is an initiative to extend the time the elderly can live in their home environment by increasing their autonomy and assisting them carry out their daily activities. AAL systems exploit information and communication ... Read more
Interfacing internet of things technologies of RFID, XMPP and Twitter to reduce inaccuracies in inventory management

Author: Mathaba, S ; Dlodlo, N ; Smith, Andrew C ; Makitla, I ; Sibiya, G ; Adigun, M Date: May 2012 A critical issue in inventory management is having accurate and timely information on stock levels. Therefore advantage should be taken of technologies that can reduce the impact of counterfeits, expired products and misplaced products. One ... Read more
Internet of things considered in context of the classroom of the future

Author: Smith, Andrew C ; Dlodlo, N ; Marais, Mario A Date: Jul 2011 In this paper the authors advocate an approach that supplements current teaching. The approach exploits certain properties of the Internet of Things such as sensing the environment in which the learner is situated, and the ability to inform ... Read more
The internet of things for a smart South African grid architecture

Author: Dlodlo, N ; Mudumbe, JM ; Ndwe, T Date: Nov 2014 Energy demand in South Africa is fast exceeding supply, leading to instances of load shedding and high prices. An optimized energy supply environment has to be achieved if the country is to maintain reasonable pricing and universal access to ... Read more
The internet of things for South African tourism

Author: Gcaba, O ; Dlodlo, N Date: May 2016 This paper presents examples of internet of things (IoT) applications that could enhance the management of tourism activities in South Africa. Although information and communication technologies (ICT) have been adopted in some aspects of the ... Read more
The internet of things in agriculture for sustainable rural development

Author: Dlodlo, N ; Kalezhi, J Date: May 2015 Rural areas in South Africa and Zambia face a number of similar issues in the domains of agriculture, connectivity, water, transport, health and education et cetera, which calls for potentially similar solutions to be directed towards solving ... Read more
The Internet of Things in bridging the gap in municipal service delivery in South Africa

Author: Dlodlo, N ; Olwal, T ; Mvelase, P Date: May 2012 There continues to be high expectations of the government from the citizens of South Africa to improve the delivery of services , and hence the need to come up with comprehensive measures to alleviate the problem. This paper proposes the ... Read more
The internet of things in community safety and crime prevention for South Africa

Author: Dlodlo, N ; Mbecke, P ; Mofolo, M ; Mhlanga, Martin M Date: Dec 2013 One of the major tasks of the South African government is to reduce crime levels on a year-to-year basis. The use of information and communications technologies (ICTs) is capital in facilitating the process to finding solutions to crime. This ... Read more
The internet of things in transport management in South Africa

Author: Dlodlo, N Date: May 2015 To support sustainable transport systems in South Africa, this paper proposes the adoption of internet of things (IoT) technologies. This research extracted information on the activities undertaken by South Africa’s public transport agencies ... Read more

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