The launch of various local cloud platforms is a defining moment in the digitisation of companies and governments across the continent, says Peter Reid, Executive Head of Intervate South Africa, a T-Systems company.
The launch of various local cloud platforms is a defining moment in the digitisation of companies and governments across the continent, says Peter Reid, Executive Head of Intervate South Africa, a T-Systems company.
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The Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DTPS) on Monday kicked off the first sessions of a planned national public consultation roadshow to unpack details of the three recently gazetted strategies to implement the National Integrated Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Policy White Paper.
The proposed National e-Strategy and the draft National e-Government Strategy and Roadmap were gazetted in early April, while the draft ICT Small, Medium-sized and Microenterprises (SMME) Support Strategy was tabled at the end of March.
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Telecommunications and Postal Services Minister Siyabonga Cwele has called on members of the public to provide written inputs on three strategies that are aimed at leveraging technology to modernise service delivery.
The strategies which include the National e-Strategy, National e-Government Strategy and the Information Communication Technology (ICT) Small, Medium and Micro-sized Enterprises strategy are also aimed at radically transforming the ICT sector to make it more inclusive.
We are pleased with the success of the online application system and humbled by the overwhelming response of the people of Gauteng, says Panyaza Lesufi.
"The new information technology - internet and e-mail - have practically eliminated the physical costs of communications,” said Peter Drucker, an American management guru.
The Information and Communication Technologies road map aims to identify opportunities and support industries and in particular SMMEs
Small, medium and micro-enterprises (SMMEs) will be the major beneficiaries of government’s ambitious ICT road map that seeks to digitise most public services.