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Real-time detection of attendance at a venue using mobile devices
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2017)The implosion of the mobile phones, mobile applications and social media in recent years has triggered a great interest for more dedicated user-generated contents. Mobile users being the focal point, these modern virtual ... -
An assessment of the capacity management process of the information technology infrastructure library (ITIL) framework in delivering value in public sector
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2017)In Information Technology (IT) service management, the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) has been established as a standard and framework for managing IT services within private and public sector. ... -
Content distribution framework for wireless mesh networks : an information-centric approach
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2017)Information Centric Networking (ICN) is an emerging research field that aims to replace the current host-centric model of Content distribution on the Internet. In ICN architectures, network devices not only forward ... -
The e-agriculture research landscape in South Africa : a systematic literature review
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2017)The objective of this study was to determine the current status of e-agriculture research in the South African context. A systematic literature review was used to gather and analyse data in alignment with the objective ... -
Managing infrastructure risks in information communication technology outsourced projects : a case study at Transnet, South Africa
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2017)The balance between the dependency on Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and reducing costs has led to an increase in ICT outsourcing in many organisations. ICT outsourcing has benefits, but organisations have ... -
Data policies for big health data and personal health data
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2016)Health information policies are constantly becoming a key feature in directing information usage in healthcare. After the passing of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act in 2009 ... -
A framework for software patch management in a multi-vendor environment
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2016)Software often requires patches to be installed post-implementation for a variety of reasons. Organisations and individuals, however, do not always promptly install these patches as and when they are released. This study ... -
Utilisation of ICT in healthcare centre to support HIV/AIDS flow of information and service delivery In Khayelitsha
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2012)This research is an attempt to investigate the utilisation of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in Healthcare to support the flow of HIV/AIDS patient’s general information in public and private sector. Furthermore, ... -
Cashless payment methods for informal traders
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2017)Over the past decade there was an increase in the availability and usage of cashless payment methods in Africa. Cashless payments allow users to make payments without using cash, and offer multiple benefits to both ... -
The potential of mHealth technologies for maternal health-care services : a case of selected public hospitals' maternal units in Zimbabwe
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2016)Zimbabwe has a fairly developed health-care delivery system that is served by public and private hospitals at district, provincial and national level. The public health-care system is the largest provider of health-care ... -
The slow adoption of telecommuting in South Africa
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2016)Climate change imposes indisputable burdens on economic development by significantly causing damage to the environment. In the transportation sector, carbon dioxide emissions from vehicles are seen as top environmental ... -
Analysis of data governance in higher education institutions : case of a university of technology in South Africa
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2015)Organisations now invest in ICT solutions to drive business activities and provide the agility sought for competitive advantage. These may include government departments, higher-education institutions (universities) and ... -
Adoption and use of electronic healthcare information systems to support clinical care in public hospitals of the Western Cape, South Africa
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2016)In the Western Cape, South Africa, despite the prospective benefits that e-Health information systems (e-Health IS) offer to support the healthcare sector; there are limitations in terms of usability, functionality and ... -
The design of a hands-free speech recognition application during the intrapartum stage
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2015)Unlike the developed nations, the health sector within the developing countries is faced with the triple challenges of human, financial and technological scarcity of resources. This insufficiency of resources results into ... -
The conflict of interest between data sharing and data privacy : a middleware approach
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2016)People who are referred to as data owners in this study, use the Internet for various purposes and one of those is using online services like Gmail, Facebook, Twitter and so on. These online services are offered by ... -
User-centred design to engender trust in e-commerce
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2016)Consumer trust is a core element for any e-commerce website. This study aimed to explore attributes of business-to-consumers (B2C) e-commerce websites that can communicate and engender trust from the users’ perspective ... -
The effective application of information systems within SMMEs for long term competitive advantage
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2016)It has been shown that the South African insurance landscape takes up an important place in the African continent, contributing nearly three quarters of the total African insurance sector (Paul, Twala & Marwala, 2012). The ... -
Rationalisation of business processes to create a unified information systems portfolio in a merger: a case study of a financial institution
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2016)The failure to rationalise business processes and Information Technology (IT) systems inhibits the ability of organisations to capitalise and create synergies for a merger. Rationalisation of business processes to create ... -
Accessibility to patients’ own health information: a case in rural Eastern Cape, South Africa
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2016)Access to healthcare is regarded as a basic and essential human right. It is widely known that ICT solutions have potential to improve access to healthcare, reduce healthcare cost, reduce medical errors, and bridge the ... -
The role of telehealth in enhancing access to healthcare services in an under-resourced setting: A case of Mantunzeleni in Eastern Cape Province
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2015)The delivery of healthcare services should be of a high standard for everyone. For people in the location of Mantunzeleni this is not the case as there are still challenges that they go through in order to gain access to ...
