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07 Mar 2012
Square Kilometre Array South Africa and IBM Plan to Explore Space Using Data Analytics
Johannesburg, March 07, 2012 -- The Square Kilometre Array South Africa (SKA SA) today announced it anticipates working with IBM (NYSE: IBM) with the goal of developing a next generation big data analytics platform with self-tuning and self-learning capabilities to better analyze large volumes of radio astronomy data. The proposed software may help automate the process of analyzing antenna-collected data allowing astronomers to more effectively observe objects in space. -
29 Feb 2012
Financial Incentives for IBM Business Partners to Drive Growth
Johannesburg , South Africa, February 29, 2012 – IBM (NYSE: IBM) will offer incentives for its Business Partners to drive growth in key markets such as smarter cities, smarter commerce and social business. -
28 Feb 2012
IBM and Business Partners Drive Client Success in the Cloud
Johannesburg , South Africa, February 28, 2012 -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced a set of offerings to help its Business Partners integrate more tightly with IBM SmartCloud by helping connect them with customers, create new applications and improve their Cloud-computing skills. -
27 Feb 2012
IBM Supports Improved Classroom Learning
East London, South Africa. (27 February, 2012). An international team of IBM employees chosen for the company's Corporate Service Corps (CSC) programme has arrived in South Africa to volunteer their expertise to help improve the level of education for early learners in Eastern Cape schools. -
23 Nov 2011
IBM Extends Academic Initiatives to Industry Skill Development
SOUTH AFRICA, Johannesburg– 23 November 2011: IBM South Africa, in partnership with the MICT SETA announced the roll out of two tiered graduate learnership programme for an initial 200 learners based in facilities in Zeerust and Midrand. This will see the company extend its current Academic Initiatives to bridge the early learning and tertiary research activities it currently invests in. -
17 Nov 2011
IBM Extends Academic Initiatives to Industry Skill Development
Johannesburg, 17 November 2011: IBM’s Executive Service Corps and the City Of Johannesburg (CoJ) have successfully collaborated to develop a five year public safety strategy. The collaboration process is in line with the CoJ’s commitment to becoming a smarter city as part of the Growth and Development Strategy 2040 vision. -
17 Nov 2011
IBM and city of Johannesburg collaborate for smarter public safety
Johannesburg, 17 November 2011: IBM’s Executive Service Corps and the City Of Johannesburg (CoJ) have successfully collaborated to develop a five year public safety strategy. The collaboration process is in line with the CoJ’s commitment to becoming a smarter city as part of the Growth and Development Strategy 2040 vision. -
15 Nov 2011
IBM Searches for Fresh Solutions to Everyday Problems in the Smart Ideas Challenge
As part of IBM’s celebration of service in its centennial year, IBM South Africa have launched an initiative to unearth and reward brilliant ideas that are smart and simple because they have the potential to help solve real problems in the real world.