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Frost & Sullivan commends Nebula’s
OneView TEM solution
Based on its recent analysis of the enterprise
telecommunications management industry, Frost & Sullivan
recognises Nebula with the 2017 South African Enterprise
Telecommunications Management Technology Innovation
Award. Nebula has successfully expanded its award-winning
OneView solution with the addition of the Integration Hub
to the product suite. Nebula enables businesses to integrate
outsourced business functions and IT on a single platform.
OneView also enables employees to use their mobile devices
to self-manage their business spend on company-owned or
personal devices.
“Given that Nebula launched the OneView solution just over
a year ago, the speed at which the Integration Hub has been
developed and launched is astounding,” says Frost & Sullivan
Research Analyst, George Etheredge.
Nebula’s OneView product suite provides different levels
of the enterprise with high to detailed levels of information
about what employees or business units are spending
on telecommunications, and this allows the business to
perform continuous cost avoidance and optimisation.
“Nebula’s growth expansion plans also include on-boarding
Nebula team with Microsoft partner,
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international clients as well as supporting its local clients’
global expansion,” says Etheredge. “Nebula will also extend
its product integration capabilities by seamlessly integrating
Microsoft technologies, such as PowerBI and Mobile Device
Management, into the OneView product offering.”
Expanding to offer similar solutions for the IT environment
generally will build brand loyalty for Nebula as the market will
come to associate the firm with simplifying business rather
than just focusing on telecommunications.
Virtual teaching becomes a reality
through new education technology
Vodacom and the Eastern Cape
Department of Education have taken
the digitalisation of education in
the province a step further through
the launch of the ‘Virtual Teacher’
platform. The move follows Vodacom’s
Programme for Mobile Devices,
introduced in the province earlier this
year to promote the use of
digital technology in Eastern
Cape schools.
Virtual Teacher is a new
interactive technology
platform which allows an
individual teacher or lecturer
to deliver lessons in real time
to multiple remote classrooms
or locations simultaneously.
Through a range of smart
devices, learners can join
classes from anywhere and
at any time. For the first time
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in South Africa, the technology can be
accessed through any personal device.
The platform is supported through
portable hardware which delivers
high-quality visuals and sound. It can
also accommodate unlimited viewer
numbers. The technology enables live
interaction with the remote audience
through a texting Q&A facility for
written responses during the lesson.
Vuyani Jarana, Chief Officer at Vodacom
Business, says: “Vodacom is working
with the Eastern Cape Department
of Education to address some of the
challenges facing our education
system, particularly in rural
and underperforming schools.
This is all about bringing
innovative technology to those
who need it most in order to
improve learning outcomes
for all education segments
in our country. The future of
the South African education
system is digital and we must
embrace the opportunities this
offers to leapfrog infrastructural
backlogs and legacy issues in
our schools.”
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