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NEW PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

From your desktop to your phone allowing us to seamlessly blend work into
our lives with collaboration anywhere, at
any time.
As part of a collaboration between
ew technologies for the modern enterprise require that the business landscape Apple and Webex, Cisco recently
invests in unified experiences that accelerate collaboration, no matter where you announced Move to Mobile, which
Nare working from. This year’s Cisco Live conference affirms that it’s becoming allows for a seamless transition from
more and more evident that hybrid work is the future of work – and it’s here, now. As desktop to iPhone, as well as updates to
part of the digital transformation journey, the modern work environment is no longer Webex on CarPlay.
confined to a single space or device anymore. It’s flexible, it’s mobile, it’s connected, How does it work? Let’s assume
that you have an early Webex Meeting
from home, but you need to get on
the road to commute to the office. We
have now simplified the transition as
you dial in from your iPhone and drop
from your Mac. With Move to Mobile
built into Webex Meetings, it’s as simple
as scanning a QR code, and you move
seamlessly to your iPhone. No disruption
and completely frictionless.
Once you’ve arrived and parked
at the office, you can easily continue
a meeting on your phone, pop into a
conference room and seamlessly transfer
the meeting to the Webex device there.

Great pothole APP

he recently launched PotholeFixGP
mobile application (app) has already
Trecorded 4 861 downloads on the
Google Play Store, with 1547 potholes reported
by users so far. The app, a collaboration
between the Gauteng Department of Roads
and Transport (GDRT) and the Council for
Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR),
signals a commitment to the digitalisation of
the transport sector as it facilitates enhanced
accountability by the GDRT and other roads
authorities in the province.
“The app was designed with user-friendly
principles in mind,” explains CSIR Impact Area provide the exact location of a pothole by using the phone’s Global Positioning
Manager, Dr Mathetha Mokonyama. “As part System functionality or by dropping a geo-location pin on a map. In addition to
of a much larger programme to institute a fit- providing the location of the pothole, the user can also provide information on
for-purpose road network asset management the estimated size of the pothole and a corresponding photograph of the pothole.
system, the GDRT has been working with the The app has a public dashboard where users can view reported potholes and their
CSIR to improve the detection and reporting of repair status. To track a reported pothole, a user captures the reference number
potholes by members of the public.” initially received when they reported the pothole on the app. PotholeFixGP
The app is currently available on the Google provides a status update of the pothole, from “to assigned” and eventually “to
Play Store and the iOS version will be made completed” for the department and the user who reported the issue.
available soon. Monthly updates on the data collected through the app will be made available
PotholeFixGP is easy to use – the user can to the public to promote transparency and accountability.

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