Spescom DataFusion has concluded a strategic partnership agreement with East Africa-based ICT provider, Computer Point. This agreement marks the conclusion of the first phase of Spescom's plans to establish a presence in the region. [Issue:One hundred and ninety eight (7/8/06 - 11/8/06)]
Digital Communication Services has launched a large-scale 'Digital Definition' display system in Northgate shopping mall. The pilot site is in conjunction with Dion. [Issue:One hundred and ninety eight (7/8/06 - 11/8/06)]
In a move aimed at boosting relations between the Brazilian and SA ICT industries, a Brazilian trade mission will hold a one-day ICT seminar in Sandton on August 29. [Issue:One hundred and ninety eight (7/8/06 - 11/8/06)]
Tourism operators at the V & A Waterfront's Clock Tower, including CC Africa, Avis and Great White Shark Expeditions have desks in the centre offering a one-stop booking and information service to walk-in visitors. [Issue:One hundred and ninety eight (7/8/06 - 11/8/06)]
The Central Africa Building Society (CABS) in Zimbabwe has implemented American Power Conversion's (APC) InfraStruXure solution to protect its centralised banking applications, aiming to completely eliminate downtime related to power maintenance. [Issue:One hundred and ninety eight (7/8/06 - 11/8/06)]
Centracell has announced that it will be ready to successfully manage and administer mobile number portability (MNP) to all its customers by the official launch date of 18 September this year. Centracell aims to provide a comprehensive suite of solutions for routing voice traffic over all alternative least cost routing (LCR) network platforms at the most cost-effective rates. [Issue:One hundred and ninety eight (7/8/06 - 11/8/06)]
Concilium Technologies has announced that M-Net and SuperSport, M-Net's eight channels dedicated to sports programming, have selected Vizrt solutions for the asset management of over 200 000 hours of existing and new content. [Issue:One hundred and ninety eight (7/8/06 - 11/8/06)]
A consortium led by AMD has launched three digital inclusion programmes in schools in and around Kampala, the capital city of Uganda. As part of the 50 x 15 initiative, AMD is collaborating with the Ugandan Government, the New Partnership for Africa's Development (Nepad) and 13 additional organisations, as part of the company's commitment to connect 50% of the world's population to the Internet by the year 2015. [Issue:One hundred and ninety eight (7/8/06 - 11/8/06)]
Woolworths has signed an expanded strategy consulting agreement with PIC Solutions to support its Triad adaptive control system. The Triad system, from Fair Isaac Corporation, aims to provide sophisticated risk management functionality in the credit limit management, collections and marketing communications environments. [Issue:One hundred and ninety eight (7/8/06 - 11/8/06)]
As part of its expansion into Africa, medical aid company, Prosperity Health, has selected Bytes Communications Solutions (BCS) to implement a 50-seat Alcatel Omnitouch Contact Centre complete with IVR and a voice logger. This installation forms part of an Africa-wide network for Prosperity Health. [Issue:One hundred and ninety eight (7/8/06 - 11/8/06)]
The rapid expansion of mobile telecommunications in Africa is seeing operators scramble to reach new areas and grab market share, according to recent industry research. Gateway Communications says that it has seen a huge increase in demand for its turnkey network solutions over the last few months. The company controls the design, implementation and management of networks on behalf of mobile operators. [Issue:One hundred and ninety eight (7/8/06 - 11/8/06)]
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Informatica, which provides data integration software, has announced second-quarter revenues of $80,8m, a 26% increase over the same period last year. Licence revenues for the second quarter were $36,9m, up by 31% from the $28,1m recorded in the second quarter of 2005. [Issue:One hundred and ninety eight (7/8/06 - 11/8/06)]
The Global Mobile Suppliers Association (GSA), confirms in a survey that 44 suppliers have launched 407 3G/WCDMA devices. It means 221 new products worldwide came to market in the past 12 months, representing almost 120% growth. The number of WCDMA device suppliers increased from 26 to 44 in the same period. [Issue:One hundred and ninety eight (7/8/06 - 11/8/06)]
Compuware yesterday announced a three-year contract between Shanghai GM and Compuware Covisint. Covisint will provide messaging and integration services for Shanghai GM and hundreds of its suppliers based in Asia, North America, Europe and Latin America. [Issue:One hundred and ninety eight (7/8/06 - 11/8/06)]
American Power Conversion (APC) has reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 25. Revenue for the second quarter 2006 was $560m, up by 17% from $480,6m in the second quarter of 2005, and up by 17% sequentially from $478,8m in the first quarter of 2006. [Issue:One hundred and ninety eight (7/8/06 - 11/8/06)]
SAS has announced that beginning in the third quarter, the University of Memphis will offer an undergraduate certificate in data analysis and programming using SAS software. This programme is the first undergraduate certificate in SAS to be offered in the Americas and is one of only three such programmes available worldwide. [Issue:One hundred and ninety eight (7/8/06 - 11/8/06)]
One of the things that most affects fans' enjoyment of a match, event or tournament is the massive queues for food or drink, which are usually made worse because people have to rummage around for the correct change. [Issue:One hundred and ninety eight (7/8/06 - 11/8/06)]
Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories, an Alcatel company, has announced that its Genesys customer interaction management software suite is designed to enable SAP solutions to seamlessly integrate with voice self-service functionality from Genesys Voice Platform. [Issue:One hundred and ninety eight (7/8/06 - 11/8/06)]
With MADSolutions' recent introduction of E-mail Management Server 2006 software, users can now manage their Microsoft Exchange Server e-mail systems while preserving data integrity, says Amit Parbhucharan, technology marketing director at official local distributor, Channel Data. [Issue:One hundred and ninety eight (7/8/06 - 11/8/06)]
HP says that it has extended the boundaries of traditional entry-level workstation computing with the introduction of a high-performance, low-cost workstation featuring the latest Intel processors. [Issue:One hundred and ninety eight (7/8/06 - 11/8/06)]
Corporates and vendors have been faced with the challenge of ensuring that the data stored on their mobile computers is kept safe from the hands of industry spies and competitors for some time now. [Issue:One hundred and ninety eight (7/8/06 - 11/8/06)]
Apple has unveiled the Mac Pro, a quad Xeon, 64-bit desktop workstation featuring two Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors running up to 3GHz and a system architecture that is designed to deliver up to twice the performance of the Power Mac - G5 Quad. The introduction of the Mac Pro is said to mark the completion of a rapid and seamless transition for Apple, with the entire Mac family now using Intel's latest processors. [Issue:One hundred and ninety eight (7/8/06 - 11/8/06)]
EMC has introduced EMC Documentum Information Rights Management (IRM) Services and EMC Documentum Records Manager 5.3 two complementary content management software offerings that are now unified with the EMC Documentum enterprise content management (ECM) platform, the company says. Both are designed to help companies respond faster to changing regulatory requirements while enabling more secure information sharing and disposal. [Issue:One hundred and ninety eight (7/8/06 - 11/8/06)]
Dell has expanded its Precision desktop workstation line in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) with the addition of the Precision 390, a system designed to balance performance, scalability and value, while handling demanding applications. [Issue:One hundred and ninety eight (7/8/06 - 11/8/06)]
Gestetner, a provider of total document solutions, has announced the MP C2500 and MP C3000, which aim to bring increased efficiency to the general office, by delivering print speeds of 25 pages per minute (ppm) and 30ppm respectively for both colour and black and white documents. [Issue:One hundred and ninety eight (7/8/06 - 11/8/06)]
The Logitech Premium Notebook Headset, the Logitech QuickCam for Notebooks Pro and Logitech QuickCam for Notebooks Deluxe webcams are designed to make it easy to participate in Internet phone or video calls. [Issue:One hundred and ninety eight (7/8/06 - 11/8/06)]
Supplier of enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions, Softline Enterprise, has launched an initiative aimed at providing special services to business partners, which will not only improve customer satisfaction and educate consultants, but, ultimately, increase partner revenue. [Issue:One hundred and ninety eight (7/8/06 - 11/8/06)]
Foster-Melliar has been awarded Exin accreditation for the course that leads to a Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management. This is valid until 1 January 2009. [Issue:One hundred and ninety eight (7/8/06 - 11/8/06)]
Worldwide PDA shipments totalled 3,7m units in the second quarter of 2006, a 2,7% increase from the second quarter of 2005, according to Gartner. This was the highest PDA shipment total of any second quarter on record. [Issue:One hundred and ninety eight (7/8/06 - 11/8/06)]
Public exposure of private data is becoming a regular occurrence, but the majority of these incidents can be prevented if companies implement proper security best practices, according to Gartner. Gartner analysts have identified the top five steps to prevent data loss and information leaks. [Issue:One hundred and ninety eight (7/8/06 - 11/8/06)]
Absenteeism is costing companies a substantial amount of money. Most of the reported ailments are caused by an unhealthy lifestyle or work environment, however. Making a few lifestyle and work adjustments can create a healthier workforce, resulting in an increase in productivity and lowered absenteeism. [Issue:One hundred and ninety eight (7/8/06 - 11/8/06)]
Online media usage continues to show solid growth, according to the latest Web traffic figures of local sites, reported by members of the Online Publishers Association (OPA). The total number of visitors reported across all OPA member sites in the second quarter was 6,7m, according to research by Nielsen//NetRatings, compared with 4,5m in the same quarter 2005, representing an increase in Web traffic to local sites of 48% in the last year. [Issue:One hundred and ninety eight (7/8/06 - 11/8/06)]
