Super Group boosts reports and consolidation in R2m Hyperion deal
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Super Group, a supply chain management and automotive specialist, says that it has improved the quality of its group reporting with the R2m implementation of Hyperion Financial Management from local Hyperion distributor, Intellient. [Issue:Two hundred and twenty-five (5/3/07 - 9/3/07)]
MicroStrategy SA sees local maturity in BI
MicroStrategy SA, a supplier of enterprise business intelligence (BI) solutions capable of handling multi-terabyte databases with thousands of users, reports a growing maturity among local BI customers. [Issue:Two hundred and twenty-five (5/3/07 - 9/3/07)]
Lorge, the mid-market ERP solutions provider, has been awarded a contract to install and implement an Accpac CRM software solution at Safcor Panalpina, the freight, forwarding and logistics service provider. [Issue:Two hundred and twenty-five (5/3/07 - 9/3/07)]
Cape Town leads in IT
The SA IT sector is expected to contribute about R77bn to the national economy by 2010 and Cape Town must position itself to take up the many thousands of jobs that will be created. [Issue:Two hundred and twenty-five (5/3/07 - 9/3/07)]
Increasing competition in online classifieds
The online classifieds industry has changed considerably in the last two years, and competition is really heating-up as some big-name Internet players are also dabbling in the business. [Issue:Two hundred and twenty-five (5/3/07 - 9/3/07)]
Compuware research highlights growing business/IT alignment role
A survey of business analysts (BAs) commissioned by Compuware has revealed information about the important role played by BAs in aligning IT organisations with the business. [Issue:Two hundred and twenty-five (5/3/07 - 9/3/07)]
Proudly South African electronic research and development house, NetShield SA, is gearing up for a major thrust into Africa following the acquisition by IT systems and communications distributor Comztek of an additional stake in the Pretoria-based company. [Issue:Two hundred and twenty-five (5/3/07 - 9/3/07)]
T-Systems says that it has signed a ten-year IT outsourcing contract with Centrica plc, under which it will assume responsibility for part of Centrica's IT infrastructure, including data centre operations and desktop support services for more than 23 000 users. [Issue:Two hundred and twenty-five (5/3/07 - 9/3/07)]
AppLabs completes first phase of testing for TRUSTe program
AppLabs Technologies, an independent software testing company, says that it has completed the first major phase of testing for TRUSTe's Trusted Download Program. [Issue:Two hundred and twenty-five (5/3/07 - 9/3/07)]
Asia's telecoms industry growing in undeveloped areas
A phishing mail in circulation, drafted to look like an official Annual Account Review notification from Bank of America, tries to pilfer personal financial information of the bank's customers by advising them to update their account details online. [Issue:Two hundred and twenty-five (5/3/07 - 9/3/07)]
US govt department bans Microsoft upgrades for now
Gregg Keizer and Eric Lai, Computerworld (US online)
The US Department of Transportation has quietly put the kibosh on Windows Vista, Office 2007 and Internet Explorer 7 (IE7), banning upgrades to those Microsoft products - at least for now. [Issue:Two hundred and twenty-five (5/3/07 - 9/3/07)]
Microsoft hits Google over book search model
Steven Schwankert, IDG News Service (Beijing Bureau)
A Microsoft attorney will attack Google's book search service in a speech today to the Association of American Publishers (AAP), saying Google is misappropriating principles of fair use to further its own business model. [Issue:Two hundred and twenty-five (5/3/07 - 9/3/07)]
Intel pitches plan to beat chip glut
Ben Ames, IDG News Service (Boston Bureau)
Facing a market glut of microprocessors and weak corporate demand for PCs running Microsoft's Windows Vista OS, Intel hopes to stay profitable by producing new chip designs faster than its competitors, said Intel CEO, Paul Otellini. [Issue:Two hundred and twenty-five (5/3/07 - 9/3/07)]
Dell unveils enterprise branding campaign for EMEA
Globalisation driving the demand for Enterprise WAN Services
The market for global enterprise wide area network (WAN) services continues to record strong growth, particularly as a result of multinational companies expanding their international presence. [Issue:Two hundred and twenty-five (5/3/07 - 9/3/07)]
CA announces support for Viper
CA has announced that more than 30 CA products -across its database management, security management, information retrieval and resource management product lines - will support IBM DB2 9 Viper for z/OS when it becomes generally available on March 16. [Issue:Two hundred and twenty-five (5/3/07 - 9/3/07)]
Motorola on the rise in Africa
Judi Nwokedi, newly appointed country manager for Motorola SA, has announced the company's upcoming plans for SA and sub-Saharan Africa countries. In her new role Nkowedi says that she will support Motorola's businesses in delivering seamless mobility solutions. [Issue:Two hundred and twenty-five (5/3/07 - 9/3/07)]
Cisco expands Microsoft interoperability
Cisco has announced that it is expanding Microsoft interoperability to provide collaborative real-time capabilities for customers using Cisco Unified Communications solutions with Microsoft Exchange 2007, Microsoft Live Communications Server 2005, and Microsoft Office Communicator. [Issue:Two hundred and twenty-five (5/3/07 - 9/3/07)]
Intel drives open standards for in-car infotainment
Intel and BMW are aiming to create a seamless experience between office, home and car that will deliver on the rapidly evolving in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) expectations of end-users. [Issue:Two hundred and twenty-five (5/3/07 - 9/3/07)]
Symantec's Online Network for Advanced Response (SONAR) is a technology which is designed to stop unknown threats that may have found ways to get through other conventional layers of security. [Issue:Two hundred and twenty-five (5/3/07 - 9/3/07)]
Symantec product 'protects against evolving security threats'
Symantec has announced the latest product to join its range of Norton products - Norton 360. The solution aims to combine Symantec's technologies for anti-virus, antispyware, firewall, intrusion protection, anti-phishing, back-up and tune-up, and to eliminate the need to purchase and manage multiple products. [Issue:Two hundred and twenty-five (5/3/07 - 9/3/07)]
Database 10g Release 2 sets industry world record - Oracle
PandaLabs has revealed that spyware and Trojans were the malware responsible for most infections detected in February. Other types of malware are way behind these two. Worms, with 6%, were third, followed by dialers (5%), backdoor Trojans (4%) and bots (3%). [Issue:Two hundred and twenty-five (5/3/07 - 9/3/07)]
Oracle previews governance, compliance application suite
Aluminium enclosure for WiFi and WiMax outdoor solutions
Poynting Antennas has announced the WLAN-A0035 aluminium enclosure, which aims to provide an easy way to secure electronics in an outdoor environment close to the receiving and transmitting antennas, thus minimising the power loss in RF cabling, the company says. [Issue:Two hundred and twenty-five (5/3/07 - 9/3/07)]
Symantec delivers online education portal for SMEs
Symantec has announced the availability of Symantec eCampus, an online education portal designed to aggregate affordable, in-depth product training and a robust library of complementary learning materials specifically geared toward SMEs. [Issue:Two hundred and twenty-five (5/3/07 - 9/3/07)]
Solaris worm talks its way through Telnet flaw, reports Sophos
IT security and control firm, Sophos, is warning computer users of all operating systems of the dangers of malware, as an Internet worm that displays offensive messages and cartoon images of talking turkeys is exploiting a recently announced vulnerability on Sun Solaris servers. [Issue:Two hundred and twenty-five (5/3/07 - 9/3/07)]
McAfee VirusScan Enterprise adds additional layer of security for Microsoft Vista
McAfee has announced that McAfee VirusScan Enterprise has received the ICSA Labs certification for successful completion of testing under ICSA's most rigorous security standards. [Issue:Two hundred and twenty-five (5/3/07 - 9/3/07)]
SanDisk says that it has introduced an 8GB Ultra II SD High Capacity (SDHC) card to meet the growing demand for more photo and video storage. The cards can store over 4000 high-resolution pictures or up to 15 hours of MPEG 4 video, the company says. [Issue:Two hundred and twenty-five (5/3/07 - 9/3/07)]
ProScan launches CN2B mobile computer
ProScan Systems, a distributor of supply chain, automated data collection and mobile computing solutions, recently introduced the Intermec CN2B mobile computer to SA. [Issue:Two hundred and twenty-five (5/3/07 - 9/3/07)]
FSC launches Lifebook P7230
This is what every globetrotting manager dreams of: the freedom to shift important strategy conferences from a stuffy office to the beach or poolside whenever the sun is shining. Now Fujitsu Siemens Computers (FSC) aims to make this dream come true. [Issue:Two hundred and twenty-five (5/3/07 - 9/3/07)]
Square One enters large format printer partnership
Graphic design and print houses, architects, town planners, government departments and consulting engineers stand to benefit from a large format printer and scanner distribution partnership between the Square One Solutions Group, a JSE-listed company focusing on IT-based business solutions, and XL Solutions of Meadowdale. [Issue:Two hundred and twenty-five (5/3/07 - 9/3/07)]
Agilent launches handheld RF spectrum analyser
Official local distributor, Concilium Technologies, has introduced Agilent Technologies' handheld RF spectrum analyser, the Agilent N9340A, which is said to be optimised for installation and maintenance. [Issue:Two hundred and twenty-five (5/3/07 - 9/3/07)]
Aspect names Ocular Technologies as local channel partner
Aspect Software has announced that Ocular Technologies is its latest channel partner in SA, where analysts have predicted that contact centre numbers will increase to 1000 by 2008, almost doubling from 2003. [Issue:Two hundred and twenty-five (5/3/07 - 9/3/07)]
Effective distribution critical to local success - Foxconn
Foxconn, a global manufacturer of IT motherboards, graphic cards, optical storage devices, workstations and server infrastructure, has embarked on a national campaign to extend its local reach. [Issue:Two hundred and twenty-five (5/3/07 - 9/3/07)]
Development funds available to APC partners
American Power Conversion (APC) silver and gold certified partners now have access to up to five percent of their APC quarterly revenue, depending on the selection of qualifying products they sell, through Marketing Development Funds (MDF). [Issue:Two hundred and twenty-five (5/3/07 - 9/3/07)]
The era of convergence is about to hit SA, as consumer electronics and IT devices come together to make sophisticated new entertainment systems easy to manage and deploy. [Issue:Two hundred and twenty-five (5/3/07 - 9/3/07)]
Telcos must focus on investments that provide dual benefits - Gartner
Despite healthy financial performance overall, global telecom service providers in mature markets must optimise the performance of their business models to mitigate declining traditional services revenue and profit margins, according to Gartner. [Issue:Two hundred and twenty-five (5/3/07 - 9/3/07)]
Handling customer complaints: Get better or get beaten
Jean Moncrieff, CEO of Emerge Africa
South Africans are often encouraged to complain about poor service rather than meekly accept it - but how seriously are our complaints taken once we make them? How many companies actually have formal processes for handling complaints? [Issue:Two hundred and twenty-five (5/3/07 - 9/3/07)]
Measuring user experience to optimise online business potential
Kezia Crawford-Cousins of Qualica Technologies
Web sites have long been an accepted part of corporate sales and marketing strategy, especially for those wanting to leverage the potential of self-help product and service portals. Yet few have optimised the online customer interface sufficiently to ensure that customers have the best possible experience on the company's portal. [Issue:Two hundred and twenty-five (5/3/07 - 9/3/07)]
