Altech, a member of the Altron group of companies, released its interim results for the half-year period ended 31 August yesterday.
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Spescom to supply SA Home Loans with proprietary technology
Spescom DataFusion, the call centre operation of the multi-national Spescom Group, has supplied a voice recording solution to discount home loan specialist, SA Home Loans.
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National ICT industry associations from across Africa, meeting in the Pilanesberg on September 26th, agreed to establish the African Federation of Information and Communication Technology Associations (Aficta).
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Printing, copying and peripherals consulting firm, Bell Output Strategies (BOS), has officially entered the local market with the launch of its information portal (http://www.belloutputstrategies.co.za).
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The smart card industry is poised for an unprecedented explosion in this country, with three large-scale roll-outs set to begin in 2005, and several more waiting in the wings.
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Internet Solutions (IS) has partnered with local mobile software supplier LayerOne, aiming to provide corporate end-users with a mobile suite of products that wirelessly connects to almost any hand-held device, in order to provide corporate e-mail and calendar information in real time, the companies have announced.
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Telkom has introduced new calling plans, which, it says, can save businesses and consumers up to 20% on Internet dial-up costs.
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Dimension Data, in conjunction with Microsoft, will jointly host a conference entitled "2010: A Technology Odyssey".
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ICT solutions provider, First Technology, has signed an agreement with ICT rental and asset management solutions company, InnoVent to provide dedicated asset rental, asset renewal and asset management services to First Technology customers.
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A UK bank has employed a top local Business Mathematics and Informatics (BMI) student to work as an intern in a team of highly skilled financial engineers on major risk projects.
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Due to the increasing demand for Software AG SA's (Programming Natural in the 21st Century) training course, the company has undertaken to schedule additional courses, although it will be at a nominal fee.
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Bytes Technology Group (BTG) has announced an increase of 48% in headline earnings per share to 37 cents for the six months to 31 August.
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Astrata SA, formerly known as Optron, a provider of location-based solutions, has placed a R400 000 order with Accpac financial software reseller and solutions provider Lorge.
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Andile Ngcaba, former Department of Communications Director-General, and new Dimension Data chairman designate, has declined his nomination for the African ICT Achievers Awards.
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Local infrastructure and solutions provider, Datacentrix, has installed eight HP ProCurve wireless access points at St Albans College.
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South Africa - The Good News (SAGN) is an independent initiative designed to provide balance to what often appears to be excessively negative perceptions about progress in SA since the demise of apartheid.
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Neville Comins, CEO of SA's internationally accredited science park The Innovation Hub has been elected to the international board of directors of the International Association of Science Parks (IASP).
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Connection Group ventures further into photographic arena
Staff Reporter
The Connection Group yesterday announced that it has acquired Beyond IT, a specialist retailer of photographic products and photo-finishing services, for R30,2m.
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Epson SA has announced that Hugh Davies has been appointed as business development manager for point of sale (POS) products.
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Theo Boshoff reporting from Augsburg, Germany
Fujitsu Siemens announced its half-year results for 2004 on Monday at its VisIT 2004 European IT Forum, and reported double-digit growth in revenue and profit before tax.
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Patrick Thibodeau, Computerworld (US online)
IBM on Thursday laid out a new road map for its mainframe computing platform, which, over the next year, will include adoption of the Common Information Model (CIM) standard, allowing different systems to exchange information.
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Stacy Cowley, IDG News Service (New York Bureau)
PeopleSoft CEO and president, Craig Conway, was shown the door on Friday by the company's board of directors, who immediately replaced him with Dave Duffield, PeopleSoft's founder and chairman.
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Robert McMillan, IDG News Service (San Francisco Bureau)
Though a patent lawsuit verdict against Sun Microsystems could have a wide-ranging impact on the computer industry, the ruling appears unlikely to affect three of the world's largest IT companies, which have licensed the technology in question.
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Tom Krazit, IDG News Service
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) expects to report slightly lower-than-expected sales for its third quarter when it announces earnings results on Thursday, the company says.
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Computer Associates International (CA) today unveiled plans to target SME sector, one of three strategic moves, it says, aimed at expanding its business in EMEA.
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Scarlet Pruitt, IDG News Service (London Bureau)
A federal jury in New York has dealt a legal blow to Sun Microsystems, ruling that Sun violated several patents held by Eastman Kodak, when it developed its Java technology, a Kodak spokeswoman confirmed on Monday.
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Joris Evers, IDG News Service (San Francisco Bureau)
While it has so far rejected each of Oracle's takeover offers, PeopleSoft's board of directors is willing to talk about a deal at the right price, a member of PeopleSoft's board said Tuesday.
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Michael Crawford, Computerworld Today (Australia)
IT managers are struggling with negative business perceptions that IT is too slow and inflexible to support a fast-moving and changing environment, according to IDC storage research director, Graham Penn.
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As final preparations are put into place for the regional meeting on Women and ICT, scheduled for 20-22 October, the three-day conference has attracted over 35 powerful regional and international speakers.
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Simon Taylor, IDG News Service (Brussels Bureau)
The European Commission has restarted its investigation into Oracle's hostile bid to acquire PeopleSoft and will issue its judgement by early November at the latest, it said today.
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Peter Sayer, IDG News Service (Paris Bureau)
Unisys plans to cut 1 400 jobs, primarily in general and administrative areas, and consolidate its office space worldwide, it announced Wednesday. The cuts represent 3,8% of the company's staff of 37 000.
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Simon Taylor, IDG News Service (Brussels Bureau)
A clash between the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers over the European Union (EU) software patents directive looks almost certain, after the assembly chose an outspoken opponent of the legislation to draw up its response to the Council.
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Novell has announced the November availability of SuSE Linux Professional 9.2, aiming to provide Linux newcomers and enthusiasts with the latest advancements in open source technology.
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Joris Evers, IDG News Service (San Francisco Bureau)
Microsoft has suspended the beta testing of the next version of its MSN Messenger client because of a potential security problem, a company spokeswoman said Wednesday.
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Rex Farrance, PC World.com (US)
Mobile hard drives - partly because of their smaller, 2,5-inch size and their need to conserve notebook PC power - have always lagged behind 3,5-inch desktop models in performance and capacity.
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Joris Evers, IDG News Service (San Francisco Bureau)
A select group of testers next week will get an early look at MSN Messenger 7.0, the next version of Microsoft's popular instant messaging client.
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ICT World exclusive
Micromuse and InfoVista have announced a strategic alliance that aims to enable enterprise and carrier customers of both companies to deploy the industrys best software solutions for fault, performance, and business service management with minimal integration effort.
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HP recently announced that it has signed a five-year agreement with Nokia to continue providing global ICT outsourcing services for the companys 51 000 employees worldwide.
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The launch of the Adabas SQL Gateway by Software AG has provided users with real-time access to Adabas from any SQL application.
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ICT World exclusive
iWay Software has expanded its support for the SAP integration initiative by announcing its adapter compatibility for SAP NetWeaver '04, SAP's open integration and application platform.
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Panasonic adds smart card function to SD memory
Paul Kallender, IDG News Service (Tokyo Bureau)
Panasonic will start selling Secure Digital (SD) memory cards that can be used as smart cards in Japan by the end of 2005, the company said last Friday.
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Laura Rohde, IDG News Service (London Bureau)
Nokia has no immediate plans to use Intel's processors in its handsets, the Finnish phone maker said Thursday, tempering an announcement earlier this week that Intel is building a reference design for a Symbian OS mobile phone based on Nokia's Series 60 user interface.
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Grintek Telecom, the local partner for Acterna, says that it has added support for testing IP services and fibre channel flow control to the existing FST-2802 features portfolio, aiming to enable users to qualify and provision both Layer 2 and Layer 3 service offerings with one tool.
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Ephraim Schwartz, InfoWorld (US online)
At TechXNY this week, Hewlett-Packard reminded business users that it is still an active innovator in printers and imaging devices.
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Tarsus Technologies has announced the availability of the HP DX6100 business desktop, the second desktop in HP's range to come from the vendor's local assembly plant, located in Midrand.
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Tarsus Technologies has announced the availability of the HP DX6100 business desktop, the second desktop in HP's range to come from the vendor's local assembly plant, located in Midrand.
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Joris Evers, IDG News Service (San Francisco Bureau)
While it has so far rejected each of Oracle's takeover offers, PeopleSoft's board of directors is willing to talk about a deal at the right price, a member of PeopleSoft's board said Tuesday.
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Internet Solutions (IS) and Sophos Anti-Virus have announced that they have renewed their strategic partnership, whereby IS will integrate Sophos's technology into its dial-up solutions.
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Proudly South African company, PM Tech Holdings, is celebrating its fifth year in business this month - five years that represent significant growth, the company says, and which have produced a group of companies that provide services, products and support throughout Africa, Europe and Asia.
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ICT systems and communications distributor, Comztek, has been awarded Cisco Distributor status for SA, Namibia, Zambia, Botswana, Angola, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
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Digital Data Communications acquires Calidad agency rights in SA
Product distribution specialist Digital Data Communications (DDC SA) has acquired the distribution rights for Calidad, the Australian-based company that specialises in alternative inkjet cartridges and refill kits.
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Witness Systems, a global provider of performance optimisation software and services, has appointed AST Networks as a Preferred Partner.
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Local distributor Channel Data and Overland Storage, a provider of backup and recovery solutions, have introduced the REO 9000, said to be a high-capacity, high-performance disk-based backup and recovery appliance, to local users.
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The Business Solutions division of JSE-listed ICT company, Square One Solutions Group, has been appointed value-added reseller for Aruba Wireless Networks, a manufacturer of high-performance centralised wireless networks and security systems.
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HP has announced the kick-off of the companys biannual Total Partner Experience (TPE) survey during October.
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While advances in technology may be seeing banks encourage their clients to use lower-cost channels, such as the Internet and ATM banking, IBM's Eddie Keal says that banks cannot neglect the importance of brick and mortar branches as revenue stream generators.
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So here we sit, on a Friday afternoon, contemplating the completely schizophrenic state of the weather here in Johannesburg - which has been scathingly hot all week, only to have an Antarctic wind descend last night. *sigh*
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Empowerment credentials are not a passport to success for small, innovative ICT companies, says Liquid Thought owner and MD, Zulfiq Isaacs.
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So, I see PeopleSoft CEO Craig Conway got the boot on Friday. Opinion seems to be divided as to exactly why, however.
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