Phone IT has launched its new VoIP service Web site at http://www.phonehome.co.za, where users can register and obtain their own VoIP phone number, the company announced today.
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A more efficient, secure and reliable online solution for electronic payments is being introduced in a phased approach by First National Bank (FNB) to replace a financial transaction processing facility that has its roots in the early digitisation of banking systems in the 1970s.
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Telkom says that it has reached an agreement with the Alliance of Telkom Unions on its headcount management strategy, allowing the company to offer voluntary separation packages to all employees.
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Synergy Computing, a provider of business intelligence solutions based on the Cognos platform, has announced that its BEE initiatives have received a major boost, with Sekunjalo Investments taking an 81,5% stake in the business.
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Converged Communications Service Provider, Internet Solutions (IS) and mobile software supplier LayerOne, have signed a joint venture agreement after a successful convergence of the companies' technologies, IS announced.
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Since the beginning of this year over 500 business and home Web sites in this country have been defaced. The victims range from personally operated servers to those managed by ISPs and large companies.
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Square One Power Solutions has announced that it has completed a major UPS contract, worth more than R300 000, for the protection of the data centre at the Durban CBD headquarters of asset management group, Marriott.
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The State Information Technology Agency (Sita) has announced that it, in partnership with the Centre for Public Service Innovation (CPSI), has successfully completed a pilot project involving the use of cellular phone technology in medical services administration.
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Artec Computer Systems is growing its portfolio of offerings following a merger between itself and SA Communication Services. The combined entity will retain the Artec name, but the company has added an extra division - Artec Communications Consulting - and expanded its capabilities.
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Cape Town-based software company, Software Training Technology (STT) has announced that it will be providing the University of Cape Town (UCT) with a modern training system that will enable UCT to train its staff across 60 academic departments and 10 administrative departments, without leaving their desks.
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Concrete development projects leading to tangible benefits for people of developing countries are expected to emerge from a major international conference this year.
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Telecommunications company Storm is to launch its VoIP solution suite tomorrow, following the September 2004 announcement by Communications Minister, Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri, that VoIP is to be legalised on this date.
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The Geralds Butchery and Supermarket chain has installed a locally developed point of sale (POS) and inventory management system at its four Gauteng stores, with more installations planned for new sites.
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The Cape IT Initiative, a non-profit organisation focused on developing the ICT sector in the Western Cape, says it has been instrumental in establishing the Mobile Monday concept in Cape Town.
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According to industry promotion body, CallingtheCape, new investment commitments of R380m were made in the Western Cape call centre industry last year - resulting in over 2 000 new jobs, a total which is set to be matched this year.
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Compuware has announced financial results for its third quarter, which ended December 31, 2004.
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Jennifer Mears, Network World Fusion (US)
Sun Microsystems recently made good on its promise to open source its Solaris operating system, releasing code for a diagnostic piece of the software and promising to have full, buildable code available in the next few months.
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At the launch of the 2005 BMW WilliamsF1 Team car, the FW27, HP announced that the WilliamsF1 design team was able to assess twice as many aerodynamic models in computational fluid dynamics this year than ever previously possible, thus allowing the team to investigate the optimal design for the car.
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Paul Krill, InfoWorld (US online)
Microsoft chairman and chief software architect, Bill Gates, Thursday sent an e-mail to customers emphasising the company's commitment to being interoperable, and stressing that open source and interoperability are not necessarily one and the same.
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Joris Evers, IDG News Service (San Francisco Bureau)
Following criticism from the European Commission (EC), Microsoft has agreed to change the name of the Windows XP version without Windows Media Player that it was ordered to offer in Europe.
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Scarlet Pruitt, IDG News Service (London Bureau)
Following the European Commission's call Wednesday for increased technology research, Microsoft has launched an initiative to invest in scientific research centres in Europe.
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Siemens Communications has announced that it has struck a deal with Uniword Telecom, an Indian telecommunication equipment supplier, to supply the company with wireless modules for GSM desktop phones, point of sales terminals and gateways.
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Robert McMillan, IDG News Service (San Francisco Bureau)
Despite recent efforts by IBM and Sun Microsystems to make thousands of software patents available to open source developers, patents remain a major source of concern. This is according to a panel of open source luminaries, who discussed the issue at the Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) Enterprise Linux Summit.
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Wipro Technologies, the global IT services division of Wipro and Compuware, has inaugurated a dedicated Centre of Excellence (CoE).
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Bridgestone, a manufacturer of tyres and other rubber products, says that it has improved the quality control of the tyres produced at its Brits plant since implementing portable barcode readers and automatic identification technology.
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Software AG has unveiled its Enterprise Information Integration (EII) solution, a software gateway that aims to provide access to data sources using business terms regardless of the system or format of the underlying data.
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Apple recently unveiled what it claims to be the fastest, most affordable PowerBook line ever, featuring PowerPC G4 processors running up to 1,67GHz, faster hard drives and a faster 8X SuperDrive - all housed in the PowerBook's aluminium enclosure, the company says.
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Phil Hochmuth, Network World
Cisco Systems last week warned of several vulnerabilities in its Internet Operating System (IOS) software that attackers could use to bring down routers in enterprise and service provider networks.
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Matthew Broersma, Techworld.com
Qualcomm has patched serious security vulnerabilities in the Eudora e-mail client that could allow an attacker to take over a Windows system via a specially crafted message.
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Juan Carlos Perez, IDG News Service (Miami Bureau)
Google has launched a test program designed to let external developers build applications that interact directly with the search giant's advertising servers, the company announced.
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Official local EMC distributor, Channel Data, has announced the immediate availability of EMC's back-up and recovery software, EMC Dantz Retrospect 7 for Windows.
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Martyn Williams, IDG News Service (Tokyo Bureau)
Sanyo Electric has built a 1-inch hard-disk drive into a voice recorder, and will put it on sale in Japan early next month, the company recently announced.
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Nicolas Callegari
I laugh every time I think of cops trying to enforce the law when so many people just do not care. I am talking about using cellphones while driving. But you know what; I was not even surprised when I counted a good 25 people who were busy on their cellphones while I was driving along the N1 North.
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VoIP deregulation has happened. The minister has decided to confuse the issue by 'clarifying' her determinations and directly contradicting Icasa's interpretation thereof.
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After installing Microsoft's AntiSpyware program I decided to put the program through its paces, you know, really push it to the limit, and, after much thought, I decided that an installation of KaZaa version 3.0 should do the trick.
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Nicolas Callegari
I had a very interesting breakfast meeting with somebody who is not scared to talk about what really happens in the industry, especially the channel.
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