Vodacom launches PoC service to the corporate market
Vodacom today announced the launch of its Push-to-Talk over Cellular (PoC) service to the local business market.
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Faritec issues revised earnings forecast
In terms of the Listings Requirements of the JSE, companies are required to publish a trading statement as soon as they become aware that the financial results for the period to be reported upon next will differ by at least 20% from the financial results for the previous corresponding period.
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Novell, Red Hat join IBM's strategic alliance programme
China Martens, IDG News Service (Boston Bureau)
IBM is strengthening its existing partnerships with Linux distribution companies, Novell and Red Hat, the company announced on Wednesday.
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Orange to launch Wi-Fi in UK
Nancy Gohring, IDG News Service (Dublin Bureau)
Following competitors by years, Orange SA plans to launch a Wi-Fi service in the UK on Monday, the company announced Thursday.
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Microsoft: One open document standard good, two better
China Martens, IDG News Service (Boston Bureau)
Microsoft believes that a future with more than one open document standard is preferable to a single standard.
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Adobe moving to monthly security patch schedule
Robert McMillan, IDG News Service (San Francisco Bureau)
Adobe Systems is taking a page from Microsoft's playbook.
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Belkin, a supplier of connectivity solutions, and Axiz, an ICT infrastructure distributor, have announced that they are to co-operate in the SA market.
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Read in Computing SA this week: Sun platform an energy-saver, MBT, RBF sign significant BEE deal, Certification means more, Our 2005 Year in Review.
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Looking back on 2005 - the year IT service & support organisations had to grow up
Don Page, chairman of the Marval organisation, BS15000 certified consultant and active ITIL practitioner, represented in SA by Quintica.
Up to now, the effective delivery of business services relying on IT has been widely perceived as a problem.
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Enterprise risk assessment - a new approach for a tough environment
Braam Broodryk, Accenture SA
IT risk management is no longer an optional extra for business, and this has raises a dilemma for CIOs, as they must identify their principal security risks quickly and unequivocally, if they are to prioritise countermeasures and direct them where they are needed most.
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Time to say so long
This will be our very last issue of ICT World for 2005. The Johnnic ICT Media team will be officially on leave until 3 January 2006.
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