The Vodacom Group has announced the appointment of Adv. Oyama Mabandla as its new non-executive chairman as from January 1, 2006.
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Celpay Zambia upgrades technology
In an effort to step up its services to clients, the African mobile banking hub, Celpay Zambia, recently upgraded its mobile banking services platform to the latest Fundamo technology.
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Accounting - in any language
Cubit Accounting Software, which develops, supplies and maintains the Cubit accounting package, has announced the availability of several local language modules, including Xhosa, Zulu, Sotho and Afrikaans.
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Insurance underwriters urged to consider software escrow for managing risk
Underwriters who provide insurance cover against loss of profits to corporate entities can improve their risk profile in this area by insisting that clients lodge mission-critical software source code in escrow.
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IS appoints new financial executive
Internet Solutions (IS), a converged communications services provider, has appointed Dharmesh Rama as its financial executive.
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Square One Power gets APC AGS status
International UPS manufacturer American Power Conversion (APC) has conferred APC Global Services (AGS) status upon Square One Power Solutions, the uninterruptible power supply (UPS) specialist in the JSE-listed ICT company Square One Solutions Group.
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Winning with technology - case study
Facilities management services group, Bosasa Operations, has deployed a Web-based technology solution to standardise, streamline and control its business process as a supplier of a full industrial kitchen administrator services while improving data accuracy, integrity, billing and stock control.
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CA has announced the acquisition of Control-F1, a privately held provider of support automation solutions that prevent, detect, and repair end-user computer problems before they disrupt critical IT services.
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Westcon Group secures $190m debt financing
Datatec's Westcon Group announced today it had secured a $150m working capital facility and a $40m second lien term loan to finance its operations in North America.
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Agilent Technologies wins $14,5m (R101,5m) OSS order
Agilent Technologies has been given a $14,5m order from India's primary communications service providers Videsh Sanchar Nigam (VSNL) and Tata Teleservices (TTSL).
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Spescom awarded $500 000 contract for eB Nuclear
Spescom Software has announced that in co-operation with the US Department of Energy (DOE), NuStart Energy Development, LLC, has selected Spescom eB to support its efforts in licensing the next generation of nuclear power plants.
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Claflin to step down as 3Com CEO
Phil Hochmuth, Network World (US online)
3Com president and CEO, Bruce Claflin, this week announced plans to retire, but left an open timetable for when he will step down.
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Jaikumar Vijayan, Computerworld (US online)
Almost a full day after the latest version of the prolific Sober worm was programmed to launch its next round of attacks, there appears to be little sign that the worm is doing any of the damage it was expected to unleash.
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CyberMatrix has released version 8 of Project Clock, a project time tracking and time billing software application.
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Maxtor extends shared storage simplicity to Mac users
Maxtor has announced that it will be shipping its Maxtor Shared Storage Plus solution with Mac OS X version 10.4 'Tiger' support in next month.
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PBMR chooses OpenHand
SAs Pebble Bed Modular Reactor company, PBMR, has embarked on a mission to develop the worlds first commercial scale fourth generation nuclear reactor.
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The AirCard 850 is here
The AirCard 850, exclusively distributed in SA by Leaf Wireless, is designed to enable 3G data speeds up to 1,8Mbps over High Speed Downlink Packet Access-capable UMTS wireless networks.
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Track-It! 7 released
Onsoft has announced the release of Version 7 of Track-It!, claimed to be the worlds most widely installed help desk and asset management solution.
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Oki Printing Solutions earlier this month announced the extension of the warranty terms on its B4000 and B6000 monochrome laser products, lengthening the timeframe from the initial one year to three years.
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Staff acquisition and training can become one of the most costly employee-related exercises a company undertakes. When a new employee joins, possibly the biggest transition is to get them to understand the values and culture of the organisation.
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Automate your warehouse, but beware the pitfalls of standalone technologies
With the over-abundance of technologies targeted at automating warehousing, buyers need to be aware that if they want to optimise the resources used in the warehouse, they should make use of holistic solutions instead of sourcing standalone systems.
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