SA IT company partners with Silicon Valley trade agency
TradeGate, an SA IT company, launched the Global California E-Trade platform today in partnership with the Silicon Valley Centre for International Trade Development (SVCITD) and the Monterey Bay International Trade Association (MBITA).
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MTC Namibia awards exclusive five-year access network deal to Motorola
Mobile Telecommunications (MTC) has signed a five-year exclusive contract with Motorola for the supply of GSM/GPRS/EDGE and Canopy access network equipment.
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WiMAX Forum certificated products available in sub-Saharan Africa
RapidCloud, sub-Saharan distributor of Redline Communications broadband wireless equipment, has announced that it will supply a WiMAX Forum Certified WiMAX system.
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GoldMine enables growth for financial advisory firm
Independent Johannesburg-based financial advisory firm, Jorgensen Lascaris Financial Services (JLFS), says that it has used GoldMine, the contact management solution from FrontRange Solutions, to drive a steady year-on-year growth of 30%.
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DataPro acquires NetraLINK
AltX-listed DataPro has acquired NetraLINK - a specialist Internet Business Solution Provider, for R.
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Government eSecurity vulnerabilities under the spotlight
The vulnerability of the SA government in terms of eSecurity will be under the spotlight at ForgeAhead's upcoming eSecurity and eCrime Thought Leadership Forum, which will take place on February 16th and 17th.
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DataPro launches Internet marketing division
DataPro has announced the launch of an Internet marketing division that will provide the technology required by companies to run on-line marketing and advertising campaigns.
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SME Survey in empowerment deal
SME Survey, which tracks the sentiment, performance and needs of the SME market in SA, has concluded an empowerment deal with Bonngoe Capital, a company which specialises in advisory services relating to BEE and development.
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Intervate develops application for the DoJ&CD
Intervate, a supplier of integration, workflow and document management and intranet and portal solutions, has developed a 'track and trace' application for the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJ&CD), aiming to provide it with enhanced control over the tracking and movement of physical items.
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SA technology puts UK bookseller on the right page
An application that took UK's largest direct marketing bookseller up to 40 minutes to run on the mainframe has had its running time reduced to just 20 seconds, according to SA migration specialist MigrationWare, which says that it used technology provided by Micro Focus.
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UEC partner Irdeto acquires Philips unit
UEC Technologies, a subsidiary of Allied Technologies, says that it is very excited about Irdeto's acquisition of Philips' CryptoTec unit.
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Jennifer Mears, Network World (US online)
Nortel has announced that it is selling its Blade Server Switch Business Unit to a new company that plans to focus exclusively on building network switches for the fast-growing blade server market.
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Linux will reach mass-market phones, says MontaVista chief
Nancy Gohring, IDG News Service (Dublin Bureau)
Even though many Linux supporters say that Linux is ideal for low-end handsets, Linux-based operating systems today are being used primarily on high-end phones.
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IBM to invest $1bn in data management services
Patrick Thibodeau, Computerworld (US online)
IBM announced yesterday that it plans to invest an additional $1bn in data management, in a huge bid to make a profitable software and services business out of helping companies better manage and gain insight from their data.
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Oracle to divest Siebel's OnTarget business
Oracle has announced it will divest its OnTarget business unit, which is part of Siebel University.
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IBM completes acquisition of Micromuse
IBM has completed the acquisition of Micromuse.
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Firefox finds cracking the corporate market a challenge
Carol Sliwa, Computerworld (US) - Issue #7 (13 February 2006)
The Boeing Company has been discreetly providing feedback to the Mozilla Foundation for the past year or so on features that might encourage enterprise adoption of the open source Firefox browser.
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Intel loses Italian trademark case
Philip Willan, IDG News Service (Rome Bureau)
An Italian court has ruled that Intel is not entitled to claim trademark protection for the word 'inside', freeing a small PC assembler - and other companies - to continue using it in its logo.
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Dell exceeds revenue, earnings forecast in Q4
Juan Carlos Perez, IDG News Service (Miami Bureau)
Dell exceeded revenue and earnings expectations in its fourth quarter, ended February 3, helped by strong sales of enterprise products and services.
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Pinnacle Micro has announced the immediate availability of the Proline SmartStar uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) with the introduction of the new S700, S1000, S1500 and S2000 models.
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TippingPoint delivers 60Gbps platform
TippingPoint, a division of 3Com, says that it has set a new performance benchmark with an Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) chassis and corresponding IPS modules being able to scale up to 60 Gigabits-per-second (Gbps).
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ACT! for Pastel now in retail stores
Softline Pastel has announced the availability of ACT!, an off-the-shelf contact management solution from Incredible Connection, Makro stores and through Pastel's reseller network.
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Infiniium 8000 Series delivers memory capture, display technology
Concilium Technologies has announced the introduction of Agilent Technologies' digital storage and mixed-signal oscilloscopes (DSOs and MSOs) that aim to combine signal viewing of memory with advanced waveform analysis.
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Logitech delivers cordless desktop with Media Remote
Logitech has unveiled a keyboard-and-mouse-combination that ships with a remote control for the PC.
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FSC server line sets record
Fujitsu Siemens Computers (FSC) has announced that Primepower 2500, the high-end model of its Primepower server line, achieved a new world record in the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPECR) Java Business Benchmark 2005 (SPECjbbR2005), with a performance of 1 157 619 business operations per second.
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Pinnacle Micro announces Logitech QuickCam for Notebooks Pro
Digital lifestyle specialist, Pinnacle Micro, says that it now has the Logitech range of QuickCam's for Notebooks Pro on board.
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Logitech LX7 cordless optical mouse
Logitech has announced the availability of the Logitech LX7 Cordless Optical Mouse.
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UltraSharp flat panels from Dell
Dell has announced the introduction of two performance-enhanced flat panel displays for customers in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
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FSC launches successor to Pocket LOOX 700
Fujitsu Siemens Computers (FSC) is launching the Pocket LOOX C550, a compact handheld aimed at upmarket business customers and consumers.
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CipherTrust announces partner for the African market
CipherTrust, a global supplier of messaging security, today announced the appointment of Cypher Data Solutions as a local distributor.
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Genesys announces partner certification programme
Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories, an Alcatel company, has announced a new reseller, developer and systems integration certification programme designed to ensure smooth implementations and high satisfaction for customers when they use the Genesys suite of contact centre software.
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Market responds well to locally assembled HP desktop range
Tarsus Technologies reports a favourable response to HP's recently launched DX6120 desktop computer, which, according to one of Tarsus's HP product managers, Andre Wollheim, offers improved hardware capabilities at an affordable price.
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Companies fulfil demand for 'paperless technology' solutions
Softline Enterprise Sage Line500 reseller, Antinomy, is working closely with document management and imaging author, Version One, aiming to fulfil the demand for 'paperless technology' solutions from African businesses.
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Leaf Wireless expands distribution into Africa
Leaf Wireless, exclusive distributor for Africa of the i-mate range of converged mobile devices and Sierra Wireless mobile data cards, has announced an expansion into the continent with the signing of an agreement with Telebell.
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Synergy announces partnership to extend analytic offerings
Synergy Computing, which provides analytic solutions to the local and international markets, has announced that it is extending its portfolio of technologies with the establishment of a reseller partnership with local software developer, Fraxion.
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Middle East & Africa's first TDA launched
Distree Events, the organiser of channel events for emerging markets in EMEA, has announced the formation of the region's first Technology Distributors Association (TDA) as a platform to represent technology distributors throughout the Middle East, Turkey and Africa regions.
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Read in Computing SA this week: Microsoft re-brands, Cisco announces security improvements, A portal for Namibia, Digital provider goes corporate, What does a company really want from an IT department?, IBM boosts DB2 line-up, Dual-core speed for the SME set, Legislation - the driving force behind storage.
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Less than 20% of business intelligence (BI) solutions will be implemented in entirety.
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GPRS - Why it makes more sense
Louis Hembold, technology and business development manager at Duxbury Networking
With High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) soon set to greatly improve GPRS, EDGE and 3G speeds, it would be reasonable to question broadband's feasibility.
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Skills: How do we get it through to you?
Graham Duxbury, CEO of Duxbury Networking
The skills which are imparted by the many training programmes and courses offered by the IT industry are undoubtedly necessary for the advancement of the sector's specialised workforce.
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