Vodacom is introducing 3G with High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) - giving its customers access to the ever-changing global playground of broadband communications - up to five times faster than 3G, and faster than ADSL.
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Ericsson welcomes Marconi SA into its stable
Ericsson's market unit sub-Saharan Africa (MUSA) has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Marconi's SA operations into its stable.
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Sustainable development remains key challenge - EOH
Dr Mathews Phosa, non-executive chairman of EOH, says that conditions for sustainable development, namely improved government capacity, need to be addressed if the southern African region is to promote economic growth and development.
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Stop Spam now
Cellphone users fed up with receiving unsolicited commercial SMS messages, or spam, can now SMS the number that has been spamming them to 32335 and Mira Networks will contact the spammer to demand that spamming cease.
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EOH reports strong organic growth
EOH has announced interim results for the six months ending 31 January 2006.
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Java inventor to feature at Sun Tech Days
James Gosling, the father of Java technology, will join SA's developer community at Sun Tech Days from 3 to 4 May at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg.
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PDC calculates TCO for resellers
With the ever-increasing pressure on businesses of all size to ensure they are getting value for money from their IT investments, total cost of ownership (TCO) is a hotter topic than it has ever been before.
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Customer demand leads to further functionality for audit tool
ICT World exclusive
Gencentric, the developer of NetWhyz, a solution that audits and monitors hardware and software in networked environments, has added functionality to the program in line with customer requirements.
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PPS supports upgrading of Tuks campus facility
Professional Provident Society Insurance (PPS Insurance) has handed over a cheque for R150 000 to the School of Information Technology at the University of Pretoria.
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Gateway announces integration of Link Africa
Gateway Communications, a provider of communications services to telecommunications operators and businesses in Africa, says that it has strengthened its market position through the completion of the integration of Link Africa, acquired from pan-African GSM group Celtel International last year for over $50m.
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Progress acquires Actional in $32m deal
Progress Software has acquired privately held Actional for $32m.
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Local Maconomy distributor, PSA Solutions has appointed Blackseas Information Technology as its Application Service Provider (ASP), aiming to expand its product offering to the market. Maconomy is a global provider of industry-specific business solutions for professional services companies and marketing communications organisations.
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BHP Billiton Petroleum speeds payment process
BHP Billiton Petroleum says that it is improving its procure-to-pay process with Quadrem's electronic invoicing solution for oil and gas upstream services, which is based on the American Petroleum Institute's (API) PIDX standards.
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Judge: Google must give index data, not queries, to govt
Juan Carlos Perez IDG News Service (Miami Bureau)
In a much anticipated decision, a federal judge ruled last Friday that Google has to provide the US government with information about its search engine's index, but denied a request for a sample of search queries.
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UTStarcom, Qualcomm to offer mobile communications solution
UTStarcom, a supplier of IP-based, end-to-end networking solutions and services, today announced that the company has joined with Qualcomm, a developer and innovator of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) and other wireless technologies, to develop the Qualcomm Deployable Base Station based on UTStarcom's MovingMedia 2000 all-IP CDMA wireless core infrastructure technology, which aims to provide the essential connectivity components.
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Oracle EMEA reports increased revenues for Q3 FY 2006
Oracle EMEA region has increased total revenues by 7%, and also increased applications licence revenues by 119%, for the third quarter of fiscal 2006.
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Local companies deliver credit risk training in Nigeria
PIC Solutions and Alliance Consulting have partnered to deliver a comprehensive credit risk training programme to West African credit grantors in May.
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GBM enters strategic partnership with Spescom
Gulf Business Machines (GBM) - IBM's representative in the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC), excluding Saudi Arabia, has entered into a strategic business partnership with Spescom DataVoice.
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Axis cures hospital theft
The Miguel Servet University Hospital in Spain has 1 345 beds and 4 800 staff.
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Companies support university learning with real-world applications
ICT industry leaders will aim to help to bring local academia to the International Engineering Consortium's (IEC) 21st Century Communications World Forum, to discover the latest in ICT developments, from March 27 - 30, at the Business Design Centre in London, with BT as the official host sponsor.
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Concilium Technologies has announced the local availability of Agilent Technologies' QoS management hardware and software solution.
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On-access virus scanning and protection for Linux users
Sophos has announced the latest version of Sophos Anti-Virus for Linux, which is now said to include on-access scanning for Linux platforms.
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McAfee solutions protect against new Windows vulnerabilities
McAfee has announced that it provides coverage for the seven security vulnerabilities disclosed by Microsoft recently.
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BitDefender Internet Security awarded Checkmark certification
BitDefender Internet Security, a personal security software suite, has been awarded Checkmark PC Firewall certification by independent UK certification outfit, West Coast Labs.
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Imation launches ComplianceVault in SA
Imation, a worldwide supplier of removable data storage media, has announced that its ComplianceVault Archiving Appliance is available to the local market.
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Enhancements to SAP Tutor, the e-learning tool initially developed by SAP to speed customer user training on SAP solutions, are claimed to have made it a more general instrument for training and development.
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Unisys expands VMware relationship
Unisys says that it has expanded its relationship with VMware to bring the company's suite of virtual infrastructure products to its ES7000 Server portfolio.
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Novell delivers first Linux Workgroup suite
Novell says that it has introduced the first workgroup suite for the open enterprise that provides organisations with a flexible and cost-productive solution based on proven, open standards-based software. The Novell Open Workgroup Suite includes server and desktop components with robust management tools, e-mail, collaboration and open source office products, the company adds.
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'IBM DB2 CommonStore makes e-mail archiving easy'
E-mail has become a vital an indispensable aspect of our modern business processes. It has been recognised as such by legislation that defines e-mail as a form of business communication that has contractual legitimacy, and which can be invoked in the course of forensic investigations.
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'Avaya IP and SIP-powered solutions accelerate enterprise evolution'
Avaya has launched new versions of its IP telephony, messaging and contact centre software. The software aims to help businesses benefit from a more reliable, open enterprise communications foundation supporting enhanced employee and customer communications.
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HP expands AMD-based portfolio
HP is expanding its portfolio of AMD Opteron processor-based servers with the addition of Dual-Core AMD Opteron processor Models 185, 285 and 885 to the HP ProLiant DL145, DL385, DL585 density-optimised servers and HP ProLiant BL25p, BL35p and BL45p server blades.
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'Rack console enables constant monitoring and saves space'
Belkin's 17-inch LCD rack console aims to give system administrators a convenient and flexible way to control servers, while using only 1U of rack space.
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Pretoria-based integrated IT solutions provider, ADM Systems, has received formal partner certification from Systems Union Group and its Pegasus suite of manufacturing software.
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SAP Africa brings pre-packaged CRM solution to mid-market
ICT World Exclusive
With the appointment of E-Prime Dynamix as a mySAP All-in-One business partner, SAP Africa says that it has given local medium-sized businesses affordable access to specialist customer relationship management (CRM) consulting and implementation capabilities.
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Cisco evolves Channel Partner Programme
Cisco Systems is evolving its Channel Partner Programme to align with changing customer requirements and market growth opportunities.
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Axiz provides HP Optical Media
HP Optical Media is available from IT infrastructure distributor, Axiz.
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Esquire builds head office in Midrand
Esquire Technologies, a distributor of computer hardware, peripherals and lifestyle products, has announced that construction of a R30m head office in Midrand will commence over the next quarter, to cater for the company's rapid expansion over the past few years.
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Read in Computing SA this week: Deputy President 'happy' with IBM IDC, ICANN to test internationalised domain names, WSI Internet Consultant office for Gauteng, Nokia signs IP deal(S)?, Integrat gives users documents on demand, Direct Channel Marketing slashes call costs, Corporate memory - Does your company have one?, HP's CIO on data centres, Intel's latest: still not the champ, SSL Trojans getting nastier, The Channel.
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Most IT outsourcing deals focused on cost - Gartner
Strategic IT outsourcing can be an integral part of an organisation's long-term business success, but a new survey by Gartner shows that the majority of organisations worldwide are still focused on tactical IT outsourcing to achieve short-term, cost-focused objectives.
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U3, a mobile professional's dream
Gary Shap, MD Tudor Photographic SA
A laptop is the ultimate convenience for mobile professionals, or is it? It seems internationally, that mobile professionals have grown weary even of carrying a "lightweigh" laptop with them when travelling much, and have taken to putting all their vital documents and files on USB drives, that can be worn around the neck or put on a keychain.
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Consumers appreciate the dynamics of digital
Gary Naidoo, Sahara Computers
The average consumer is more aware of what digital technology can do for their lifestyle and is also in a better position to acquire related products, gadgets and solutions.
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