The City of Cape Town has launched the Smart Cape Access Truck - a pilot project designed to bring Internet connectivity to those marginalised areas that do not currently have access to this facility.
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HSDPA live on MTN's network
MTN says that it is continuing to make broadband available to over 10m subscribers, with the national roll-out of commercial High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) or 3G Evolved services.
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MTN NS re-certified as a Cisco Silver Partner
MTN Network Solutions (MTN NS) is significantly geared up to meet the 'phenomenal' demand for local and international VPN and Internet services, says Mike Brierley, GM, MTN Network Solutions.
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Microsoft helps marketing community
Microsoft SA has announced an initiative aiming to build a marketing community within its partner base.
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Cost-effective database migration
Many companies are opting to migrate off their relatively costly database platforms to Microsoft SQL Server 2005.
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Free cellphone banking demand surges
First National Bank (FNB) has recorded a surge in demand for its cellphone banking services since announcing its three-month free offer to existing and new customers last month.
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Orion Telecom hits R750m turnover
Telecommunications service provider Orion Telecom says that it has raised its annual turnover to R750m.
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McAfee provides service growth opportunities
Dedicated security technology company, McAfee, has unveiled its Global Services Strategy, which is designed to drive engagement and deployment services through its solution providers.
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Mobicode delivers barcodes to mobile phones via SMS
Mobicode has announced that it will be launching its flagship service into the SA market, whereby companies will be able to deliver bar-coded tickets, coupons and vouchers to mobile phones via SMS.
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Public sector CIOs comparing notes with international counterparts
A global survey of CIOs in the Gartner executive programme (EXP) shows that improving business processes is still the top priority amongst senior IT executives.
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IBM team provides SABC with SAP-based Solution
IBM, with business partners SAP, Bytes Technology, Datacentrix, Softfinity and Masana Technologies, has been awarded a multi-million rand contract to implement an integrated Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system for the SABC.
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Square One posts increase in operating profit, revenue
Square One Solutions Group, a national provider of niche, IT-based business enabling solutions, has posted a 132% increase in operating profit from R2,8m to R6,5m for the year to end December 2005 on a 42% increase in revenue from R144,3m to R204,7m.
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WBS goes 24/7 to boost customer satisfaction
Wireless Business Solutions (WBS) has expanded its call centre to be able to provide 24 hours a day technical support to customers.
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Brix Networks unveils IPTV service assurance portfolio
Concilium Technologies has announced the BrixVision IPTV service assurance portfolio, an offering that aims to give service providers complete visibility into the quality of video content, the underlying delivery infrastructure, and the overall customer experience.
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SMS traffic offence tracking system gets facelift
Johannesburg drivers fed up of receiving traffic fines months after a traffic offence can now rest assured that they will receive notification of the latest traffic offences within two to three days, via SMS.
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Juan Carlos Perez, IDG News Service (Miami Bureau)
Microsoft says that it is offering an almost 20% discount on its MSN Dial-Up service's regular price, plus a free month of service, partly to nab America Online dial-up subscribers unhappy with a recent price hike
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US regains most-connected status
Network World staff, Network World (US online)
For the third time in five years, the USA is number one on the Networked Readiness Index, a ranking based on a country's overall ability to exploit ICT "for development and increased competitiveness".
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Lafarge rolls out Smoothwall through Africa
Lafarge has started its roll-out of SmoothWall security products into Africa.
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Microsoft joins group key to ODF standards adoption
Elizabeth Montalbano, IDG News Service (San Francisco Bureau)
In a move some think has the potential to stall the adoption of OpenDocument Format (ODF) as an international standard, Microsoft has joined a group that takes part in the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) voting process to standardise ODF.
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IBM service offers Billy Goat bait to hackers
Robert McMillan, IDG News Service (San Francisco Bureau)
IBM's Business Consulting Services unit plans to start offering an intrusion detection service that will masquerade as a group of servers on the network in order to trick hackers into revealing information about their attacks.
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Motorola opens R&D Centre in Hangzhou
Motorola has launched its Hangzhou R&D Centre, the company's 17th R&D facility in China.
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Lucent, Alcatel in merger talks
Sumner Lemon and Martyn Williams, IDG News Service (Beijing Bureau)
Telecommunication equipment makers, Lucent Technologies and Alcatel, are discussing a possible merger, according to a statement released by the two companies.
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Good news for users: flash, DRAM prices falling
Dan Nystedt, IDG News Service (Taipei Bureau)
It is about that time of year again when users who need IT products with heavy memory chip content should stand by for bargains.
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'Bluetooth technology and UWB solution enables wireless applications'
The Bluetooth SIG has announced its selection of the WiMedia Alliance multiband orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (MB-OFDM) version of ultra-wideband (UWB) for integration with current Bluetooth wireless technology, thus taking the next step in its plan to create a version of the Bluetooth wireless technology with a high speed/high data rate option.
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Nortel to simplify, expand services offerings
Matt Hamblen, Computerworld (US online)
Nortel Networks announced yesterday that it will simplify its services offerings as well as provide integration of equipment from other vendors, in an effort to spur new revenue from the services it offers to large businesses and service providers.
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Toshiba, NEC, Sony: No plan yet for joint chip plant
Martyn Williams, IDG News Service (Tokyo Bureau)
Sony, Toshiba and NEC said that they have not yet made a decision on joint production of advanced semiconductor chips, denying a report to the contrary in the Monday morning edition of Japan's Mainichi Shimbun newspaper.
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'More efficient health care services through the use of wireless broadband'
Intel has announced that, together with the city of Umea, and the country council of Vasterbotten, both in Sweden, it is implementing a project aimed at using physician and nurse resources more effectively and improving health care services.
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Acer aims for NT$400bn sales in 2006
Dan Nystedt, IDG News Service (Taipei Bureau)
Acer, the world's fourth largest PC vendor, believes it can keep up the breakneck growth it has seen in the past few years, forecasting NT$400bn ($12,27bn) in sales this year.
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FrontRange Solutions has introduced IP Office Suite, a business phone system within its Communication Management product family.
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LG introduces fingerprint security
LG Electronics has launched biometric notebook computers using advanced fingerprint sensors from AuthenTec.
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HP offers power users more flexibility
HP says that it is offering power users a low-cost, high-performance HP xw4300 High Performance Desktop Workstation, combining technologies from Intel and graphics technology with HP's support.
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Wireless offerings announced from Agilent
Concilium Technologies has announced that Agilent Technologies has unveiled several products and initiatives in the wireless communications market.
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BMC Software announces auto-Discovery solution
BMC Software has announced the release of critical elements of a comprehensive Discovery solution for customers moving toward Business Service Management (BSM).
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NetIQ solution aims to expand network protection
NetIQ, distributed locally by 10Net ICT Solutions, has released NetIQ Security Manager 5.5, a security information and event management solution designed to address new security threats and consolidate security data across heterogeneous environments.
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FSC adds three models to its AMILO product line
Fujitsu Siemens Computers (FSC) is introducing three AMILO consumer models with Intel Centrino Duo mobile technology and LCD displays featuring CrystalView technology.
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'CA desktop and server management r11 simplifies IT management'
CA has announced CA Desktop and Server Management r11, a scalable solution that aims to make it easier for customers to implement best-practice controls - both operational and compliance - across their organisations by reducing technology ownership costs and simplifying IT management.
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Imation launches ComplianceVault in SA
Imation, a global supplier of removable data storage media, has announced that its ComplianceVault Archiving Appliance is available to the local market.
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Dell SA announces latest Latitude
Dell has announced its latest range of Latitude D-series notebook computers - aiming to combine the most up to date technology with design features that improve several key areas of the product set.
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Maconomy launches latest version
Local Maconomy distributor, PSA Solutions, has announced the launch of Maconomy's latest version called 'Maconomy X'.
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Gigabyte GV-NX76T graphics accelerator available from Rectron
Gigabyte Technology, together with official local distributor, Rectron, has released the GV-NX76T256DB-RH graphics accelerator featuring NVidia's New 7600GT GPU and GDDR3 memory.
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FSC Primergy BX630 blade server achieves world record
Fujitsu Siemens Computers (FSC) has announced that the Primergy BX630 running on AMD Opteron dual socket processors with 2,6GHz produced a new Microsoft Exchange MAPI Messaging Benchmark (MMB3) world record using Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Exchange Server 2003.
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Things to watch for when buying ADSL equipment
Uptake of Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) service in this country is slow compared to international statistics.
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Storage appliance offers parity protection
ATTO Technology has released the FastStream 5300 Storage Appliance, which aims to address customer needs to add Raid protection to critical data without suffering the performance impact associated with more traditional solutions.
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APC offers Universal Plug Adapter
American Power Conversion (APC), has announced the APC Universal Plug Adapter.
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SAP looks to business partners to help quadruple customer base
SAP's business partners are taking a growing role at the heart of the global software company's drive to quadruple its customer base and double in size by 2010.
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Chenbro server chassis now available
New IT has added the range of Chenbro storage server chassis to its product line-up.
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Modfin implements Exchequer at Group 4 Securicor
Modfin, the sole local distributor of the Exchequer financial software suite, has finalised the implementation and training for Group 4 Securicor in Johannesburg.
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Informatica sets up direct presence in SA
Nasdaq-listed data integration company, Informatica, says that it has set up a direct presence in this country to service its rapidly growing base of customers.
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IT systems supplier, AdvanceNet, has been appointed as an authorised reseller for Centennial Software, the developer of network intelligence and security solutions.
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Channel Data sells 35% equity
As part of the distributor's broad-based black empowerment (BBEE) endeavours, Channel Data has concluded an agreement where local businessman, Lietsiso Mohapeloa, will acquire 35% of the company.
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Read in Computing SA this week: Telkom determined to get BCX, Windows Vista release pushed back to January 2007, Telkom improves employee access to information, Is your Web site being held to 'ransom'?, Microsoft releases beta of SMS 2003 R2, Street Pilot C310 not quite a Quest, Call centres - what is 'true service'?
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SA Convergence legislation - enabler or a spoke in the wheel?
Is SA legislation serving as an enabler of ICT development, or is it putting a spoke in the wheel of growth?
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Skills still precious commodity in ICT sector
Robert Sussman, joint-MD at Integr8 IT
The ICT sector is still in need of skilled practitioners, and growth is largely dependent on the rate of introduction of learners eager to apply their skills.
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Entrepreneurial support depends on business sustainability
With the release of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor South African Report 2005 showing that South Africa has the lowest level of entrepreneurial activity of 35 developing nations examined in the study, the availability of support mechanisms for entrepreneurs in the country has come under scrutiny.
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