Wireless Business Solutions (WBS) has announced that the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) recently approved the company's change of ownership.
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Digica SA appoints GM
Digica has extended its investment in SA by appointing Frikkie Grobler as GM.
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'GPFT empowers SA women'
Vodacom kicked off its Graduate Programme for Females in Technology - a three-year graduate sponsorship programme inspired by the achievements of great women in the business and telecommunications industry, in Midrand today.
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'InfoWave acquisition of ApplyIT set to benefit industry sectors'
JSE Securities Exchange-listed InfoWave's acquisition of software solution provider ApplyIT from SA Bioproducts will boost ApplyIT's focus on product innovation and expand the company's footprint globally, says Gavin Halse, MD of ApplyIT.
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MultiChoice chooses Microsoft BSM
MultiChoice says that it has selected Microsoft Business Scorecard Manager (BSM) to automate the process of capturing and managing performance metrics across the organisation.
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IS, BC and storage - focus of SCI Africa 2006
SCI Africa 2006 is intended to be the first conference of its kind in Africa to address the related issues pertaining to storage, business continuity (BC) and information security (IS) amalgamated into one three-day conference.
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Capitec Bank selects PIC Solutions for RMS
Capitec Bank, a local financial services institution, has signed a RiskMentor consulting contract with PIC Solutions.
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Revamp for Rhodes School of Journalism
Rhodes University will open a state-of-the-art home for its journalism school at the Grahamstown campus on Wednesday.
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DataPro offers fibre uncapped ADSL solution
DataPro, the AltX-listed telecoms company, has announced the launch of a Fibre Uncapped Business ADSL solution.
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IQ Retail in software roll-out with Office National
IQ Retail, a software retail company that provides financial and business administration solutions, has signed a contract with office products company, Office National, which involves the roll-out of its IQ Enterprise software at the company's 46 stores nationwide.
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Maxtec aims to grow Imation brand throughout Africa
Local data storage and networking value-added distributor, Maxtec, has reaffirmed its commitment to grow the Imation brand throughout Africa.
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DVT launches Metastorm training centre
Local Metastorm Alliance Partner, DVT, has created a Metastorm training centre aiming to help users maximise the value of their business process management solutions.
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Pick 'n Pay gets solution from Datacentrix
Pick 'n Pay is enhancing its supply chain management, with the implementation of Sterling Commerce's Gentran Integration Suite, aiming to decrease the need for credit notes and to improve on-time delivery.
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IST-Africa 2006 focuses innovation spotlight on Africa
The IST-Africa 2006 Conference & Exhibition (http://www.IST-Africa.org/Conference2006), which takes place in the CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria, from May 3 5, will put innovation in Africa and co-operation with Europe under the research spotlight.
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Mira Networks launches virtual forums
Originally the public square of ancient Roman cities, or forum, was used as an assembly place for judicial and public business, now the Internet enables people to participate in virtual forums without leaving home.
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Martyn Williams, IDG News Service (Tokyo Bureau)
Alcatel SA and Lucent Technologies say that they have reached a definitive agreement to merge.
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EMC, Intel form OEM, technology relationship
EMC and Intel have announced a multi-year storage original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and expanded technology agreement, focused on the growing storage requirements of SMEs.
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NEC to deploy HSDPA for 3 Hong Kong
Martyn Williams, IDG News Service (Tokyo Bureau)
NEC has won a contract to supply a High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) system for Hutchison Telecommunications (Hong Kong)'s 3G network.
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Chinese technology policies raise concerns, US says
Sumner Lemon, IDG News Service (Beijing Bureau)
The Chinese government technology policies that limit market access for non-Chinese companies raise concerns about the country's commitment to its World Trade Organisation (WTO) obligations, says the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR).
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FC Barcelona installs Genesys Express multimedia solution
ICTWorld exclusive
Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories, an Alcatel company, has completed the installation of its Genesys Express Multimedia solution in the customer service centre of FC Barcelona.
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EMC ramps up storage for SMBs
Shelley Solheim, IDG News Service (New York Bureau)
EMC has rolled out storage arrays for SMEs that double the capacity of previous models, and add new tools to ease installation.
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Symantec appoints EMEA senior vice-president
Symantec has announced the appointment of John Brigden as senior vice-president, Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA).
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PIC Solutions presents at consumer credit conference
PIC Solutions, a specialist credit risk management consultancy in the Middle East Africa region, will be presenting and exhibiting at the Consumer Credit Conference next month.
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Huawei wins 3G contract from Vodafone
Sumner Lemon, IDG News Service (Beijing Bureau)
Huawei Technologies has won a contract to build a third-generation (3G) mobile network for Vodafone Group PLC's subsidiary in the Czech Republic, the company says.
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Gartner vice-president joins Hyperion
Former Gartner vice-president of research, and lead analyst in performance management, Frank Buytendijk, has joined business performance management software company Hyperion as vice-president of corporate strategy.
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SAP to expand on-demand offerings
Elizabeth Montalbano, IDG News Service (San Francisco Bureau)
SAP AG will not 'cannibalise' its enterprise software business to support the burgeoning software-as-a-service trend, but it will branch out beyond hosted CRM to offer other applications on-demand, says CEO, Henning Kagermann.
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Aspect Software acquires SophistiCom Technologies
Aspect Software has announced it has acquired most of the assets of SophistiCom Technologies, a privately-held provider of management software.
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AMD channel programme empowers more partners
AMD has announced more than 500 new participants have joined the AMD Commercial Systems Channel Programme.
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Dimension Data launches in Kenya
Dimension Data, a global IT solutions and services company, today announced it has acquired a 51% stake in ICL East Africa (ICLEA).
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Infineon raises speculation of Taiwan stock listing
Dan Nystedt, IDG News Service (Taipei Bureau)
German chip maker Infineon Technologies AG has fuelled speculation it may list its memory chip operations in Taiwan by hosting its only news conference in Asia on the island just days after announcing a new name for the division and the date it will be spun off.
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IT infrastructure distributor, Axiz,has introduced the ASUS A8R32-MVP deluxe motherboard.
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Oracle and Novell to offer grid-ready solution
Novell and Oracle have announced availability of an Accelerator service designed to help customers streamline the deployment of a grid-ready infrastructure for the data centre, featuring Oracle Database 10g, Oracle Real Application Clusters, Oracle Application Server 10g, and Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g, for customers running on SuSE Linux Enterprise Server from Novell.
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Integr8 IT establishes SA Nerve Centre
ICTWorld exclusive
National network integration, infrastructure management and managed services specialist, Integr8 IT, has completed the two-year roll-out of its multimillion rand, global management hub.
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Dell delivers advanced blade server connectivity
ICTWorld exclusive
Dell says that it has enhanced its blade server offerings with the introduction of the Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3030 for Dell in its Dell PowerEdge Blade Server Enclosure.
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Concilium 'helps large operator to optimise WLAN roll-outs'
ICTWorld exclusive
Concilium says that it has supplied AirMagnet Laptop Analyzer and Surveyor Pro Professional to a large local telecommunications provider, aiming to enable it to test and optimise wireless networks.
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'Music-optimised mobile delivers more tunes faster'
According to Motorola, the ROKR E2 has the power to download one gigabyte of music in only 4,5 minutes.
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DCC and WD deliver gaming hard drive that packs a punch
Distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC) says that it is ready to meet the demands of gaming enthusiasts with its latest release from Western Digital - the Raptor X hard drive.
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'Mitel redefines contact centre'
Mitel, a provider of IP communications solutions and applications designed to deliver business process improvement, has announced the introduction of the Mitel Customer Interaction Solutions set.
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BitDefender adds Antispyware to entry-level products
BitDefender has announced the launch of upgraded BitDefender Standard and Professional Plus desktop security programs, which will have antispyware capabilities included.
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The global and regional supplier of electronics devices, LG Electronics, says that its notebook, the TX Express, addresses thermal problems using Carbon Nano Tube (CNT) technology.
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DataPro announces faxing solution
DataPro has announced the launch of its electronic faxing division, ProFax.
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Seagate increases capacity of 1-inch drives
Storgate Africa has announced an increase in the capacity of the Seagate Pocket-drive, aiming to further extend the scope of applications that these storage units enable.
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Belkin ships switch for SMEs
Belkin has rolled out the Omniview Pro2 PS/2 series KVM switch, which is designed to deliver reliable performance and centralised control in the server environments of SMEs.
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Imation announces 'Disk-As-Tape' media cartridge
Imation, a global supplier of removable data storage media, has announced the Imation ComplianceVault system, a VXA and LTO-enabled ComplianceVault system for e-mail archiving, and Ulysses technology, a disk-enhanced removable media cartridge.
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Intel announces 65nm NOR flash memory chips
Intel says that it is the first chip manufacturer to sample NOR multi-level cell flash memory chips at 1-gigabit density using its 65nm process technology.
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New Dawn Technologies enters strategic alliance with FSC
New Dawn Technologies, a subsidiary of New Dawn Holdings, has become a Fujitsu Siemens Computers (FSC) corporate reseller.
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Tarsus secures local Cisco distribution rights
Tarsus Technologies has announced the successful conclusion of a distribution agreement with Cisco Systems, a move that will see the SME range of Cisco products and services becoming available to Tarsus's reseller channel.
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Ericsson and Mascom partner to introduce 1800MHz to network
Mascom, a cellular operator in Botswana, has awarded Ericsson a 1,2m euro contract to add 1800MHz spectrum to its network, as part of its strategy to improve the quality of its service and provide a platform for future growth.
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Integr8 IT engineer achieves accreditation in four disciplines
A technical engineer based at Integr8 IT, a national network integration and infrastructure management specialist, has acquired accreditation in all four certifications available through Computer Associates (CA).
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Esquire system reaches 1000 users
Esquire Technologies, a distributor of computer components, peripherals and lifestyle digital products, announced today that its recently launched Online Ordering System had exceeded one thousand registered users.
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Maxtor, LSI Logic partner on storage
Maxtor says that it is continuing to work with LSI Logic to drive Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) adoption in the channel, and to advance SAS and Serial ATA (Sata) Raid storage development.
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Read in Computing SA this week: Worldwide Novell and Linux roll-out for Home Affairs, SAP on the growth path, Supreme Court weighs eBay patent dispute, 'Telkom bid for BCX another raw deal for consumers', Microsoft reshuffles division, Zimbabwe Reserve Bank upgrades cheque processing system, Novell president vows to crank up strategies, New disk sector size to shake up drive capacity, Lenovo laptop is a long way from ThinkPad, NetWork World SA, Cable Talk.
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Accenture says that research has shown that high-performance businesses outrun the competition by successfully positioning their supply chains as a strategic capability.
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Moving compliance beyond cost to competitive advantage
Local and global legislation is forcing businesses to take control over the accuracy and reliability of their information.
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How workgroup solutions enhance the network
Paul Luff, Country Manager, SMC Networks SA
Segmenting the network into sub-groups, called workgroups, is key to achieving performance, availability, security, mobility, cost control, and future extendibility.
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No short-cuts in route to IT excellence
Companies that have decided to improve their IT quality strategies will need to re-examine their processes and procedures, because there are no simple software short-cuts, despite claims to the contrary.
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Overcoming e-mail storage and archiving challenges
In the mid 90s, businesses largely viewed e-mail as an adjunct to their core communications infrastructures.
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