Local software company InfoWave has announced its financial results for the year ended 28 February.
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Booking opens for LinuxWorld 2006
The LinuxWorld Conference and Exhibition made its debut in SA last year, under the auspices of Exhibitions for Africa.
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Integr8 IT invests abroad with CA technology
Technicians from local network integration and infrastructure management specialist, Integr8 IT, have participated in product training in the USA, and reinforced their knowledge of Computer Associate's (CA) Message Manager, formerly known as Assentor.
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Sentech welcomes two board members
Sentech has announced the appointment of two board members.
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Standard Bank purchases solution from Spescom
Standard Bank has purchased a Web-based DataVoice Libra recording solution from Spescom DataFusion, for deployment in the fraud department of the Card Division contact centre.
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'Vein reading' can save SA mines millions
Technology allowing people to be identified by their veins can save SA mines millions of rands each year.
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SAP Africa brings pre-packaged CRM solution to mid-market
With the appointment of E-Prime Dynamix as a mySAP All-in-One business partner, SAP Africa says that it has given SA medium-sized businesses affordable access to specialist CRM consulting and implementation capabilities.
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Arivia.kom boosts customer service
Arivia.kom, a local IT solution services company operating throughout the continent, has invested in a significant contact centre upgrade from Spescom DataFusion, as part of its drive to achieve improved customer service.
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CentraTel Telecommunications Academy qualifies 500th learner
The CentraTel Telecommunications Academy, part of the CentraTel group, a multi-vendor telecommunications distributor in sub-Saharan Africa, recently qualified the 500th learner on its Telecommunications 101 training programme "An introduction to telecommunications".
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Synaq to implement Scalix SBS
Synaq, a Managed Linux Services provider and Open Source software specialist, is to incorporate the Scalix Small Business Server solution and related services into its offering.
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InterSystems to offer Cache database free at Futurex
InterSystems says that it will be offering software developers free, fully functional, non-expiring, single user versions of the latest Caché database at Futurex 2006.
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African telecommunications operators seize the WiMAX advantage
Redline Communications, a provider of standards-based broadband wireless equipment, highlighted the business opportunities in deploying 802.16 2004/d certified WiMAX technology to telecommunications operators across Southern Africa at the African WiMAX Forum held in Midrand last week.
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Twelve months after first unveiling plans to create Project Mendocino - a joint product that aims to enable people to interact quickly and easily with SAP business processes and data through Microsoft Office applications - SAP AG and Microsoft have announced that the two companies will ship the product on time next month.
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Sun sues Azul for abuse of patents
Peter Sayer, IDG News Service (Paris Bureau)
Sun Microsystems has asked a California court to order network-attached processing specialist Azul Systems to stop infringing Sun patents on memory technology, and to order the company to pay damages.
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Top 50 services vendors fail to match market growth rate
Research by independent market analyst, Datamonitor, has found that the world's 50 largest IT services vendors booked combined revenue of $262bn last year, but grew at a slower rate than the overall market.
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Intel commits $1bn to emerging markets strategy
Intel will invest more than $1bn over the next five years in a broad programme to speed access to uncompromised technology and education for people in the world's developing communities.
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Opteron processor marks its third anniversary
Coinciding with the third anniversary of the launch of the AMD Opteron processor and AMD64 technology launch, AMD has announced that it has seen an increase in its overall x86 server processor market share.
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Fewer outsourcing megadeals signed in 2005 - Gartner
As companies attempt to implement more multisourcing agreements, the number of megadeals awarded to a single service provider has declined, according to Gartner.
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Reuters partners with Novell
Reuters and Novell have announced an alliance in support of Reuters Market Data System (RMDS) on SuSE Linux Enterprise Server from Novell for financial institutions worldwide.
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GSA confirms almost 100 HSDPA network deployments
According to a new survey by GSA, the Global mobile Suppliers Association, 94 HSDPA networks are planned, in deployment or commercially launched in 47 countries.
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Software AG earnings up
Software AG reported operating income (EBIT) of ¬21,5m for the first quarter of 2006, an increase of 19,9% over the year-ago period.
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Lenovo names Ronaldinho as worldwide ambassador
Lenovo today announced a co-operation with FC Barcelona and its superstar, Ronaldo de Assis Moreira, otherwise known as Ronaldinho Gaucho. Ronaldinho will be a Lenovo Worldwide Brand Ambassador.
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CA joins financial services technical consortium
CA and the Financial Services Technical Consortium (FSTC) have announced that CA has joined the FSTC as a technology vendor member, and will help develop industry standards and solutions for the management of IT systems, security and storage in the financial services industry.
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Citrix System rolls out NetScaler 12000
Citrix Systems has announced its Citrix NetScaler 12000 system, which is designed for large-scale Web applications, handling millions of simultaneous users, conducting hundreds of thousands of transactions per second.
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Apex CCS delivers touchscreen technology to security solution
Apex Cash Control Solutions (Apex CCS) has supplied KeySentry Security Systems with one of its particular Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) touchscreen panels, aiming to allow the company to create an application for the management of vehicle keys for the automotive industry.
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DCC brings Asus smart switches to SA
ICTWorld exclusive
To meet the growing demand of SMEs for smarter networking solutions that boost the intelligence of networks to increase manageability and reduce downtime, distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC) is expanding its range of wired networking products, and will now stock Asus' range of 10/100 and 10/100 1Gigabit unmanaged switches featuring 5, 8, 16 and 24 ports.
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IBM launches System x servers and software
ICTWorld exclusive
IBM says that it has addressed demand for large scale x86 virtualisation technologies, with System x scaleable servers featuring its Enterprise X-Architecture technology - X3 - and software designed to help clients speed their virtualisation efficiencies.
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HP's WAN Accelerator a boon for bandwidth constrained SA business environment
ICTWorld exclusive
In a country where bandwidth is at a premium, and ICT infrastructure budgets are subject to close scrutiny, a product that is designed to allow a WAN to function at LAN-like speeds seems to be a godsend.
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High performance graphics accelerator released
Gigabyte Technology, together with official SA distributor, Rectron, has released the GV-NX76T256D-RH graphics accelerator.
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Load balancing router available from Pinnacle
Broad-based ICT provider, Pinnacle Micro, has announced the immediate availability of a 4-port load balancing router from D-Link.
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Pinnacle Micro announces redesigned Multi cases
Pinnacle Micro has announced the local availability of Dicota's Multi range of carrying cases and bags.
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Softline ACCPAC launches warehouse management system
Softline ACCPAC, a provider of business management applications, will launch its warehouse management system, Accpac Warehouse Management System (WMS) 5.0 at Futurex 2006.
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Four J's introduces Genero db database
Four J's Development Tools is introducing a database product, which, the company claims, will outperform any other database.
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Polip worm creeps through P2P networks
MicroWorld Technologies announces that 'Win32.Polip.A' is a polymorphic P2P Worm that infects Portable Executable(PE) files like '.scr' and '.exe', while spreading via P2P networks and File Sharing applications.
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Genius 'will change how notes are taken forever'
In today's workplace, one often finds oneself in situations where one needs to take notes, draw or capture information.
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Mass storage for the masses
As fast as hard disk capacities rise, we find ways to fill them, creating two headaches: finding more storage space, and keeping those hundreds of Gigabytes of data safe.
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Microsoft has issued a summons against computer hardware and software re-seller, PC Games World, for R1m in damages, for alleged software piracy.
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Westcon acquires Ronco's distribution operation
Datatec has announced that its subsidiary, the Westcon Group, has acquired the distribution arm of Ronco Communications and Electronics for an undisclosed sum.
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SDT reinforces Microsoft partnership
SDT Financial Software Solutions has been awarded Microsoft Gold Partner Certification for ISV/Software Solutions.
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Read in Computing SA this week: More than just a phone, eBucks goes OSS, Microsoft launches 'Windows XP for Africa', WiMAX - from hype to reality, Sita upgrades infrastructure, Linux desktop growth could spur new malware activity, NetworkWorld SA, CableTalk.
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Online shopping on the up, make sure that you are safe
Remember when you had to venture into a travel agency to book your flight?
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Study shows European businesses overwhelmed by security data
A new study finds that European businesses are unable to deal with the vast amount of data generated from security devices such as firewalls and anti-virus software.
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BEE has not hindered, but is helping the economy
While many people remain negative towards affirmative action and broad-based black empowerment, the over-arching principles of this government policy, if successful, can lead to prosperity and decreased crime - something that is bound to attract foreign investment and improve the overall economy.
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The layers of e-mail management
Rob Shaw, product marketing manager, Datacentrix
E-mail is without doubt the primary mode of communication in today's interactive business world.
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