Paula Beezhold
IBM recently discussed its take on SOA during a media briefing, and announced new software and services in this area. The issue of SOA governance was specifically noted.
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Local technology 'helps professionals with FAIS compliance'
Locally developed call recording technology is said to be coming to the rescue of financial services professionals struggling to comply with all the requirements of the Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act (FAIS) and other legislation.
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ISA Holdings 'continues to exceed targets'
AltX-listed ISA Holdings has reported annual results for the year ended 28 February.
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The Vottle Project
Ronnie Apteker, Internet Solutions
The Vottle Project is a free Internet service that aims to allow people to interact via a virtual marketplace - it allows the public to buy and sell goods and services, to engage on a social level, to promote local arts and culture, and, most importantly, it encourages people to take more responsibility for the well-being of their community.
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Intel announces education initiative in Africa
Ahead of the World Economic Forum in Cape Town this week, Intel has announced an initiative to improve teaching and learning in SA and Nigeria.
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Rocketseed appoints advertising insider as MD
Intelligent business e-mail solutions provider, Rocketseed, has appointed Mark Williams, formerly of Tinderbox Interactive, Dimension Data, VWV and 8 Seconds, as its new MD.
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Oracle to launch lean drive at SAPICS 2006
Oracle SA will be highlighting the benefits of the lean enterprise at SAPICS 2006 with Oracle expert for Supply-Chain Management (SCM) in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Andrew Spence, speaking at the conference alongside some of the local and international thought leaders on the subject.
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Spescom DataFusion achieves Platinum Partner status
Spescom DataFusion has been appointed as a Platinum Partner for Europe-based Presence Technology a contact centre performance market.
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Metrofile Pretoria in R3,8m merger and consolidation
Metrofile has embarked on a R3,8m consolidation and expansion exercise in Pretoria, merging its conversion centre in Monument Park with its Roseville storage operation, where the new centre will be located.
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Concern for African markets over latest software piracy rates
Amid drives by governments, technology companies and legal bodies to raise awareness of the perils of using computer software illegally, SA's piracy rate still stands at 36%, with that of some African countries topping 90%.
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Digitised judgment information aims to help credit industry
Credit solutions provider Cyber Debt Management (CDM), has joined forces with Solutions for Business Intelligence (SBi) - a subsidiary of JSE-listed ERP.com - aiming to digitise the upliftment of civil judgment information from courts for use by credit bureaus.
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Case study: Enabling new vision and new products with BI
In a multi-facetted, dynamic and highly competitive market, Cognos business intelligence (BI) is providing a critical edge to a local financial services provider.
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Surge in cellphone banking usage
Absa reports that the number of people using cellphone banking has grown by 140% since it launched free cellphone banking to the market in October 2005.
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AMD signs MoU for implementation of Nepad e-Schools initiative in Burkina Faso
AMD has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nepad e-Africa Commission, ahead of the AMD Consortium's implementation of the Nepad e-Schools Demonstration Project in Burkina Faso.
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Avis selects ACET Processing
Avis Rent A Car (Avis) has selected ACET Processing to deliver a third party account processing solution that aims to provide for the launch and ongoing processing of the Avis pre-paid travel card.
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Unisys products aim to support real-time business
Unisys has announced the SafeGuard Family of software, a combination of software designed to advance clients' business continuity and real-time computing capabilities.
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SAPPHIRE: SAP, Tata expand co-operation to Web services
John Blau, IDG News Service (Düsseldorf Bureau)
India's Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) will help businesses migrate to Web-based applications from SAP AG under an agreement that expands the two companies' existing co-operation.
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Africa's Comtel telecom project stalls
Michael Malakata, IDG News Service (Lusaka Bureau)
The failure to find a private equity investor is calling into question whether Africa's Comtel project, a proposed private regional telecommunications company, will get off the ground.
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Global mobile phone sales in Q1 indicate strong year - Gartner
Worldwide mobile phone sales totalled 224m units in the first quarter of 2006, a 23,8% increase from the same period last year, according to Gartner.
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IBM seeks to ease billing for virtualised environments
Shelley Solheim, IDG News Service (New York Bureau)
IBM has launched software designed to help companies deploying virtualised computing environments to more easily bill business departments or external clients based on consumption of resources.
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Search engine aims to conquer the globe
Soon, with the launch of Megaglobe, all countries in the world - including all African nations - will have their own search engine; featured in their own language, says Naima Moore, CEO of Megaglobe.
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Setting the SAM standard
As a business practice that is gaining much momentum in the local IT landscape, Software Asset Management (SAM) has been formally recognised with the launch of the ISO SAM standard ISO/IEC 19770-1.
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SAP to deliver GRC framework and solutions portfolio
SAP AG has announced the creation of a business unit intended to empower customers with end-to-end solutions for governance, risk management and compliance (GRC), offering a holistic alternative to the fragmented GRC point solutions available in the market.
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Online banking's BOO-BOO
Susannah Patton, CIO (US)
People are banking online in greater numbers than ever before, but, according to a recent survey, banks are not keeping up with their customers' appetites for online financial planning assistance.
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Demantra's planning solution added to Oracle's supply chain applications
Oracle has announced that it will expand its supply chain planning applications with the acquisition of Demantra, a provider of demand-driven planning solutions.
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Portal pushing shareholders to accept Oracle bid
China Martens, IDG News Service (Boston Bureau)
Oracle's bid to acquire billing and revenue management software vendor, Portal Software, is still not a done deal. To encourage its shareholders to accept Oracle's offer, Portal has issued a slide presentation laying out more details of why the company's board decided to sell to the database and applications vendor.
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Chinese president calls for national IPR strategy
Steven Schwankert, IDG News Service (Beijing Bureau)
Chinese president, Hu Jintao, has called for a national intellectual property rights (IPR) plan.
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Software AG and AmberPoint announce seamless SOA design
Software AG and AmberPoint have announced that AmberPoint's Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) management software will be integrated with Software AG's cross-vision SOA suite.
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CA delays final Q4, fiscal 2006 financials, restates Q3
China Martens, IDG News Service (Boston Bureau)
In an unexpected development, CA has delayed issuing its final fourth quarter and full fiscal 2006 results, and restated its third quarter results, in part due to the impact of a new sales commission plan.
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'r8 protects against data confidentiality breaches'
CA has announced eTrust Secure Content Manager (eTrust SCM) r8, a single, unified gateway solution that is designed to help to safeguard enterprises from data confidentiality breaches, Web and messaging threats from a central management console.
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FSC solution passes SAP/MS compliance test
Fujitsu Siemens Computers (FSC) is offering a virtualised server solution for SAP Adaptive Computing in Microsoft environments.
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Juniper Networks delivers WAN reporting and visibility tools
Juniper Networks has announced the latest release of its WX Central Management System (CMS) software for both large enterprises and managed service providers. The WX CMS version 5.2 software offers a number of capabilities that aim to reduce the time and costs required to roll out application acceleration services, automate critical provisioning functions, and optimise network resources via new reporting and planning tools.
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Tibco delivers BPM and SOA to business users
Tibco Software, a business integration and process management software company, which aims to enable real-time business, has launched Tibco Business Studio, the first software offering in a series of role-based design technologies targeting the business user.
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i-mate launches direct push technology for mobile devices
i-mate, the specialist in Microsoft Windows Mobile devices and applications, has announced the availability of a push e-mail upgrade for all its Windows Mobile 5.0 devices.
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Cisco furthers IP NGN service intelligence
Cisco Systems has announced significant enhancements to its 7600 Series routing portfolio, aiming to increase network intelligence, flexibility and return on investment for service providers and their IP Next Generation Networks (IP NGNs).
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Mail written in Russian spreads Scano worm
Security experts at MicroWorld Technologies claim that a worm named 'Worm.Win32.Scano.e' spreads via e-mails written in Russian carrying an attachment in 'HTA' format.
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Imation launches removable hard disk drive
Imation, a worldwide supplier of removable data storage media, has announced its removable hard disk drive (RHDD) technology - an RHDD back-up cartridge for companies seeking entry-level, disk-based data storage options.
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Axiz releases ASUS motherboard delivering dual-channel DDR2 support
Axiz has announced the immediate availability of the ASUS AI Lifestyle Series motherboard M2N32-SLI Deluxe which aims to provide dual-channel DDR2 support on AMD's AM2 processing platform to increase memory and overall system performance.
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Blue Label announces availability of LANDesk Management Solutions 8.7
The improved LANDesk Management Solutions 8.7 is said to offer an integrated anti-virus engine, improved enterprise scalability and OS deployment capabilities to help Windows Vista Migration.
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Lexmark International has announced the Lexmark Embedded Document Accounting Solution (eDAS) for customers wanting a more flexible way to cut printing costs.
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Canon XEED range 'complete'
Canon says that it has completed its XEED product range by launching three projectors: the flagship XEED SX6, the XEED SX60 and the XEED X600.
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Sonic includes Eclipse workbench and advanced Web services in ESB 7.0
Sonic Software has released the latest version of its Sonic ESB, the foundation of its service-oriented architecture (SOA) infrastructure offering.
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Relyant plans ahead with Pyramid
Relyant Retail, the recently acquired subsidiary of furniture retailer, Ellerines, has upgraded to the latest version 1.4 of Pyramid Merchandise Planning, which it has been running since 2004 when it became a beta site for the software.
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Esquire launches Kingmax products
Esquire Technologies, a distributor of computer hardware and peripherals in southern Africa, has introduces two Kingmax memory products, the Super Stick USB pen drive and the microSD memory card.
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Lexmark print servers aim to help customers share devices easily
Lexmark International has introduced the MarkNet N7000 series of external print servers, aimed at customers wanting an easy, more secure way to connect their existing printing devices to the network.
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QlikTech releases QlikView 7.5
QlikTech, a business intelligence (BI) software company, has announced the launch of version 7.5 of QlikView, the companys business analysis solution. The latest version of the companys flagship solution aims to bring the power of enterprise-class BI to the entire enterprise.
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QlikTech releases QlikView 7.5
QlikTech, a business intelligence (BI) software company, has announced the launch of version 7.5 of QlikView, the company's business analysis solution. The latest version of the company's flagship solution aims to bring the power of enterprise-class BI to the entire enterprise.
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Minolta SA's monochrome digital printer division recorded an 89% increase in sales in the first quarter of 2006 compared to the first quarter of 2005.
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Microsoft delivers desktop designed for Mac users
Microsoft has announced the availability of the Wireless Laser Desktop for Mac, said to be a Mac-specific desktop complete with a stylish wireless Comfort Curve Keyboard and a wireless High Definition laser mouse.
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SAP partners with Tatis SA on customs and border management
Geneva-based Tatis SA, a customs management specialist, and global business solutions giant, SAP AG, have formed an alliance partnership in which they will jointly market and implement the customs management system (Tatiscms) that is integrated with a tax management system (SAP PSCD).
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QuickBooks SA launches Quick Payroll
QuickBooks SA has launched an addition to its suite of business management software: Quick Payroll.
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Bytes Document Solutions, sole authorised distributor of Xerox products and solutions in sub-Saharan Africa, has acquired the rights to distribute into Kenya, taking the number of African countries under its wing to 24.
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Read in Computing SA this week: 'Subscribers' equal SIM cards, not people, Ispa wants fairer access to ADSL, Nashua Mobile to turn ISP, AMD winning commercial market share, Shortfall of developers sends costs soaring, Apple closes down OS X, SOA's next wave: Service-oriented clients, Security - an ever-increasing problem, Mobile broadband is here to stay.
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VoIP, the term for Voice Over Internet Protocol, is synonymous with the roll-out of broadband communications solutions within the call centre industry.
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Experienced Cape entrepreneurs called on to accelerate SME growth
The Cape IT initiative (CITI) has launched the second phase of the pro bono mentorship programme, My Mentor, which will see Western Cape IT companies accessing top quality business advice and experience from fellow entrepreneurs.
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The evolution of threats
Chris van Niekerk, regional director at McAfee SA
People in the security industry seem to say this relatively frequently, but the times really are changing in one very important aspect of the threat lexicon.
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Double the trojans, half the worms
Detection of new Trojans has increased dramatically since 2004 to the detriment of worms, a type of malware that has been widely used to cause infections.
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Integrated threat management for the future of IT security
The world is changing and, with it, the manner in which we access technology and communicate.
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VoIP, the term for Voice Over Internet Protocol, is synonymous with the roll-out of broadband communications solutions within the call centre industry.
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Experienced Cape entrepreneurs called on to accelerate SME growth
The Cape IT initiative (CITI) has launched the second phase of the pro bono mentorship programme, My Mentor, which will see Western Cape IT companies accessing top quality business advice and experience from fellow entrepreneurs.
[Issue:One Hundred and Eighty Eight (29/05-02/06)]
The evolution of threats
Chris van Niekerk, regional director at McAfee SA
People in the security industry seem to say this relatively frequently, but the times really are changing in one very important aspect of the threat lexicon.
[Issue:One Hundred and Eighty Eight (29/05-02/06)]
Double the trojans, half the worms
Detection of new Trojans has increased dramatically since 2004 to the detriment of worms, a type of malware that has been widely used to cause infections.
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Integrated threat management for the future of IT security
The world is changing and, with it, the manner in which we access technology and communicate.
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