MTN shareholders reconstitute group board of directors
MTN is pleased to announce that, at today's AGM, its shareholders approved the reconstituted MTN group board of directors.
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HP's local assembly plant announces latest technology
HP has launched the latest addition to the 2000 Series in the business desktop line-up, the dx2200. Made possible through its partnership with BEE company, Matomo Technologies, the locally assembled PC aims to give customers access to the reliability and international quality of a tier one brand.
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HansaWorld business software gains global popularity
Integrated ERP & CRM software producer HansaWorld says that its global user base is increasing, due to low cost of ownership, easy implementations and local support.
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Soccer action with MTNLoaded
More than 16 000 MTN subscribers have activated their handsets to receive mobile content from the soccer showpiece in Germany.
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Parliament embeds controls, reporting transparency with Oracle ERP
The South African Parliament has gone live on its Oracle E-Business Suite implementation in a move intended to improve control and transparency of reporting of its human resource management, payroll and financial management systems.
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Self-service channel helps online retailers
The Digital Solution Group (DSG) has recently completed a development which is intended to improve on its Web-based interactive customer help facility, Live Help. The development is designed to enable customers to interact with the various DSG client call centre agents at any time of the day or night.
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iBurst customers up 122% in five months, base stations up 110%
Wireless broadband provider, iBurst, says that it has reached the 20 000 customer milestone, growing its subscriber base by 122% in just five months. iBurst coverage is also growing, with a 110% increase in base stations over the same period, the company says.
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Internet Solutions chosen to host Jinx
The Internet Service Providers' Association of SA (Ispa) has accepted Internet Solutions' proposal to host the Johannesburg Internet Exchange (Jinx).
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StorTech works with Quintica "to create the service future"
StorTech, a local network computing and storage solutions provider, says that it is pioneering a service and support future by harnessing ITIL-compliant IT service management (ITSM) systems.
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Business Connexion launches identity management value proposition
Business Connexion has launched an identity and access management (IAM) value proposition with the goal of establishing itself as the preferred IAM supplier in this country. This is in response to clients growing awareness of the importance of providing legitimate access to their systems and information, while protecting them from unauthorised access, the company says.
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Integr8 IT increases its services to tobacco giant
Integr8 IT has designed a secure mobile broadband solution for JT International SA (JTI), the locally-based operating division of international tobacco company JTI. The solution is claimed to provide the fastest wireless remote connectivity, from anywhere in the world.
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DataPro offers local-only ADSL
DataPro, part of the AltX-listed DataPro Group, has announced that it will offer a local-only ADSL solution to the SA market. Simon Butler, ADSL product manager at DataPro, comments: This offering enables users to use local traffic only, which will dramatically reduce bandwidth costs and optimise online spend.
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Global CRM software revenue increased by 14% in 2005 - Gartner
Driven by significant gains in licence and maintenance revenue, worldwide customer relationship management (CRM) total software revenue totalled $5,7bn in 2005, a 13,7% increase from 2004, according to Gartner.
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IBM to open source more WSDM code
China Martens, IDG News Service (Boston Bureau)
IBM is contributing more code to the open source community based on the Web services distributed management (WSDM) standard, the vendor says.
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Hallmark deploys Oracle HR applications
Oracle has announced that Hallmark Cards, the supplier of greeting cards, has implemented Oracle Applications to standardise its HR-related business processes and consolidate all employee information. The company has deployed Oracle Human Resources Management System (HRMS).
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Nortel pitches VoIP, other gear to SMEs
Phil Hochmuth, Network World (US online)
Nortel says it means business - small business - with the launch this week of VoIP, Ethernet, WAN and wireless LAN gear targeting companies with five to 250 users.
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McAfee acquires Preventsys
McAfee has acquired Preventsys, an authority in security risk management and automated security compliance reporting.
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ASG to acquire DSSI
ASG, an enterprise software provider to Global 5000 companies, has sealed a deal to acquire Diversified Software Systems, (DSSI) a provider of JCL automation software products and services.
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Oracle unveils applications strategy based on Siebel CRM
Oracles Siebel customer relationship management (CRM) is intended to form the centrepiece of the next-generation Oracle Fusion CRM Applications strategy, the company says.
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European managers concerned over aligning IT and business goals
Results from an IT managers survey across nine European countries, released by Intel, point to serious communication challenges between IT managers and senior management.
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Michael Malakata, IDG News Service (Lusaka Bureau)
Squabbles that delayed EASSY, the Africa submarine cable project aimed at connecting Africa to the rest of the world, have been resolved, and the venture is moving ahead as planned, according to project officials.
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BMC Software announces 2006 Q4 results
BMC Software says that it met or exceeded guidance for the fourth consecutive quarter, posting a nearly 500% year-over-year increase in non-GAAP operating income with underlying revenue growth.
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Global application integration and middleware market increased by 7% in 2005 - Gartner
The application integration and middleware market is in a volatile phase, because integration design patterns and technology are evolving rapidly, says Joanne Correia, research vice-president at Gartner. Software suppliers are making fundamental changes in their product architectures, embracing standards and verticalising their offerings, new suppliers are entering the market, and weaker players have disappeared at a high rate.
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Intel may ditch communications business
Network World staff, Network World (US)
Intel, which continues to lose market share to rival Advanced Micro Devices, is reportedly planning to shed the majority of its communications business as it strives to sharpen its focus on its core microprocessor markets.
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Cambrient solution 'helps companies manage large volumes of customer e-mail'
ICT World Exclusive
Content management company, Cambrient, has released Cambrient Contactsuite, an e-mail management and e-mail customer relationship management application.
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Local distribution house, Workgroup, has announced the availability of Veritas Netbackup 6.0 PureDisk Remote Office Edition from Symantec, aiming to enable enterprises to improve the reliability, security and manageability of remote office data back-up and recover.
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FSC announces power-saving professional PCs
With energy prices continuing to escalate, IT decision-makers are becoming increasingly attracted to power-saving PCs, and, because of this, Fujitsu Siemens Computers (FSC) says that it is launching two energy-conscious Esprimo professional PCs.
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FSC, Symantec and Oracle create high-end SAP solution
FSC, together with Symantec and Oracle, says that it has created a high-end solution for SAP applications based on Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) for the Primepower platform.
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A question of comfort
IT infrastructure distributor, Axiz, has announced the availability of several Targus Ergonomic Workstation solutions, designed to aid the comfortable use of notebooks and desktops.
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'HP blade design can save customers millions'
HP has unveiled a blade architecture that, it is claimed, will save customers millions of rands as they build out their data centres.
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Dell notebook offers power, durability and style
Dell has announced the Latitude D520, a notebook designed to maximise the productivity and technology budgets of small businesses and educational establishments in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
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Juniper bolsters intrusion prevention and security management
Juniper Networks has announced its next-generation Intrusion Detection and Prevention (IDP) platform and security management software, which is designed to provide increased application visibility and control across the network.
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Symantec identifies new JavaScript worm
Symantec has today noted a new JavaScript worm which exploits an unpatched vulnerability in Yahoo Web mail. This vulnerability enables scripts embedded in HTML e-mails to be run by the user's browser, which are normally blocked by Yahoo! Mail for security reasons.
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Cognos and Deloitte partner to offer performance blueprint
ICTWorld exclusive
Cognos, a business intelligence and performance management solutions vendor, has introduced the Close, Consolidate, Report Performance Blueprint (CCR Blueprint).
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Compuware aims to enhance application quality and performance
Compuware has announced at the Microsoft Tech Ed 2006 Conference that it is showcasing several application delivery solutions that integrate with Microsoft technologies. These solutions are designed to deliver value to development, testing and operations teams that develop, deploy and manage Microsoft-based applications.
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Microsoft releases Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003
Microsoft yesterday announced the release to manufacturing of Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003, the company's first software offering designed to run parallel, high-performance computing (HPC) applications for customers solving complex computations.
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Following an extensive tender process, Thebe Investment Corporation has appointed IT services and solutions provider, Datacentrix, to manage its Microsoft licensing needs, aiming to introduce more effective licensing management, establish one agreement for the entire group, leverage the benefits of scale and maintain compliance.
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YES Certification for AMD64 processor-based systems
AMD has announced that AMD Opteron and AMD Athlon 64 processor-based systems and AMD Turion 64 mobile technology have achieved YES Certification from Novell.
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The bi-annual Intel Channel Conference (ICC) was recently held in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban and Nairobi, attracting more than 1000 Intel resellers from throughout southern Africa.
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Telkom's ADSL remains over 800% more expensive than international offerings
Rudolph Muller, lecturer, Department of BIT, University of Johannesburg
Even with Telkom's latest ADSL price cuts, the service remains over 800% more expensive than comparable international offerings.
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Defining requirements key to successful records management
Businesses of all sizes have long grappled with the challenge of records management, but in light of recent legal proceedings such as that of the Brett Kebble and Jacob Zuma cases, the situation has assumed a new urgency.
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SMS boosting procurement governance
Cellular technology is starting to play an increasingly important role in the delivery of procurement solutions that ensure procurement governance and compliance.
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Ransomware: Blackmailers now targeting home users
Chris van Niekerk, regional director of McAfee SA
In the past couple of years reports on how businesses relying primarily or solely on the Internet for income have been targeted by cyber criminals have been relatively commonplace.
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