Consumers should expect more delays before mobile number portability is introduced, says VoxTelecom's Jaco Voigt. Voigt says December is now a realistic launch date. [Issue:Two hundred and five (26/9/06 - 29/9/06)]
Natal Portland Cement (NPC) says that it has outsourced the management and maintenance of its computer network system to specialist ICT service provider, Business Connexion. [Issue:Two hundred and five (26/9/06 - 29/9/06)]
GijimaAst purchases remaining 30% interest in DTS
GijimaAst, listed on the JSE Securities Exchange, has acquired the outstanding 30% interest in AST Distribution Technology Services (DTS) from Absa Bank. DTS will declare a R36m dividend to Absa, following which the shares held by Absa will be purchased for R44,5m with effect from July 1. [Issue:Two hundred and five (26/9/06 - 29/9/06)]
EOH acquires Implement IT
EOH, a consulting, technology and outsourcing company, listed on the software and computer services sector of the JSE, has acquired local Siebel house, Implement IT. [Issue:Two hundred and five (26/9/06 - 29/9/06)]
VeriSign 'brings value-added services paradigm to Africa'
When South Africans hear the name VeriSign, the majority of them think immediately of either the company's famous tick logo, or of the multi-billion rand purchase of Thawte, which enabled Mark Shuttleworth to become the first SA astronaut. [Issue:Two hundred and five (26/9/06 - 29/9/06)]
Wine of the Month Club 'saves R500 000 a month with VoxTelecom'
According to VoxTelecom, it has helped SA's Wine of the Month Club, to shave over R500 000 a month off its telephony bills, by implementing a VoIP network and other improvements to the company's telephony infrastructure. [Issue:Two hundred and five (26/9/06 - 29/9/06)]
iVolve announces management and organisational changes
iVolve, a provider of finance and procurement solutions to the local IT market, and member of the Kagiso Group, has announced management and organisational changes that include the appointment of two new directors and the introduction of three new divisions. [Issue:Two hundred and five (26/9/06 - 29/9/06)]
Spark ATM Systems enters ATM market
Spark ATM Systems has begun the roll-out of a network of convenience ATMs designed to satisfy SA's demand for cash. The new-look ATMs, which use the cellular GPRS network, intending to slash communication costs, are aimed at sites overlooked by the traditional banks. [Issue:Two hundred and five (26/9/06 - 29/9/06)]
A state-of-the-art UPS system has been installed and commissioned at Pick 'n Pay's new headquarters in Kenilworth, Cape Town, in a contract worth R1,4m. It was supplied by the power division of the Square One Solutions Group, a JSE-listed ICT company. [Issue:Two hundred and five (26/9/06 - 29/9/06)]
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Robert McMillan, IDG News Service (San Francisco Bureau)
It has become a familiar pattern: A hacker posts exploit code to a security Web site; Microsoft follows soon after with a warning to customers. [Issue:Two hundred and five (26/9/06 - 29/9/06)]
Pressure mounts for Microsoft to patch IE flaw
Robert McMillan, IDG News Service (San Francisco Bureau)
Hackers are intensifying their attacks on Internet Explorer users, increasing the chances that Microsoft will patch a critical flaw in the software ahead of its regularly scheduled October 10 security update. [Issue:Two hundred and five (26/9/06 - 29/9/06)]
IDC research predicts economic impact of Windows Vista
Microsoft and research firm IDC have announced details of a study into the expected economic impact of Windows Vista in six key European markets - Germany, UK, France, Denmark, Poland and Spain. [Issue:Two hundred and five (26/9/06 - 29/9/06)]
Microsoft releases early patch for the VML flaw
Microsoft has broken its patch Tuesday cycle, which falls on the second Tuesday of every month, to release a fix for the critical and widely exploited VML vulnerability in Internet Explorer. [Issue:Two hundred and five (26/9/06 - 29/9/06)]
AMD opens North American chip design centre
AMD has announced the opening of an advanced microprocessor development facility in Fort Collins. Dubbed the 'Mile High Design Centre' (MHDC), the facility is the latest in AMD's international network of chip design hubs. [Issue:Two hundred and five (26/9/06 - 29/9/06)]
Foxconn partners with Sahara Computers
Sahara Computers, in conjunction with Foxconn, a global manufacturer of IT motherboards, graphics cards, optical storage devices, workstations and servers infrastructure, is to market a range of motherboards featuring AMD AM2TM technology. [Issue:Two hundred and five (26/9/06 - 29/9/06)]
Juan Carlos Perez, IDG News Service (Miami Bureau)
Google has enhanced its enterprise search device, doubling its capacity and adding new query capabilities. [Issue:Two hundred and five (26/9/06 - 29/9/06)]
Lifebridge Health prescribes EMC information infrastructure
EMC has announced that healthcare provider LifeBridge Health has deployed an EMC information infrastructure to support its back-up, archive and recovery strategies, and drive its paperless initiative for cost-efficient patient care and streamlined IT administration in a continuously growing 24 x 7 environment. [Issue:Two hundred and five (26/9/06 - 29/9/06)]
Oracle to support Itanium platform
Robert Mullins, IDG News Service (San Francisco Bureau)
Oracle says that it will soon begin certification of its database software to run on Itanium 2 computing processor platforms. [Issue:Two hundred and five (26/9/06 - 29/9/06)]
Intel pursues Moore's law 'to improve performance and lower costs'
During his keynote at the Intel Developer Forum, Pat Gelsinger, Intel senior vice-president and GM of the Digital Enterprise Group, outlined the next stage of the company's multi-core product roadmap and industry initiatives that aim offer developers a design platform for innovation and capabilities for businesses. [Issue:Two hundred and five (26/9/06 - 29/9/06)]
BlackBerry tops 6m users, but trouble may lie ahead
Dan Nystedt, IDG News Service (Taipei Bureau)
The number of BlackBerry account holders reached 6,2m at the beginning of September as Research In Motion Ltd. reported revenue up by 34% - but market researcher IDC said trouble may lie ahead for the company. [Issue:Two hundred and five (26/9/06 - 29/9/06)]
Microsoft has announced the release of Live Search and Live.com from beta in 47 markets worldwide, including SA, and final availability of Live Local Search in the UK and the US. [Issue:Two hundred and five (26/9/06 - 29/9/06)]
Spamta worm causes over 200 incidents in two hours
Over 200 major incidents have been detected by PandaLabs in the last two hours (as at 2pm today) due to the mass-mailing of spam messages carrying files infected with the Spamta worm. [Issue:Two hundred and five (26/9/06 - 29/9/06)]
AMD announces socket compatibility
AMD has announced that its Torrenza Initiative is a collaborative force toward achieving future processor socket compatibility in the server industry. By leveraging the advantages of AMD64 with Direct Connect Architecture and HyperTransport technology, OEMs will be able to standardise on a Torrenza Innovation Socket for many of their current and future server platforms, AMD claims. [Issue:Two hundred and five (26/9/06 - 29/9/06)]
SAS 'delivers BI software on Integrity servers'
SAS is to expand its relationship with HP to further develop, market and sell the SAS Enterprise Intelligence Platform on HP Integrity servers. The agreement includes pre-sales support, project sizings, architecture assessments and additional resources dedicated to co-marketing and sales engagement activities. SAS has provided ongoing support for HP Integrity servers for more than two years. [Issue:Two hundred and five (26/9/06 - 29/9/06)]
HP StorageWorks 1000i designed to meet demand for disk-based back-up
Disk-based back-up solutions are said to be growing in popularity over traditional tape-based back-up solutions, especially when it comes to the SME and midrange business spaces. [Issue:Two hundred and five (26/9/06 - 29/9/06)]
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Printing costs can escalate into thousands, even millions of rands over the years. Assessing these costs against business needs will deliver a better understanding of how to maximise investment in equipment and consumables by selecting the right solution for the job. [Issue:Two hundred and five (26/9/06 - 29/9/06)]
Storgate announces availability of Imation Flash solutions
Storgate has announced the local availability of Imation's range of Flash storage devices, aiming to suit the needs of both the price-conscious buyers and the more feature-driven business executives. [Issue:Two hundred and five (26/9/06 - 29/9/06)]
Concilium introduces accelerated problem resolution
Sole local distributor of Agilent Technologies in southern Africa, Concilium Technologies, has unveiled the J6801B Distributed Network Analyzer (DNA) for mobile signalling analysis. [Issue:Two hundred and five (26/9/06 - 29/9/06)]
SMC bolsters mobile office computing with CardBus Adapter
SMC Networks SA, in conjunction with its global holding company, SMC Networks, has released the SMC2336W-AG EZ-StreamTM Universal Wireless Cardbus Adapter. [Issue:Two hundred and five (26/9/06 - 29/9/06)]
EMC solution 'automates ILM capabilities and extends classification technologies'
EMC has announced EMC Infoscape software and related EMC Information Management Strategy Services that aim to help companies discover, classify and manage unstructured enterprise information. [Issue:Two hundred and five (26/9/06 - 29/9/06)]
Tumbleweed releases Secure Transport 4.6
Tumbleweed Communications is a provider of e-mail security, managed file transfer, and identity validation appliance and software products. Aiming to meet the security demands of enterprise IT Organisations, Tumbleweed has announced the availability of Tumbleweed SecureTransport 4.6, the latest version of Tumbleweed's enterprise managed file transfer solution. [Issue:Two hundred and five (26/9/06 - 29/9/06)]
Adobe 'drives next generation of electronic documents with Acrobat 8'
Adobe Systems has introduced Acrobat 8 software, which aims to provide knowledge workers with tools for communicating and collaborating with confidence across the boundaries of operating systems, applications and firewalls. [Issue:Two hundred and five (26/9/06 - 29/9/06)]
The JSE-listed IT-based business enabling solutions provider, Square One Solutions Group, has been awarded Microsoft Gold Partner certification to add to its accreditation as a Microsoft Small Business Specialist. [Issue:Two hundred and five (26/9/06 - 29/9/06)]
Channel Data appoints software partner
Prominent black-empowered solutions integrator, Choice Technologies, has been appointed as an EMC Software Partner by Channel Data, EMC's official SA distributor of open storage software. [Issue:Two hundred and five (26/9/06 - 29/9/06)]
Oracle SA launches channel preference initiative
Oracle SA has announced the launch of a channel preference initiative at a partner event held in Kyalami. The Oracle SA Alliances and Channels Organisation aims to help partners to build and extend their skill-sets by identifying partners' areas of specialisation and aligning them with the appropriate expertise and resources within the company. [Issue:Two hundred and five (26/9/06 - 29/9/06)]
Michael Allen, director of performance at Compuware
When the performance of an application deteriorates, productivity is impacted and end-users will be left thoroughly frustrated. In many cases, this may well be just the beginning of the problem: before the application can be fixed, the root of the issue must be identified, and effectively communicated to all relevant parties. [Issue:Two hundred and five (26/9/06 - 29/9/06)]
Network demand moves from 'more pipe to more insight' - Channel Data
Sean O'Brien, SAP EMEA news industry director: public security
"The era of more open borders, integrated economies and new technologies has thrown up new security challenges. Classic threats to security - in other words, military threats posed by hostile states - are now replaced by new, dynamic threats that risk disrupting our society and endangering our citizens," said Jose Barraso, President of the European Commission, during an address at a public meeting earlier this year. [Issue:Two hundred and five (26/9/06 - 29/9/06)]
'Companies not utilising full potential of their call centres'
Most companies do not exercise the full potential of their call centres, seeing them instead as an add-on cost centre and a glorified help desk to field customer calls and queries. [Issue:Two hundred and five (26/9/06 - 29/9/06)]
Paul Luff, country manager, SMC Networks SA
The formal channel is unforgiving towards those who display scant regard for its dynamics and the laws governing interaction. The first rule of engagement: identify and understand the role that you are playing and stick to this business plan as closely as possible. [Issue:Two hundred and five (26/9/06 - 29/9/06)]
