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Business
** Oracle gives entrepreneurs a hand
** SA skills sought-after at International JobFaire
** SDD's new MD to address internal challenges
** Red Hat Q4 beats estimates
** Intel outlook 'not bright'
** Novell, EMC to partner
** Lotus appoints new MD
** Isiza Advisory Board ratifies certification procedures
** CA enters partnership with Motorola, Nokia
** 3Com reports Q3 loss, cuts jobs
** Accenture revenues reach $10.3b
** Novell announces strategic partnership, new products at BrainShare
** Datacraft wins $6m Indonesian contract
** AMD, Wavecom enter alliance
** TSMC wins Analog Devices award
** Infosys to set up Leadership Institute
** Factiva enters agreement with IBM
** Veritas announces Gold sponsorship at BrainShare
** BroadSoft, NetNumber enter partnership
** Commerce One to acquire Exterprise
** IBM in global strategic deal with JDE
** Creative to cut 10% of staff
** Silterra Malaysia reports revenue from manufacturing equipment
** US ambassador joins ArrayComm
** Stats warns of first quarter shortfall
** AMD ranks twelfth for patents awarded
** Trinagy announces new executive structure
** Computer Faire to host Mobilexpo and careers pavilion
** ADC to showcase DSL products at CeBit
** ADC to display 3G products at CeBit
** Seagate Software changes name
** Trellis Photonics to begin construction of manufacturing plant
** Sun to address storage market
** Creative approaches adopted for staff recruitment, retention
** iLanga, Micros-Fidelio enter partnership
** Prism acquires VeriFone SA
Computing
** Imposter obtains Microsoft digital certificates
** Apple to unleash OS X
** Norton integrated on Pentium 4 desktop board
** DiData launches integrated support systems
** Sun puts mainframe into midrange
** HP launches new handheld devices at CeBIT
** Dell, Samsung sign four-year agreement
** IISA outlines aims for forthcoming year
** CA warns of Injustice e-mail worm
** Linux International director to be at Linux Africa 2001
** Motorola releases iRadio
** Snaz releases mobile wallet
** i2 develops e-learning program
** Siemens exhibits at CeBIT
** Profilium announces content delivery platform
** OLED display market to reach $1.6b by 2007
** TSMC to enhance Five Star IP Alliance
** B2C e-commerce revenues to reach $101b this year
** Luxxon unveils Lux2 multimedia processor
** Sun introduces plug-and-play cluster
** Microsoft launches fifth SOS Digital Village
** Dell reduces Latitude prices
** CSSA to present communications systems conference
** ACCPAC software receives five-star rating
** OpenLinux Workstation 3.1 enters open beta
** ADC develops product platform
** AmVia - Voicematix releases e-business report
** Intel to roll-out 1GHz laptop microprocessor
** Digital printing technology to prevail
** Boeing-built rocket successfully launched
Enterprise
** PQ Business Intelligence releases e.Reporting Suite 5
** Crystal Decisions launches eASP Programme
** GBI examines benefits of Accrue Insight
** Solit sets new course for Lawson
** Sun says Sun Ray can assist students
** Vision releases enterprise data replication product
** HP unveils local security initiatives
Internet
** Bluetooth goes into the home
** Lastminute.co.za launched
** World Online introduces compressed mobile Internet
** FlySAA.com takes off
** VeriSign to begin registering foreign language domain names
** Microsoft commits to P3P privacy support
** Prism to spearhead Galileo developments
** Ericsson SA, World Online team up
** Dallas Semiconductor introduces microcontrollers
** Motorola expands Mya Voice Platform
** Motorola introduces Mobile Platform System
** Internet Solutions introduces second network
** Microsoft announces new Internet services
** US libraries to challenge Internet law
** Mobile e-commerce boom still a long way off
** Dabco to auction smart card patent online
** Genesys introduces G6 Internet Contact
** Consolidation of minority sites inevitable
** Mir de-orbit to be broadcast over Internet
Networking
** Perle launches new line of console servers
** Krone develops testing methodologies
** iPass expands network coverage
** French cable operator deploys Juniper solution
** Avaya announces IP implementations
** Stratus contracts Infonet
** Lucent signs supply deal with Verizon
** Siemens, Vodacom Tanzania enter support contract
** 3Com focuses on high-speed networking
** Pingtel releases NetNumber Enum service
Channel
** Foster-Melliar named Vesta VAR
** Notebook Company drops Laptech brand
** Dax Data to distribute MGI imaging solutions
** SSA software can improve service at call centres, says Bateleur
** e-OPI desktop security product now available in SA
** Mercury Interactive becomes Oracle partner
** Prisma Solutions becomes Alchemy distributor
** Rectron introduces new Handspring Visor
** Ability appoints Isis as premier partner
** Prisma offers electronic delivery solution
** Minolta-QMS, SDD strengthen relationship
** Asyst unveils e-commerce financial package
** Enterasys introduces channel incentive scheme
Telecoms
** Telkom will not exercise exclusivity option
** New GPRS phones unveiled at CeBIT
** Telkom chooses Sybase for administration of $600m undersea cable
** Siemens shows GPRS, UMTS solutions at CeBIT
** Motorola showcases GPRS solutions at CeBIT
** LayerOne Wireless Technology opens new offices
** ADC adds to WorldDSL product line
** Telkom okays competition in 2002
** MTN provides Number For Life
** Motorola phone chief predicts industry consolidation
IndustrySolutions
** GTECH implements SunSystems
** BP selects Prism as technology partner
** CCI supplies wireless network to ACSA
** MX Group contracts MGX Holdings
** TTR implements Cisco VPN
** MIP completes first phase of JMPF contract
** Old Mutual opts for AST solution
** Iocore mentors Potchefstroom University
** Hilton rolls out NetWare 5.1
** Brampton York assists bank in Strate participation
Financial
** Maxtec latest in list of profit warnings
** Pinnacle changes model after earnings drop
** Prism acquires VeriFone SA
** Strate costs 'among lowest in the world'
** Technology takes its toll on Control Instruments
Monitor
** PC market still strong in Latin American region, says IDC
** SA printer market displays negative growth for 2000
Columnists
** Paul Booth: Top Tech, telecoms take top spot
** Basheera Khan: Hoodwinking the masses
** Keith Schorah: Segment for success
** Ian Melamed: Of Microsoft, bugs, Eastern Europe and the FBI
** Jason Norwood-Young: IT is worthless
** Jill Hamlyn: The e-ideals in life: Enthusiasm, enjoyment, employment
** Patrick Lawlor: Greenspan and the spoilt brat
Feature
** Basheera Khan: The stuff of dreams and fantasies
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++QUOTE OF THE WEEK
Golden days
"Many people say, what future is there on the Internet? Will the patient
survive? The patient is not sick, I believe the Internet economy's best days
are still ahead of it."
- Meg Whitman, president and CEO of eBay. (eWEEK)
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** Oracle gives entrepreneurs a hand
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Oracle South Africa is joining the global VentureNetwork, an initiative
designed to promote an entrepreneurial community and help source venture
capital for the start-up market. [23 March 2001]
** SDD's new MD to address internal challenges
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SDD's new MD Toni Gorlei says the company's single biggest aim is to address
internal challenges such as the replacement of systems which caused a
deterioration of service levels. [23 March 2001]
** Intel outlook 'not bright'
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Craig Barrett, chief executive of Intel, says the company's outlook for the
next three months is not bright as the IT industry is experiencing a
slowdown. [23 March 2001]
** Lotus appoints new MD
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Lotus Development SA has appointed Steve Ayres, a former IBM/Lotus Partner
sales manager, as its new MD. [23 March 2001]
** CA enters partnership with Motorola, Nokia
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Computer Associates International (CA) has entered into a partnership with
Motorola and Nokia to enable its software to manage and secure wireless
handheld devices. [22 March 2001]
** Accenture revenues reach $10.3b
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Accenture, formerly known as Andersen Consulting, says its revenues for the
year ended 31 December 2000 reached $10.3 billion, a 10% increase from 1999.
[22 March 2001]
** Datacraft wins $6m Indonesian contract
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A consortium which includes Datacraft, the Asian subsidiary of Dimension
Data, has been awarded a $6 million voice-over-Internet Protocol network
contract by PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia. [22 March 2001]
** TSMC wins Analog Devices award
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Analog Devices has awarded TSMC an ADI Supplier Award for overall excellence
in semiconductor production. [21 March 2001]
** Factiva enters agreement with IBM
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Factiva has entered into an agreement with IBM to enable both companies to
build Web sites which offer a single point of access to information,
applications and people. [21 March 2001]
** BroadSoft, NetNumber enter partnership
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BroadSoft and NetNumber have entered into a partnership to facilitate market
expansion for service providers. [20 March 2001]
** IBM in global strategic deal with JDE
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IBM and JD Edwards (JDE) have entered into a global alliance to jointly
market and sell JDE's manufacturing and distribution software on IBM servers
and mainframes. [20 March 2001]
** Silterra Malaysia reports revenue from manufacturing equipment
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Silterra Malaysia says it is generating revenue since it completed the
installation of manufacturing equipment. [20 March 2001]
** Stats warns of first quarter shortfall
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ST Assembly Test Services (Stats) says that due to continuing weakness in
business conditions, first quarter revenues will be below previous guidance.
[19 March 2001]
** Trinagy announces new executive structure
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Trinagy has announced new appointments in its executive structure. [19 March
2001]
within a show". [19 March 2001]
** ADC to display 3G products at CeBit
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ADC will display its range of connectivity and extension products for third
generation (3G) networks at the CeBit trade show in Germany this week. [19
March 2001]
** Trellis Photonics to begin construction of manufacturing plant
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Trellis Photonics will begin construction of an $18 million manufacturing
facility near its headquarters. [19 March 2001]
** Creative approaches adopted for staff recruitment, retention
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The shortage of skilled IT workers is seeing companies adopt increasingly
creative approaches to staff recruitment and retention, says Gerry van der
Helde, regional director at MGX Software Development. [19 March 2001]
** Prism acquires VeriFone SA
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Prism Holdings has acquired VeriFone SA, a division of HP and a global
provider of secure electronic-payment solutions for financial institutions,
merchants and consumers, for an undisclosed amount. [19 March 2001]
** Apple to unleash OS X
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Apple Computer will reveal its OS X operating system, which it calls the
biggest change to the Macintosh computer in 17 years, at midnight tonight.
[23 March 2001]
** DiData launches integrated support systems
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Dimension Data (DiData) has announced its integrated Business and Operations
Support Systems to assist service providers. [23 March 2001]
incorporating mainframe technology into second-tier servers. [22 March 2001]
** Dell, Samsung sign four-year agreement
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Dell Computer and Samsung Electronics have entered into a four-year
agreement valued at $16 billion for Samsung to supply Dell with key parts.
[22 March 2001]
** CA warns of Injustice e-mail worm
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Computer Associates International (CA) has warned of the Injustice e-mail
worm, which will cause infected PCs to send the worm to 25 specific e-mail
addresses in the Israeli government's Internet domain. [22 March 2001]
** Motorola releases iRadio
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Motorola has announced the release of iRadio, a telematics solution designed
to offer wireless services to vehicles. [21 March 2001]
** i2 develops e-learning program
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i2 Technologies has developed an e-learning program to aid in the adoption
of new e-business processes. [21 March 2001]
** Profilium announces content delivery platform
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Profilium has unveiled a location-based content delivery platform for the
transmission of time- and location-relevant messages to wireless devices via
short message service. [20 March 2001]
** TSMC to enhance Five Star IP Alliance
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) says it will enhance its
Five Star Internet Protocol (IP) Alliance to include more robust
qualification of silicon intellectual property. [20 March 2001]
** Luxxon unveils Lux2 multimedia processor
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Luxxon has unveiled its Lux2 multimedia processor designed to enable device
manufacturers to integrate multimedia capabilities into wireless devices.
[20 March 2001]
** Microsoft launches fifth SOS Digital Village
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Microsoft SA says it has utilised some of the funds received from damages
awarded to the company due to software piracy to launch the fifth SOS
Digital Village at the Umtata SOS Children's Village. [20 March 2001]
** CSSA to present communications systems conference
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The Computer Society of SA (CSSA) and the International Federation of
Information Processing, in association with SBS Conferences, will present
Africom, an international conference on communications systems, in Cape Town
from 28 to 30 May. [20 March 2001]
** OpenLinux Workstation 3.1 enters open beta
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Caldera Systems has announced that OpenLinux Workstation 3.1 has entered
open beta and will be available for download from its Web site from
Thursday. [19 March 2001]
** AmVia - Voicematix releases e-business report
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AmVia - Voicematix has announced the release of an e-business benchmark best
practices report that enables companies to benchmark their call centre
performance against a peer group of similar centres. [19 March 2001]
** Digital printing technology to prevail
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A survey conducted by Xerox at the On Demand 2001 digital printing and
publishing conference held in the US recently shows that companies expect
digital printing to replace offset-only printing as the technology of
choice. [19 March 2001]
** PQ Business Intelligence releases e.Reporting Suite 5
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PQ Business Intelligence has announced the availability of Actuate
e.Reporting Suite 5, a Web reporting product. [22 March 2001]
** GBI examines benefits of Accrue Insight
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Global Technology Business Intelligence (GBI), local distributor of Accrue
Insight, says Accrue is an analytical electronic-customer relationship
management platform used for unifying customer information throughout the
enterprise. [21 March 2001]
** Sun says Sun Ray can assist students
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Sun Microsystems believes its Sun Ray enterprise application can increase
the effectiveness of education and assist students to increase their
productivity. [20 March 2001]
** HP unveils local security initiatives
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Hewlett-Packard SA has introduced new security software solutions and
initiatives, including its Webenforcer software. [20 March 2001]
** Lastminute.co.za launched
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UK e-commerce site lastminute.com has teamed with South African-based
Tourvest (Tourism Investment Corporation) for the launch of its localised
last minute distribution channel, lastminute.co.za. [23 March 2001]
** FlySAA.com takes off
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South African Airways' e-commerce initiative, flysaa.com, was officially
launched last week, offering customers a variety of online travel
opportunities, fulfilled by back-end integration. [19 March 2001]
** Microsoft commits to P3P privacy support
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Microsoft says its Internet Explorer 6 Web browser will include support for
the Platform for Privacy Preferences Project (P3P) to enable the software to
respond automatically to a Web site's privacy policies. [22 March 2001]
** Ericsson SA, World Online team up
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Ericsson SA has entered into an agreement with World Online to launch a
service designed to increase the speed of Web page downloads to local mobile
Internet users. [22 March 2001]
** Motorola expands Mya Voice Platform
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Motorola says it has expanded its Mya Voice Platforms product portfolio with
the Mya Vx500. [20 March 2001]
** Internet Solutions introduces second network
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Internet Solutions (IS) today announced IS2, an independent network which
mirrors the current IS network and aims to provide corporates with increased
redundancy and network availability. [20 March 2001]
** US libraries to challenge Internet law
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A coalition of US public libraries, library patrons and Web site operators
will challenge a law designed to protect children from exposure to Internet
pornography in public libraries and schools. [20 March 2001]
** Dabco to auction smart card patent online
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Digital Audio and Broadcasting Corporation (Dabco) plans to auction a patent
for a micro-lending smart card over the Internet on Thursday. [20 March
2001]
** Consolidation of minority sites inevitable
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Analysts believe that the consolidation of portals that target women and
minorities is inevitable, but may still not be sufficient to draw enough
visitors to make money. [19 March 2001]
** Perle launches new line of console servers
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Perle Systems has introduced the first products in a new line of console
servers that allow network devices to be managed across a local area network
(LAN) or independently of the LAN. [23 March 2001]
** iPass expands network coverage
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iPass says it has expanded its network coverage to 11 000 points-of-presence
in 150 countries. [21 March 2001]
** Avaya announces IP implementations
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At the CeBIT technology exhibition currently underway in Hannover, Avaya
announced two new Internet Protocol (IP) telephony implementations in
Germany and the Netherlands. [21 March 2001]
** Lucent signs supply deal with Verizon
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Lucent Technologies has entered into a three-year, $5 billion contract with
Verizon Wireless to supply it with wireless infrastructure. [20 March 2001]
** 3Com focuses on high-speed networking
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3Com has unveiled a family of high-speed network interface cards and
switches designed to increase the available bandwidth on networks. [20 March
2001]
** Foster-Melliar named Vesta VAR
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Vesta Technologies has appointed Foster-Melliar as a value-added reseller
(VAR) for its Web-based e-learning platform, WebActive. [23 March 2001]
** SSA software can improve service at call centres, says Bateleur
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Bateleur Software Solutions, the recently appointed exclusive agent for
SearchSoftware America (SSA), believes SSA identification software can
assist call centre operators in improving their customer service. [23 March
2001]
** Mercury Interactive becomes Oracle partner
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Mercury Interactive says Oracle has appointed it as an Oracle Certified
Solution Partner within the Oracle Partner Programme. [22 March 2001]
** Rectron introduces new Handspring Visor
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Rectron has announced the Handspring Visor Edge, a slim-design handheld
computer. [22 March 2001]
** Prisma offers electronic delivery solution
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Prisma Solutions has announced the availability of Esker's Pulse solution
for the multi-channel delivery of application-generated information. [20
March 2001]
** Asyst unveils e-commerce financial package
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Asyst International SA, sole SA distributor for Access Accounting, has
announced the availability of Access Horizons version 4, an e-commerce
financial package. [19 March 2001]
** Telkom will not exercise exclusivity option
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Telkom says it will not exercise its option to ask for a sixth year of
exclusivity, opening the door for competition from May 2002. [20 March 2001]
** Telkom chooses Sybase for administration of $600m undersea cable
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Telkom will manage the bandwidth of a new submarine cable system,
SAT-3/WASC/SAFE, through a network administration application developed with
Sybase's PowerBuilder tool. [23 March 2001]
** Motorola showcases GPRS solutions at CeBIT
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Motorola is showcasing its smart general packet radio switching (GPRS)
handsets, applications and concept models at the CeBIT technology conference
in Germany. [23 March 2001]
** ADC adds to WorldDSL product line
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ADC has introduced five new products for its WorldDSL line designed
primarily for the Brazilian market. [20 March 2001]
** MTN provides Number For Life
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MTN has announced the Number For Life service which allows its Pay As You Go
users to migrate to any of its existing contract options without needing to
change their cellphone number. [19 March 2001]
** GTECH implements SunSystems
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GTECH Southern Africa, which supplies a customised online lottery system for
the South African National Lottery, has implemented SunSystems financial
modules to manage its local operations. The implementation was undertaken by
iLanga Systems. [23 March 2001]
** CCI supplies wireless network to ACSA
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CCI Technology Holdings has linked a new workgroup for the Airports Company
of SA (ACSA) using an Avaya Orinoco Wireless extension. [23 March 2001]
** TTR implements Cisco VPN
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Thuthukani Technology Results (TTR) has implemented a Cisco virtual private
network (VPN) and has developed 95 points of presence to the value of R4.5
million. [22 March 2001]
** Old Mutual opts for AST solution
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Old Mutual has selected Brio One Enterprise, distributed locally by AST IT
Solutions, to provide a better reporting environment for its unit trust
distribution department. [20 March 2001]
** Hilton rolls out NetWare 5.1
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Hilton International has begun with the roll-out of Novell NetWare 5.1 in
its various hotels across Africa. [20 March 2001]
** Maxtec latest in list of profit warnings
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Despite promises that restructuring at Maxtec would increase profitability,
the listed storage company has warned investors it will report a loss for
the interim period. [22 March 2001]
its interim period, plans to change its income mix. [20 March 2001]
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