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South African Government Adopts ODF
News The South African government said on Tuesday that it is to adopt Open Document Format as its preferred standard for software interoperability. According to the South African government, some of the criteria for a standard to be considered open are...
[October 26, 2007, 13:54]
South African Manufacturer Boosts Business And Thwarts Hackers By Implementing Robust Network Defences
White Papers The company is a South African subsidiary of a global manufacturer of industrial solutions for the construction and building maintenance industry. The company wanted to grow its business. Its network security was rudimentary and it had legitimate...
[May 4, 2006, 0:00]
South African ISV Launches Interactive Entertainment Solution For Hospitality Industry
White Papers XN Corporation Africa, an Independent Software Vendor (ISV) and an empowered South African provider of technology systems to the hospitality and leisure industries, is launching a groundbreaking Interactive Entertainment Solution (IES) targeted at...
[November 21, 2006, 23:00]
South African TV Show Evangelises Open Source
News The television show, called Go_Open, has been produced with the help of the Shuttleworth Foundation, which promotes the use of open-source software in South African schools. It also included a feature on Pick and Pay, one of the largest retailers...
[November 24, 2004, 14:20]
Large South African Bank: Basel II
White Papers A large South African Bank was challenged to meet the compliance requirements set forth by the Basel II Capital Accord. The bank also needed a consolidated Basel II implementation plan, as well as a solid understanding of the impact of Basel II on...
[January 6, 2005, 23:00]
Reporting On What Matters Most To Leading South African Financial Services Company
White Papers This leading South African financial services company has deployed Veritas NetBackup software from Symantec in conjunction with Veritas CommandCentral Service software to meet its compliance requirements via proactive policy enforcement and...
[January 17, 2008, 23:00]
South African TV Show Evangelises Open Source
Talkback Modern Times the company contracted to produce the 13 part series in association with the Shuttleworth Foundation and various other partners share the goal of bringing open source to the masses in South Africa.
[January 14, 2005, 10:23]
South African TV Show Evangelises Open Source
Talkback Just one correction, Richard Stallman is responsible for the Free Software Foundation and thus GNU, but not Linux, Linux is GNU based but not engineered by Stallman.
[November 25, 2004, 6:09]
South African Bank Realizes Value From Microsoft Services Enterprise Strategy Consulting
White Papers Absa Bank is one of South Africa's largest financial services organizations, serving the personal, commercial, and corporate banking needs of its customers. Absa experiences many of the challenges common to the banking industry, namely, increased...
[November 5, 2007, 23:00]
South African Job Skills Agency Registers Gains Of 82 Percent More Employers With Online Solution
White Papers South Africa's Policing, Security, Legal, Justice, and Correctional Services SETA (SASSETA) was founded in 2000 to facilitate and promote workplace skills development across South Africa. It initially lacked an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP...
[November 16, 2007, 23:00]
South African Wireless Network Provider Cuts Desktop Deployment Time By Two-Thirds
White Papers With a 27 percent increase in wireless network subscribers and the addition of 333 employees in 2005, MTN South Africa is growing rapidly. To maintain its high level of service and product innovation, MTN continues to refine its best practices and...
[February 13, 2007, 23:00]
South African Service Provider Boosts Security For Users With Antivirus
White Papers Internet Solutions (IS), a leading converged communications service provider in South Africa, has attracted more than 80 per cent of the nation's top businesses as customers. To reinforce its reputation as the dominant hosting and security service...
[April 22, 2008, 0:00]
Virtualisation Gets Top Honours From New South African University
White Papers North-West University is one of the larger universities in South Africa with approximately 43,000 students. The new educational establishment is the result of the merger of three former institutions, and this has created a complex organisational...
[December 19, 2006, 23:00]
Enterprise-Wide Portal Helps Leading South African Retailer Put Customers At The Centre Of Its Business
White Papers Edgars Consolidated Stores Limited (Edcon) is the leading Clothing, Footwear, and Textiles (CFT) retailing group in South Africa trading through a range of retail formats. The retail industry in South Africa is changing rapidly, driven primarily by...
[November 7, 2006, 23:00]
HP LaserJet Helps Top South African Jeweller Mount Brilliant Promotions
White Papers American Swiss is South Africa's leading contemporary jewellery retailer, with nearly 200 stores nationwide and more in Namibia. In-store promotions for both American Swiss, and its sister company, Foschini jewellery stores Sterns, are produced at...
[June 24, 2005, 0:00]
South African Waterfront Company Makes Splash With New Intranet Portal
White Papers The Victoria & Alfred Waterfront in Cape Town's working harbour attracts 20 million visitors each year. It offers exciting retail venues, entertainment facilities, office locations, world-class hotels, and luxury apartments.
[August 10, 2007, 0:00]
Leading South African Bank Improves Server Management With Windows Server 2003
White Papers Companies now understand the need to improve efficiency in managing its extensive network of Windows-based servers. Find out how one bank deployed Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with Active Directory and Internet Information Services 6.0 to improve...
[July 21, 2003, 0:00]
NetOp School Helps Bridge Digital Divide In South African Schools
White Papers The Khanya Project is an education project set up by the Western Cape Education Department (WCED). It's purpose is to provide isolated schools with modern PCs all equipped with NetOp School, an application specifically designed to make computer...
[June 8, 2005, 0:00]
MortgageSA Changes South African Market: Network Investment Pays Off For Business
White Papers Business leaders discuss how MortgageSA, a medium sized business with less than 1,000 employees transformed the mortgage industry, improved customer service and increased efficiency using the network.
[January 6, 2008, 23:00]
Six Arrested Over 'Nigerian Email' Frauds
News Four of those detained were Nigerian, one was Cameroonian, and the sixth was South African. South African police believe that the six people are part of an international fraud and drug-dealing cartel, and have been sending out many thousands of...
[May 21, 2002, 14:13]
