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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 Bank Approves Customer Loans in Minutes With New Processing System
White Papers Nedbank, one of the four largest South African commercial banks, is a major player in the micro and personal loans sector, with a focus on the country's financially underserved and low-income communities.
[September 5, 2007, 1:00]
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]
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 18, 2008, 0:01]
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]
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 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 Postal Codes
Downloads This is our initial effort to provide list of all the postal codes in South Africa. This utility also include the option to search by postal code/post box and City Name/Suburb.This program is compatiable with all Pocket PC(ARM/XScale processors...
[November 24, 2005, 6:00]
New HP ITSM Software Supports Business Change at South African Telecommunications Giant
White Papers Vodacom South Africa wanted a more sophisticated, service-orientated tool to manage incident and change more effectively to stay abreast of the growing maturation levels of their mobile network business and ensure that it is able to meet the...
[August 28, 2009, 1:22]
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 20, 2006, 0:00]
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]
OpenOffice gets the Zulu touch
News The popular open-source desktop suite OpenOffice will be available in three new languages on Saturday: the South African languages of Zulu, Sepedi and Afrikaans. Employees at Translate.org.za are focusing on translating the Linux Desktop...
[August 27, 2004, 13:00]
Blind man faces prosecution for listening to child porn
News A blind South African man may be the first person in the world to be prosecuted for accessing child pornography on the Internet without looking at it. Legal experts are scouring the statute books to determine where South African law stands on...
[June 25, 2001, 18:24]
South Africa pushes for ICT outsourcing
News A delegation from the country, including deputy president Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, addressed industry members at the South African embassy in London on Monday, with Ms Mlambo-Ngcuka insisting that information and communications technology (ICT) was...
[December 11, 2006, 15:45]
Microsoft ordered to pull 'misleading' security ad
News South Africa's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ordered the software giant to withdraw what they termed an "unsubstantiated and misleading" print commercial last week following official complaints from freelance journalist Richard Clarke...
[March 24, 2003, 8:29]
Microsoft's international man a mystery no more
News You served as co-chair of the World Economic Forum's Global Digital Divide Initiative Task Force and are a member of the South African International Advisory Council on Information Society and Development.
[June 21, 2005, 16:40]
South Africa embraces open source
News In the case of many open-source solutions, it may still be a case that the original development was not done specifically with the South African environment in mind, but in this paradigm we are in a position to take action.further by adapting...
[February 5, 2003, 10:10]
Google helps lay submarine cables in Asia, Africa
News So far details have been scarce, but the South African website ITWeb reported earlier this month that Google recently met with South African ISP Internet Solutions, Telkom SA, MTN and Vodacom in July.
[August 27, 2008, 11:29]
Open source: Developing markets and anti-Americanism
News For example, the South African government has funded a project to translate OpenOffice.org into the 11 official languages of South Africa. African languages — English — according to the Microsoft Web site.
[November 14, 2005, 11:00]
Brazil appeals ISO ratification of OOXML
News On Thursday, it was revealed that the South African ISO national body, the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS), was also appealing, on the grounds of a "poorly conducted" BRM. South Africa challenges the validity of a final vote that we...
[May 30, 2008, 15:03]
