Computing SA staff

Choice Technologies Pty. Ltd., an ICT systems and integration company, says it has implemented an improved communications backbone at the Department of Water Affairs, Roodeplaat Dam division.

The Western Cape's call and contact centre industry is still growing rapidly, and should deliver at least the targeted 1,000 new jobs by the end of this year, according to CallingtheCape (CTC) executive director, Luke Mills.

More affordable software is within reach of developing nations, with the announcement that Sun Microsystems Inc. is making its Java Enterprise System (JES) available on a per-citizen pricing model, for federal, state and local governments.

The National Prosecuting Authority of South Africa (NPA) says that it expects to improve its service delivery at lower courts with the roll-out of cellular phones to prosecutors who previously had no official cell phones.

CentraTel, a multi-vendor telecommunications distributor in sub-Saharan Africa, has announced a restructuring of its group companies as of July 1.

Three of IBM SA's Premier Business Partners

The Business Software Alliance (BSA) Wednesday published the results of its 2003 Global Piracy Study conducted by global market intelligence and advisory firm, IDC, which reveals a software piracy rate in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region of 41 per cent.

Enterprise Content Management (ECM) software provider, Open Text Corp., says it has introduced Version 10 of Livelink Collections Server. The Waterloo, Ont.-headquartered company says the new version has specialized document collection and search capabilities for libraries, archives, research institutions and other organizations managing huge stores of valuable historical, technical or research information.