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First-tier Internet service provider (ISP) and network integrator, DataPro, is offering its leased line clients an industry first - the Full Monty.

This software bundle, for the first time provides users with a host of services by the ISP industry. The newly-introduced software suite includes a workflow system, firewall, software to produce newsletters and marketing documentation, MailMarshal, a customer relationship management solution, asset tracking, and a project management tool.

Douglas Reed, MD of DataPro, said: "This is the first time a local ISP has provided this type of bundled service offering. The Full Monty is a selection of software provided by third-parties and ourselves, that adds value to our customers` leased-lines. The solution enables businesses to derive cost savings, enhance security and significantly improve performance from their Internet connections. The bundle is provided at no cost to our leased-line clients. Our fees are solely derived from services, extra licensing or usage, depending on the level of support provided to the client."

He said the new service offering is part of the company`s overall objective to provide a higher level of value-added services "than any other ISP. This forms part of our stated mission to become the ISP which connects the most businesses to the Internet in SA."

Reed said the company also recently became the first local ISP to convert its entire Internet backbone from satellite to fibre connections. "This migration is almost completed. It is already in operation, but we will be 100% complete with the conversion by the end of the year. We are consistently more affordable than our competitors. However, with the new fibre network we will, in many instance, be able to provide services to clients which are 60% cheaper than our nearest competitor."