Lenovo unveils SME PC

Lenovo has taken the wraps off its newest desktop PC range aimed at small to mid-sized businesses and budget-constrained individuals, Vnunet reports.

The ThinkCentre A57e runs on Intel's low-power Atom processor, supports up to 2Gb of memory and a 320GB hard drive, and comes pre-loaded with Windows Vista or Windows XP.

Designed to work in a wide range of environments, the A57e includes an AntiSurge LAN Design, which helps it work reliably in areas where broadband penetration is low and power voltage unstable.

SME Server 7.4, a CentOS-based specialist distribution for servers, has been released, according to DistroWatch.

This release is based on CentOS 4.7. Other major changes in this release are the use of dar for backups and the change to UTF-8, and translation to six additional languages.

It is advised that all current SME Server-users upgrade to this release. Changes include a fix Grub label to keep consistent with the SME Server brand and the introduction of a Web interface to configure the pseudonym 'visible' property, among others.

Four Soft (4S), a provider of software solutions for the transportation and logistics industry, has completed the implementation of 4S eTrans SME at AFS Transport, a freight forwarding and logistics company in The Netherlands, states EFY Times.

4S eTrans SME is an integrated transportation management software solution designed specially to meet the requirements of SMEs. The modular enterprise application is designed to automate, streamline, and support multi-modal freight forwarding operations.

“We have started realising the benefits of implementing this new system in terms of faster processing of shipments, negligible errors and greater customer service. We hope to realise the ROI in a short span of time,” said Hans Boer, MD of AFS Transport.