Commerce One, SalesBid form joint venture company

SalesBid, a provider of outsourced commerce solutions, will form a joint venture company with Commerce One South Africa (Distributor Operations) focused on the small and medium enterprise market.

PlanetPastel - changing the face of e-commerce for SMEs

ABSA, Pastel launch e-commerce portal

ABSA Bank and Pastel Software have launched PlanetPastel.com, an e-commerce portal for small to medium enterprises.

IBM, Lotus revamp Business Partner plan

IBM and Lotus Development have restructured their Business Partner compensation plan for PC and Unix workstation software to target mid-market and small businesses.

Growing an online business with Shopcreator

The Shopcreator software suite promises to enable any business, from small and medium enterprises to large corporates, to establish fully functional e-commerce trading sites within a day of registering for the service.

Cyberknowledge joins IS programme

The Internet Solution (IS) says Cyberknowledge Systems has joined its Value-Added Partner programme in order to provide Internet connectivity to small and medium-sized businesses.

Business forms on the Web

A comprehensive library of standard business forms such as delivery notes, invoices and job cards, credit limit letters, and notices of dishonoured cheques, can now be downloaded free of charge off the Internet.

Intekom launches SME portal

Intekom, an Internet service provider, has launched the Inzuzo Internet portal which aims to promote business interests of the small to medium enterprise (SME) market.

Small businesses warm to the Internet

While small businesses around the world are taking readily to the Internet and other IT-related matters, research finds that European firms are among the least prepared to take the plunge into e-business.

SME market a sleeping giant

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have long maintained a wary distance from all things IT, choosing instead the patchwork infrastructures provided by a largely distracted service industry. But knowledge of the positive impact of good IT implementation is key to this sector`s future.

Westcon introduces IT rental finance model

Westcon SA has negotiated a joint venture (JV) with Paradigm Finance called Software Rental International, which will provide funding in the IT financing market.

Netsurit`s IT survey targets small business

Netsurit, a networking consultancy for the SME sector, has partnered with four IT players - Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, Intekom and ITWeb - to find out more about SME`s IT needs and how they can be better served.

SMEs on the brink of a high-tech future

South Africa`s small and medium enterprise (SME) market is burgeoning, but many of these companies are still trapped in the technological dark age.