Insurer Sanlam has awarded a contract to T-Systems to upgrade its existing Token Ring LAN to Ethernet in a deal valued at R58 million.
Enterasys Networks has announced new 10-Gigabit Ethernet modules for its X-Pedition ER16 routers and Matrix E1 Optical Access Switch.
EDS and Bank of America have signed a 10-year, $4.5 billion managed network outsourcing service agreement.
3Com has upgraded Knowledgebase, its online resource that provides customers, distributors and resellers with troubleshooting solutions.
CIOs and CFOs are demanding a simpler and more affordable way to buy and manage their network computing infrastructure, says Chris Mulder, Sun Microsystems solutions architect at African Legend Indigo.
If Telkom and ICASA would allow it, South Africa`s travel industry could significantly increase revenue streams by providing high-speed Internet access over a wireless network, says IBM.
Voice over Internet protocol services will be a mainstream business in SA within the next year, says Mike van den Bergh, MD of Gateway Communications.
Martin May, regional director of Enterasys Networks, believes that open standards will ensure effective security across wireless networks.
IT solutions provider arivia.kom says the Orrinoco wireless network it installed at St Alban`s College early last year has proven beneficial to the students.
Hitachi will offer Network Appliance enterprise network-attached storage gateway solutions for Hitachi Freedom Storage environments, says local Hitachi Data Systems distributor Shoden Data Systems.
Spescom DataVoice has joined the Cisco Architecture for Voice and Video Integrated Data Partner Programme as an Internet Protocol Telephony Solutions Member.
UUNet Namibia has signed a peering agreement with Telecom Namibia, eliminating the need for local traffic to be routed through SA.
Hitachi Data Systems, represented locally by Shoden Data Systems, has established a global partnering initiative based on the TrueNorth collaborative business model.