The established Cape Town firm, CA Systems (Pty) Ltd has been awarded a major deal in providing the installation, training and backup for eight Engen Affiliate sites in seven African countries.
Affinity Logic, a Wooltru and Datatec joint venture company, has implemented Ixchange`s HEAT Call Centre Management system to enable it to better manage and measure its service levels.
Boston Scientific, a medical device specialist company, has installed an Octel Overture 200 Message Server from ATIO to facilitate better communication between its SA operation and Boston head office.
Bidco, the largest producer of edible oils in East Africa, has resolved potential Y2K woes by implementing Baan software. The 30-user deal took three months to implement at Bidco`s headquarters in Kenya.
Durban-based Grinrod Unicorn Group (Grincor) has outsourced its wide area network (WAN) to OmniLink, SA`s first and largest quality-of-service Virtual Private Network (VPN).
Truck & General Insurance Company (TGI) has embarked on an IT upgrade and has contracted JSE-listed Global Technology member companies to provide an outsourcing solution.
Southern Sun has decided to outsource its internal helpdesk to Logical, a systems and integration company within the Datatec group.
Local value-added service provider, Ethniks Systems, has provided Prisma Solutions` TELEform solution to streamline Telkom`s extensive forms processing and data capturing system.
Ixchange has implemented its SaleAbility application at Stax, a retail discount group. The application is helping to control and increase management productivity at Stax stores.
Nampak Liquid, a packaging manufacturer, has implemented HighGround`s Storage Resource Manager to control its countrywide storage resource from a single Web-based console.
The Health & Racquet Club group has signed a 12-month maintenance contract with desktop support specialist Spicer Specialised Services for its clubs around the country. The contract is valued at R46 000 per month.
Gensec, an investment house, has named Computer Configuration Holdings (CCH) as its solutions partner. CCH will supply Gensec with Sun equipment and manage its disaster recovery programme.
PRAGMA has added the Kroondal platinum mine near Rustenburg to its list of mining clients. Contractor Minopex has installed the locally developed On Key system, a PRAGMA Computerised Maintenance Management System, for the mine.