Renault to create new models with Surface Studio 9

Renault has become the first major motor manufacturer to purchase the new Surface Studio 9 and associated development services from Alias/Wavefront, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Silicon Graphics.

GCE-Elpar relies on Pick-based financial management and stock control application to manage business

Envig comes clean with NetChauffeur

Envig, the Paarl-based process and environmental engineering company, has selected Ixchange`s NetChauffeur as its Internet access solution and communications tool.

Prudential Retail selects Seagate Software solution

Prudential Assurance has chosen Seagate Software`s Seagate Info, the enterprise-wide analysis and reporting tool, to create and distribute accurate and timely sales and compliance reports to the company`s managers throughout its UK branch offices.

BoE consolidates acquisitions with Hyperion

BoE has consolidated its 1998 acquisitions through the licensing of Hyperion Enterprise from Global Technology Business Intelligence in a deal worth more than R1 million.

ASSMANG invests R3.4m in Maximo project

The Associated Manganese Mines of South Africa (ASSMANG) has chosen the MAXIMO Enterprise system for all work and asset maintenance management functions at its manganese and iron ore mines in the North West Province. ASSMANG is investing R3.4 million in the Maximo project.

Gauteng Provincial Government to meet Y2K deadlines

Following the implementation of Greenwich Mean Time`s Check 2000 Client Server diagnostic and repair software, the Gauteng Provincial Government is confident its 10 000 PCs will be year 2000 ready well before the 31 December deadline.

Rand Water implements Walker financial management software

Rand Water has decided to add Walker`s Project Cost Management solution to its existing Walker-developed financial application line-up.

Medical research relies on SAS Institute software

The Medical Research Council has undertaken a project to ascertain the levels of lead in the blood of South African factory workers. The project`s statistical analysis relied on SAS Institute software.

Three Cooks finds the recipe for success with JBA

Three Cooks, a manufacturing and retail baker employing 3 500 staff, has invested lb400 000 with JBA in order to replace its bespoke IT systems, streamline its business operations and make it millennium compliant.

USKO Software selected to conduct Y2K audit

OnMark 2000 Assess, an USKO Software product, has been selected by Real Africa Durolink Investment Bank to conduct a complete Y2K audit of its business and client files.

Microdata installs Netfinity servers at SA Reserve Bank

Microdata, the corporate value-added division of First Technology Holdings, says it is the first to complete a local installation of IBM`s latest range of servers, the Netfinity 7000 M10. The servers were installed at the South African Reserve Bank and will run mission-critical database information.