Cardies chooses Ixchange`s Precept POS system

Ixchange said it had secured the contract to install the Precept point-of-sale system at the first of 160 Cardies stores around the country.

Softline to network the leading Union

The South African Clothing & Textile Workers Union (SACTWU) has contracted Ultra Computer Technologies, a division of Softline, to install an information network linking the union`s branches nationally.

Ford takes delivery of Bay Accelar routing switches

Ford Motor Company recently took delivery of the first two Bay Networks' Accelar 1200 routing switches.The switches will be used within Ford's Global TCP/IP Intranet for Gigabit-speed data communications between the Ford facilities.

Sweden`s ABB Infosystems consolidates 18 storage systems to two EMC Enterprise Storage Systems

Sweden`s ABB Infosystems consolidates on EMC storage @BriefBody = EMC announced today that ABB Infosystems, a Sweden-based IT company, has migrated all of its mainframe storage capacity from 18 separate storage systems to two EMC Symmetrix 5700 Enterprise Storage Systems.

Reckitt & Colman: opening the door to global markets

Reckitt & Colman: opening the door to global markets

Reckitt & Colman, manufacturer of household and pharmaceutical products, is deploying a solution based on IBM AS/400 platform running BPCS enterprise-wide software from international IBM Business Partner, System Software Associates (SSA).

Sears takes EMC storage for data warehouse management

More than fourteen terabytes of Symmetrix storage supports decision support system

New security system stops fraudulent driver`s licenses

Starting this week, South African driver`s licenses will be processed and produced at the new Driver`s License Bureau building situated on the Ariel Technologies premises at the Prodiba building in Pretoria.

Lloyd`s Enhances Intranet with Lotus Domino

Implementing an automatic code conversion system

Summary This paper reviews the Aer Lingus Year 2000 IT project and, in particular, the decision to outsource program code for automatic, computerised, code conversion. It describes the conversion process and the results to date. The paper ends with some general thoughts on the Year 2000 issue.

Fedlife models new systems with Cayenne