Several companies are using the Macromedia Flash MX software to develop better online shopping sites, says Jeremy Matthews, MD of local Macromedia distributor, Dax Data.
Mobile payment acceptance in SA has been bedevilled by spats over income and low credit card take-up rates. MTN and Prism think their latest overture might help spawn greater acceptance.
MTN will buy secure subscriber identity module (SIM) cards from Prism Holdings to deliver payment services and applications to its mobile subscribers.
Interflora will implement several Oracle solutions at its UK office to improve member florist services and responsiveness to customer requests.
AdvanceNet Pivotal has announced the availability of a vertical solution for commercial banking.
Siemens researchers have developed a multimedia front-end for online stores that allows users to walk around in a virtual three-dimensional (3D) shop.
MarketSite Africa has upgraded the MarketSite e-marketplace software.
Several companies, including the SA Post Office, have purchased Commerce One solutions to improve collaboration across their supply chains, says Commerce One.
Dimension Data is managing a Web services project for Volkswagen SA, to enable it to have improved communication between itself, its dealers and Volkswagen in Germany.
eBucks.com, banking group FirstRand`s e-commerce venture, has achieved profitability eight months ahead of the group`s initial expectations.
Business-to-business (B2B) transactions are about providing a service with the aim of encouraging purchasers to place all their orders online, says Phil Southwell, CEO of the Ivory Tower Group.
Willie Bezuidenhout, business technologist at Computer Associates Africa, discusses automated rules and adaptive pattern recognition.
Cricket World Cup (CWC) organisers have warned fans against buying tickets from pirate operators online, saying the tickets could be invalid. Tickets are being offered for sale for up to 10 times their original value.