Stewart Barker, CEO of Commerce Centre, discusses the pros and cons of e-commerce in particular business-to-business (B2B) products.
Nortel Networks and IBM have formed Network Solutions for eBusiness, an IP networking infrastructure aimed at service providers.
SAP Africa and Keops Isis have introduced the Value Management Solutions e-business solution which is aimed at the process industry.
Alcatel and Genesys Telecommunications have announced plans to purchase IBM`s CallPath assets.
Dimension Data has developed a secure payment system to enable GoldMoney to launch its GoldGrams electronic payment system.
Online retail site kalahari.net has chosen the Intershop Enfinity e-commerce application to accommodate the diversification and expansion of its product range.
ITWeb tried the telephone shopping option offered by bluebean.com, Standard Bank`s financial services and online shopping portal. Though making a purchase is easy enough, delivery and aftersales service is disappointing.
FCB Electric Ocean has been contracted to do Web development for eBucks.com.
Woolworths` online grocery store, inthebag, has replaced its system based on Microsoft ASP and VB technologies with one using Macromedia ColdFusion.
Online auction site bidorbuy has launched bidorbuygame.co.za, which it claims to be the world`s first auction site for wild animals where accredited buyers and sellers of game animals can bid on impala, zebra and rhino.
Local benchmark IT company Dimension Data is rationalising its i-Commerce division, cutting 100 jobs. This follows April job cuts at its Auto-Mate division.
Computer Associates International has announced the beta release of the COOL:2E Web Option, which extends iSeries and AS/400 applications to the Web.
The Internet revolution has only just begun, the head of IBM`s European, Middle East and Asian division, Mike Lawrie, told delegates at an IBM conference on e-business in Sandton yesterday.