Sagent and Business Unusual have released a suite of software solutions that provide e-businessmen on-the-fly financial and business analysis facilities.
Phil Coombs, product manager at Supported Software, believes an enterprise-centric storage management architecture can help solve the problems of data availability, systems integration and backup and disaster recovery.
Oracle SA and Dimension Data (DiData) have entered into an alliance to provide e-business infrastructure and services to their respective clients.
Engen Petroleum and ProcureTrade, the joint venture between the AST Group and McCarthy Online, have formed a partnership to develop Engen`s procurement card purchasing process into an e-procurement solution.
By approaching security correctly, companies can enhance their potential in the e-business market, says Mike Hamilton, director of lines-of-business at Logical.
CCH Software Development, local Iona representative, says the Ford Motor Company has chosen Iona`s Orbix e-business infrastructure as the integration platform for its applications.
CCH Software Development developed the system software for Computer Management US, an Internet-based matching agency.
"If you build it, they may not come," said Kevin Johnston, GM of BOE`s IT department, addressing delegates at the Ignite 2000 forum at Sun City. Johnston discussed why companies` e-commerce projects fail.
Cybex, a manufacturer of fitness equipment, has implemented PeopleSoft`s eStore wireless e-commerce solution to give its mobile users access to information on the status of customer orders.
The biggest challenge facing e-commerce in SA is to develop models that provide sustainable earnings, believes John Lagaay, group executive of the e-commerce division of PQ Africa.
CS Holdings (CSH) has unveiled the Prosoft Certified Internet Webmaster certification designed to address the shortage of skilled e-commerce IT professionals in SA.
Hirt & Carter, a design and production house, has contracted Resolution Software, an MB Worksoft company, to implement an e-commerce strategy that will enable its customers to integrate with its business.
SAPMarkets and Commerce One have entered into a preliminary memorandum of understanding to deliver their joint marketplace solution to Enporion, an e-marketplace for the energy and utility industry.