The total European market value for e-business services will increase from $4.2 billion last year to $28.6 billion in 2004, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC).
Fedsure Group Benefits has launched a new business-to-business e-commerce offering which will allow paperless retirement fund administration by connecting the division`s mainframe back office systems to the Internet.
A new business unit developed by Agri SA promises to be the key to unlocking agricultural and eco-tourism in SA through a newly launched e-commerce portal, Farmstay.co.za.
BMC Software has launched Patrol 2000, a suite designed to manage applications and their service level agreements in the new economy.
The Internet Solution (IS) has unveiled the IS BuyButton, an application which adds e-commerce functionality to Web sites.
Protea Hotels has partnered with SalesBid, an e-commerce solutions company, to implement a dynamic pricing strategy which the group believes will optimise its hotel room occupancy.
Brilliant Business Systems (BBS), a company in the Softline group, says it is pursuing an e-commerce solution for small to medium enterprises (SMEs) which will be based on telephony integration.
The key to successful e-business is a closer examination of the entire online shopping experience from the shopper`s perspective, says Leon Theron, MD of Datacentrix company Supported Software.
SETcom, a local commerce service provider, says it has successfully conducted debit card payments via its commerce gateway.
A lottery prediction software package has caused much controversy, with some calling it "Snake Oil" and others authoring their own high-tech programs to ensure lottery luck. ITWeb investigates.
The Internet Solution (IS) provided Discovery Health`s Discovery Challenge Web site with a secure online payment and registration solution based on the SET protocol.
It all started with an idea to trade Pez dispensers over the Internet. That idea snowballed into a proliferation of auction Web sites, most of which base themselves on the granddaddy of them all - eBay. Where will it end? Financial editor Iain Scott investigates.