SAP and Commerce One form "Dream Team" for the New Economy

News release Marlborough Stirling launches e-commerce mortgage solution

Treading softly into e-commerce

Component technology is enabling companies to adopt a step-by-step approach to e-business.

HP, SAP step up mySAP.com services

Hewlett-Packard and SAP have launched services designed to simplify management of e-commerce activities, including a fast-start programme for mySAP.com.

MS releases streaming media e-commerce solution

Microsoft has launched Digital Broadcast Manager, a product for securing, managing and selling digital media on the Web.

New service gives DiData "a competitive-edge

Dimension Data, the global network integration and e-business enabler, has launched a package of enterprise management services analysts say will give the group a competitive-edge.

Online auction house flogs off-prime ad space

A new company launched at this year`s Loerie Awards ceremony says SA media owners could increase sales by R1 billion this year through the use of its Web-based offering which auctions advertising space.

Etenga promises high, delivers low

Online IT products retailer, Etenga.co.za, has revamped its site in aid of user-friendliness. While the site lives up to that promise, Basheera Khan finds that it is lacking in other aspects.

FirstRand launches e-currency

The FirstRand group has announced the launch of eBucks, 'the world`s first bank-backed, secure e-currency extending beyond the Internet`.

Stealthy marketing jeopardises customer security, says ECnet

A survey conducted by commerce service provider ECnet has found that South African Web marketers are keeping mum about their Web site policies - a factor which it believes undermines consumer trust in online shopping.

FirstRand to launch eBucks

Financial services group FirstRand will commit R300 million over the next three years to kick-start eBucks.com, a company that will serve as an electronic gateway through which customers can access services from other FirstRand companies.

E2E Business Solutions opens in Cape Town

E2E Business Solutions, an IT company specialising in end-to-end systems, has been launched in Cape Town to assist small and medium business to leverage business and financial software applications.

Rational, IBM to collaborate on e-business

Rational Software and IBM will collaborate on two initiatives to accelerate the delivery of e-business applications. [Local Rational rep: CCH Software Development]