Lawson widens retail e-business lead with nine new contracts

Gambling goes online

The Swaziland-based Protea Piggs Peak Hotel and Casino has taken its games of chance online at www.piggspeak.com. This means users can remotely play table games and virtual slot machines for real money.

ValuePartnership holds very little value

The ValuePartnership Web site is an online conglomeration of products, by all accounts, available from Dion, Game and Makro stores nationwide. The idea is sound, but the theory crumbles when put into practice.

Cultivating an Internet culture

If a company is to succeed in e-business, its culture must be inextricably involved with the Internet as the key business enabler, says Rob Lopez, group networking product director at Dimension Data Networking.

Dotcoza blanketed in disappointment

Dotcoza, Andersen Consulting`s e-commerce guinea pig, finds online banking disappointing. He also makes an appearance at First Tuesday and procures the services of a personal trainer, but finds it hard to buy bed linen online.

Car buying goes wireless

It will soon be possible to trade your car in for a new model or check its maintenance status while cruising along the road.

Workgroup named iPlanet distributor

Workgroup, the Siltek group's specialist distribution company, has been appointed as local distributor for the Sun-Netscape Alliance's iPlanet e-commerce products and solutions.

Commerce One and Affinity Logic to jointly manage content for eMarketPlace in South Africa

Commerce One will work with Affinity Logic to manage the content on its electronic MarketSite in SA. The companies aim to establish the Commerce One MarketSite as the dominant electronic marketplace in Southern Africa.

InterBiz joins CA at CA-World 2000

InterBiz, the e-business applications division of Computer Associates International (CA), is joining forces with CA at CA-World 2000, which is on until 14 April in New Orleans, Louisiana.

eTV wins R4m i.Sell solution competition

Cape-based independent television station and media company, eTV, has won the R4 million i.Sell e-commerce solution giveaway from Informix and Ornet Solutions.

Iganic develops Buyonline store

Iganic, a subsidiary of Synergy Holdings, has developed the Buyonline shopping portal for Veritas Business Consultants.

Novell to support Dell PowerApp.cache servers

Novell says it will support the new line of Dell PowerApp.cache appliance servers, which are designed to meet the needs of e-business applications.

Companies form new initiative

EMC, Cisco Systems and Oracle have established the ECOstructure initiative, an alliance designed to integrate technologies and provide tools to improve the implementation of e-business infrastructures.