Caltex SA adds fuel to growing SAP HR base

Caltex SA has chosen SAP as its HR solution to manage human resources, benefits and payroll for its approximately 1 900 people throughout Southern Africa.

Unisys, EDS, Transcor Group team for banking solutions

Unisys Corporation, EDS, and Transcor Group said they are teaming to provide enterprise lending solutions and Internet-based loan origination solutions based on Windows NT technology. The effort targets mid-sized thrift and savings banks.

Web surfers cash in on free Internet shopping trial

Digital Equipment Corporation has launched the first free public trial of its MilliCent microcommerce system for the Internet. The trial participants are being given free electronic cash to buy information over the Web. Digital said its microcommerce system enables users to purchase Internet-based soft goods and services, from online news to music clips and Java applets, in small increments - from one-tenth of a cent up to five dollars or more. Online stores driven by MilliCent technology will be able to use any combination of pay-per-click, subscription, promotional incentives, advertising rebates, tiered services and loyalty reward points, Digital said.

Saambou Bank to run on Postilion

Saambou Bank has awarded a contract for central transaction switching and ATM driving software to Mosaic Software, the Cape Town based specialist in Electronic Funds Transfer solutions and a member of PQ Holdings.

Customisable business solutions from Lotus

Lotus Development said it has released Domino.Merchant 2.0 Server Pack for small organisations. The company said the pack represents complete business-to-business or business-to-consumer electronic commerce (e-commerce) solution. The pack is driven by the Lotus Domino 4.6 server and offers a template-driven means of creating and managing Web sites. Lotus said the SiteCreator 2, included in the package, eliminates the need for HTML programming. The small business e-commerce system can be integrated with other workflow applications such as manufacturing, shipping, invoicing and billing, Lotus said.

Dell`s SA web-based `customer pages` generate revenue of R3-million in current financial quarter

Dell said its four-month-old South African website at www.dell.co.za has generated revenue well in excess of R3-million in the current financial quarter alone. Dell said it maintains individualised customer pages to support its net-driven direct business model and big corporate buyers. More than 20 major South African customers across all industry sectors, including three of the largest banks and corporates like Unilever, Multichoice and KPMG, have their own pages, Dell said.

Electronic Commerce and EDI

Gary de Menezes, electronic business manager at Ariel Technologies company Infovan explains the difference between e-commerce and EDI.

Creating virtual economic communities

Gary de Menezes, electronic business manager at Ariel Technologies company Infovan explains why the concept of Electronic Business is gaining momentum.

Pick `n Pay uses NDS for till point solutions