Times Media in R3.6m MS roll-out with Enterprise Connection

Publishing house, Times Media, has signed a Microsoft Volume Select Licensing agreement with Enterprise Connection, part of the JSE-listed Connection Group, for the supply, over three years, of a 500-user enterprise license for Microsoft back office products.

Dell unveils Scalable Enterprise Computing architecture

Dell Computer has announced the Dell Scalable Enterprise Computing architecture, which provides large enterprise customers with a standards-based computing architecture based on new clustering technology.

Applix releases ready-to-run Java applications

As part of a strategy to increase application market share by optimising Web enablement, local Applix distributor, Unihold Systems and Technologies, has announced the release of Applix Enterprise Anyware.

FibreAlliance builds momentum towards SAN standards

The FibreAlliance, an open association of Fibre Channel vendors accelerating the cooperative development of standards for managing storage area networks (SANs), has announced the addition of four new members: BMC Software, Datametrics Systems, Interphase and Sequent Computer Systems.

Choose CRM software with caution, warns Ovum

Many companies are considering implementing CRM (Customer Relationship Management) software, but they need to give serious thought to their customer delivery channels before making their choice. So says independent research and consulting company Ovum, in a report released today: Ovum Evaluates: CRM in the Front Office.

Tetra Software adds new software applications

Tetra Software, a mid-range business management systems vendor, has added two new business software applications to its BMS offerings, the Web Client and the Internet Order Taking Application.

AST-A offers new desktop security solution

AST Business Integrity Solutions, a division of Advanced Software Technologies-Abraxas (AST-A), has announced Entrust Technologies` Entrust/PKI 5.0, a collection of software applications that transparently manages day-to-day security functions and includes solutions for trusted e-mail, desktop, Web and enterprise resource planning applications.

IDC expects system management software to exceed $11b in 1999

Revenues in the worldwide system management software market are steadily climbing, according to a new report from the International Data Corporation (IDC). The report predicts that the market will reach $11.3 billion in 1999 and top $18 billion by 2003.

JD Edwards, Deloitte & Touche to form local alliance

[Chris Tredger] Enterprise business software provider JD Edwards and Deloitte & Touche are planning a local agreement, a natural step from the recently announced alliance between the companies` overseas counterparts. Marketing and alliances manager for JD Edwards South Africa, Simon Griffiths, says the company is in the process of finalising an agreement to bring Deloitte & Touche in as a strategic partner. "JD Edwards is increasingly looking to major partners to help with the company`s `idea to action` message in the enterprise resource planning market," explains Griffiths.

Comshare releases budget planning, analysis solution

Comshare has announced BudgetPLUS 3.0, an integrated application for planning, budgeting, management reporting and analysis for relational and multidimensional databases. [Local rep: SPL]

CONTROL-M SMART plug-in certified for HP OpenView

BMC Software has announced the certification of its CONTROL-M SMART plug-in for HP OpenView through the Hewlett-Packard Premier Partner program. [Local rep: Software Futures]

Sun breaks two world records in performance on Baan ERP apps

Sun Microsystems says it broke two world records for performance in recent benchmark tests of Baan enterprise resource planning (ERP) software applications.

Quintron and MIP partner in IVR project