Novell Volume Licence Agreement (VLA) customers can obtain their licences electronically via the Web, following the company`s introduction of Electronic Licence Distribution.
The local Microsoft MSN portal says its "definitive survey" shows that South African Internet citizens are rich, have too much time on their hands and are inclined to shop online. Cybersex is a favourite pastime.
The South African operation of Flights.com, the European e-travel agency, was launched at a function in Rosebank last night. The site claims to offer passengers savings of up to 70% on published fares.
Notebook retailer, The Notebook Company, says it auctioned off R500 000 worth of laptops in just one week on www.auction.co.za.
The government intends to go to the UN to claim the domain Southafrica.com, but the American owner of the URL says free speech is at issue and he won`t let the community be censored.
Jouve Data Management and CommerceQuest have announced a joint initiative to deliver secure technical and inventory data electronically to airlines and their suppliers worldwide.
Eric Steven Raymond, the wandering anthropologist and `trouble-making philosopher` - who also happens to be a co-founder of the open source movement - takes time out of his busy evangelistic schedule to chat to ITWeb.
Sportal SA, the joint venture between JSE-listed sports marketing company SAIL and Rob Hersov's Sportal UK, relaunched the official South African Rugby Football Union Web site (www.sarugby.net) yesterday.
BMW SA unveiled five new models at the Auto Africa Expo at Nasrec last week, with the launch simultaneously streamed on the BMW Web site via Webcams through a streaming server hosted by UUNet SA.
According to International Data Corporation`s (IDC) Internet Executive Panel, a study that tracks e-commerce companies` globalisation efforts, 60% of business-to-business (B2B) companies are globalising their Web sites.
Rainbow Technologies, a provider of Internet and e-commerce security solutions, says Banca Popolare di Bergamo-Credito Varesino, an Italian bank, has selected to use its CryptoSwift e-commerce accelerator.
13 700 SA businesses have listed on Intekom`s Inzuzo business portal.
ITWeb has teamed up with SalesBid, an application service provider, to allow ITWeb readers to purchase IT-related products from brands such as Parkard Bell and Mustek, via online auctions.