Underinsured SA farmers face huge insurance risks
Posted on 10. Mar, 2010 by admin in Business-Financial Results, News-Technology
Underestimating the replacement value of farming equipment, combined with a failure to regularly review their policies, means that the percentage of South Africa’s farmers who are underinsured could be as high as 70%.
WebPoint
Posted on 21. Feb, 2010 by admin in BusinessServices-InformationTechnology, News-Technology
I’m Free of the Office! Hooray for WebPoint!
SAP now available on monthly subscription
Posted on 11. Feb, 2010 by admin in News-Technology, Uncategorized
Local SAP® BUSINESS All-in-One Partner, SCT Services, has announced a new licensing and delivery option for SAP® BUSINESS All-in-One (SAP BAiO) solutions. The new hosted and subscription-based delivery model is designed to help midsize companies obtain a world-class business application with a lower up-front cost by eliminating the capital outlay traditionally required for acquiring software [...]
New SYSPRO release heralds quantam leap forward
Posted on 07. Feb, 2010 by admin in News-Supply Chain, News-Technology
SYSPRO, a leading, worldwide provider of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software, announced today an upcoming major new release of SYSPRO ERP software. SYSPRO 6.1 represents a quantum leap forward, “simplifying success” with new architecture and modules, feature sets, workflow and customization capabilities. This newest SYSPRO release fully leverages SYSPRO’s knowledge of the ERP needs of [...]
SA gets second chance to solve skills shortage
Posted on 30. Jan, 2010 by admin in News-Technology
iSolve Learning Solutions, a division of iSolve Business Solutions (Pty) Ltd and Microsoft ‘Worldwide Partner of the Year 2008’ for Learning Solutions, is shocked by the past matric results — cementing the fact that no new entrants will be entering the market for the next 5 years. As a possible solution, iSolve is encouraging current [...]
Stolen company data for sale
Posted on 30. Jan, 2010 by admin in News-Technology
The emerging and constantly evolving world of the mobile workforce requires more than just adequate security policies. Information Security is a threat that every company must take seriously. This is even more relevant today with new, stricter governance policies and legal requirements.
A security policy alone is no longer good enough to address management’s duty to [...]
CSIR researcher takes IEEE Female Scientist of the Year 2009 award
Posted on 25. Nov, 2009 by admin in News-Technology
Professor Marlien Herselman of the CSIRs Meraka Institute is the recipient of the 2009 Female Scientist of the Year award by the IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) and IEEE South Africa section committee. Herselman received this award on 21 November 2009 at the University of Pretoria.
SAS earns 2009 Progressive Manufacturing 100 Technology partner honours
Posted on 07. Sep, 2009 by admin in News-Technology
SAS, the leader in business analytics software and services, has been named a 2009 Progressive Manufacturing 100 Technology Partner in connection with The Dow’s Chemical Company’s placement on the 2009 Progressive Manufacturing 100 list from Managing Automation Media.
Sasol Advanced Sythol (SAS) Reactor has arrived
Posted on 05. Aug, 2009 by admin in News-Chemical, News-Technology
The 10th Sasol Advanced Sythol (SAS) Reactor has arrived on South African shores and is making its way to Secunda in Mpumalanga. The vessel consisting of two large sections is one of the single largest abnormal loads to be transported on South African roads.
The dimensions of the two loads are huge. The bottom section is [...]
Sasol supports solar thermal energy research at Stellenbosch University
Posted on 05. Aug, 2009 by admin in News-Chemical, News-Technology
Sasol today announced a sponsorship of R3 million over the next five years to support solar thermal energy research at Stellenbosch University in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering.