IT Services Provider enhances security, maintains competitive edge with system upgrade (14 May 2008)
IT Services Provider Dimension Data adopts technology early in order to stay ahead of the competition and help customers maximise IT investments. In this spirit, Dimension Data is upgrading to the Windows 7 operating system. It already benefits from enhanced security, improved information access and increased productivity and hopes to continue to maintain its competitive advantage.

South African Information Workers create quality documents 15 percent faster (7 August 2008)
Mint, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, developed a document management system based on templates that transform routine documents into attractive reports and presentations. In addition to this, companies also have a system to manage the templates effectively. Mint showed that Office SharePoint Server 2007 provided a Web-based repository for updating and distributing the templates rapidly.

Global IT Services company enhances services and customer relationships (7 August 2008)
In 2005, Dimension Data became an early adopter of the Microsoft Optimization solution and integrated the Optimization models into its sales and service processes. Committing to Optimization in its early stages allowed Dimension Data to enhance the work done by Microsoft by adding an assessment of staff skill levels. By enhancing its approach with customers and showing the business value of the customers’ infrastructure, Dimension Data’s Microsoft business has increased 28 percent per year from 2005 to 2007.

People and process make perfect partners (21 July 2008)
Johannesburg-based Sandbox Projects has a unique approach to the development and delivery of the ERP services that it provides - one that has seen the company grow into a 50-strong consulting practice in less than two years. Gavin Lourens, managing director of Sandbox Projects, describes his company as a Microsoft delivery organisation, first and foremost. “Everything we do has this focus in mind, and it is a thread that runs right through our project approach, implementation, HR structures and skills development,” he says.

Business intelligence - delivered simply (21 July 2008)
If you’ve ever felt that business intelligence is abstract and vague, think again. Microsoft Gold Certified partner, Alchemex, proves time and time again that you, too, can gain unprecedented insight into your business. And it doesn’t have to cost you an arm and a leg.

Office Business application bridges gaps (18 April 2008)
Syspro’s fully-integrated business software provides control over the planning and management of all facets of business. It sought to extend and streamline access to its line-of-business (LOB) applications to improve productivity and increase the use and value of the data and processes managed by its applications. Thanks to the power and flexibility of the 2007 Microsoft Office system, Syspro developed an Office Business Application (OBA) to expand and improve access to its LOB applications.

South African Service Provider Boosts Security for Users with Antivirus Tool (28 December 2007)
Internet Solutions (IS), a leading converged communications service provider in South Africa and, to reinforce its reputation as the dominant hosting and security service provider, IS needed to protect its hosted mailbox users against malicious e-mail messages and, at the same time, reduce operational costs and downtime.

Global Systems Integrator Helps Customers Build Unified Communications Solutions (28 December 2007)
Dimension Data, a global IT solutions and services integrator, wanted to take advantage of the growing demand for unified communications solutions. Businesses sought to streamline their IT infrastructure and improve employee productivity with better collaboration tools. They also wanted more secure ways to use technologies such as instant messaging and voice over IP (VoIP). To help them achieve these goals, Dimension Data delivers solutions based on Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007.

Outsourcer moves Customers away from Open Source (29 October 2007)
Netsurit decided to use Microsoft technologies exclusively for its managed services practice because of their cost-effectiveness for its small-business customers. The company believes that smaller companies don’t tend to have the financial resources to maintain a dedicated IT so its Gold Certified Partner status comes in handy when it needs sales support or help with a customer issue. This has led to 550 percent annual growth in software-related revenue.

Turning info into insight (25 September 2007)
The race to accumulate data has given way to the race to search, filter and understand it. One software development company has chosen a Microsoft tool - in preference to some of the world’s best known search technologies - to help them do just this.

Solution Provider expects Growth of 85 percent with New Technology (24 July 2007)
After attending the 2006 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference, long-time partner AccTech Systems, joined the Microsoft Partner Program and started to sell Microsoft solutions. This decision opened up new solution areas leading to new sales opportunities. The company expects to more than double its annual growth as a result.

IT company empowers mobile employees with New Desktop Operating System (24 July 2007)
Integr8 IT likes to remain at the forefront of new technologies to serve its customers better. Because it sells software assurance to many clients as a Microsoft Licensing Management Partner, keeping up with the latest Microsoft releases is the key to offering cutting edge technology expertise.

ICT Company Improves Customer Satisfaction with Project Management Tool (16 March 2007)
GijimaAst Microsoft Professional Services (MPS) in South Africa is a division of information and communications technology (ICT) company GijimaAst. GijimaAst started testing Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 technology in beta with 14 project managers. It wanted to find a new solution for its project management team to improve reporting, customer satisfaction, and time to market. It plans to roll out the enterprise project management (EPM) solution division-wide over the next three months.

Web-based promotions firm Speeds Time to Market (16 March 2007)
Osiris needed a new development toolset to improve time to market for promotions, encourage innovation, and boost marketing users’ productivity. It migrated from a Microsoft and Java 2 platform Enterprise Edition (J2EE) environment to a development suite based on the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0, the managed code programming model for Windows.

Facilitating business growth for XON (21 February 2007)
When you find your company is growing so fast that you’re struggling to give all your customers the attention they deserve, it’s time to reach for a more powerful set of resources. XON is an example of a proactive company reaping the benefits of the Microsoft Dynamic AX enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution.

A wireless solution for a tireless profession (25 July 2006)
How do you keep in touch with your mobile workers when your communication costs are growing faster than your turnover? And more importantly, how do you improve service delivery at the same time?

Web Imaging shows local company the bigger picture (July 2006)
Axiz is a locally-based distributor of in campus computing infrastructure. A critical part of their business relies on paper-based sale agreements and financial background checks on all registered clients. Off-site document storage meant there was no backup of these agreements, nor could staff easily verify client details or resolve customer queries. The company needed a robust solution that speeded up access to information and improved the process of analysing service levels.