Altron subsidiary Bytes Technology Group has acquired Alliance Business Solutions, an Oracle software specialist, for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition has been done through Bytes Systems Integration. The rationale for the deal
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Absa will make available an online banking application for smartphones either in the fourth quarter of 2012 or in the first quarter of 2013, Christo Vrey, the bank’s managing executive for digital channels, has revealed in an interview with TechCentral. “There is a chance for the fourth quarter
At 7ft tall, Mayan Mathen is easy to spot in a crowd. It also means strangers find him a bit of a novelty and he says he’s often asked to be in pictures with tourists, rather than take pictures of them, when he’s travelling. Mathen does a great deal of travel in his role as chief technology officer
Gert Schoonbee has been named as the new MD of IT outsourcing specialist T-Systems in SA, replacing Mardia van der Walt-Korsten, who is moving on to a role as regional head of the company’s newly created Africa region. Schoonbee, who will take on the new role on 1 April, is the company’s vice-president of sales
Altron subsidiary Bytes Technology Group is acquiring Unisys Africa, which is owned by Unisys of the US and local black empowerment company CyberKnowledge Systems Investments. The deal remains subject to competition authority approval in SA, Botswana and Namibia
Absa Bank has begun overhauling its extensive automated teller machine (ATM) network — there more than 6 000 of them in the field — adding a new user interface and new self-service features such as the ability to pay certain bills that have special barcodes. It has awarded a giant contract
Altron remains determined to buy out minority shareholders in subsidiary Altech and delist it from the JSE, despite a previous attempt at a deal being rejected by minority shareholders in Altech. Altron made an offer to minorities in 2007 to buy out
JSE-listed Altron’s IT subsidiary, Bytes Technology Group, has acquired UK-based IT security specialist Security Partnerships in an all-cash deal worth R72m. Security Partnerships provides IT security solutions and managed services
David Redshaw, the IT industry stalwart and long-time friend and confidante of Altron founder Bill Venter and his family, has passed away, aged 69. Redshaw, who worked for Altron companies in senior executive roles for 22 years, including as founding
Document management specialist Xerox has signed another 10-year exclusive distribution partnership with Bytes Document Solutions (BDS), a subsidiary of Altron’s Bytes Technology Group