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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

Listed technology companies Altech and Altron, its parent, have warned shareholders that market conditions are not improving as quickly as they had hoped and this could undermine earnings. For its part, Altech, which owns

Altron has been hit by the lagging performance of its traditionally strongest subsidiary, Altech. The group released its interim results for the six months ended 31 August 2010, reporting a 3% dip in revenue from R12,1bn to R11,7bn. However, the group marginally boosted profit