Infrastructure

The Durban municipality in South Africa (SA) has announced that it is to issue rates clearances live over the Internet. This is expected to be a huge step in clearing the current backlog, and Durban is the first to embrace the locally developed technology.

Sun Microsystems Inc. unveiled its Opteron servers Tuesday along with new servers based on the latest edition of its UltraSPARC processor, as the company hopes to reverse its recent slide with new products and new technologies.

Canon Inc. led off this year's Photo Marketing Association (PMA) trade show in Las Vegas with a slew of announcements, including three new printers: the i9900 photo printer, with the ability to print 13 x 19 size images; the i80 mobile printer, which features an optional Bluetooth unit for wireless printing; and the imagePROGRAF W6200, with the capacity to print images up to 24-inches wide and 60-feet long.

Jorg Janke did not set out to write open-source ERP software. But like many small startup application vendors, he found the traditional path to success blocked by sales and marketing costs.

Tracking inventory in motion got a boost this week with the release of Optum Inc.'s TradeStream 3.0 supply chain process management software.

Supply-chain vendors kicked off the year with a rush of acquisitions, anticipating that customers are ready to act on their pent-up demand for products and services to help eliminate operational waste and improve forecasting abilities.

EMC Corp. launched a series of upgrades Monday across all of its tiered storage platforms, including Symmetrix DMX, CLARiiON CX, Celerra and Centera.

United Parcel Service Inc. recently launched Quantum View Manage, an application that allows its small-package shippers to better track package movements within their own supply chains.