| 07 February 2013 ::. |
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| Absol once again partners with Mining Indaba 2013 |
| This is the 9th year in a row that the world's largest investment mining conference has entrusted their Information and Communications Technology requirements with Absol Internet Business Solutions |
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| 13 December 2012 ::. |
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| Merry Christmas! |
| On behalf of everyone at Absol, we would like to wish you and your family a safe, peaceful, joyous festive season and a very prosperous New Year. |
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| 27 November 2012 ::. |
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| AppleWeek networking provider |
| Absol is the proud networking provider to AppleWeek 2012 held in Sandton City, Johannesburg. |
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| 21 November 2012 ::. |
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| Absol Year-End Function - Metallica! |
As a special treat for its staff, Absol will be attending the Metallica concert in 2013.
This will serve as a year end function, even though the event date is only in April, but the staff are very excited! |
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| 11 April 2012 ::. |
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| Absol is Hiring! |
| Absol is on the lookout for smart, disciplined and organised personnel that know how to deliver brilliant service. If you fit the description above we might just have an amazing opportunity for you. |
PC / Network Technician
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| 04 August 2011 ::. |
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| Network outage report |
| Yesterday (3rd of August 2011) at approximately 02h00 CAT, Absol Internet Business Solutions experienced a failure on the core backbone fibre link to our primary data centre and hosting facility in Centurion. Our network engineers began troubleshooting the failure immediately and escalated the problem with our data centre technical team. This outage affected all services including: Email, Hosting and DNS services. |
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| 09 June 2011 ::. |
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| NATIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION |
| The National Planning Commission has released their Diagnostic Document and elements of the Vision Statement for 2030, using www.npconline.gov.za – developed and hosted by Absol. The website is an interface that connects its users to NPC through news articles as well as downloadable documents, and the facility to send comments and enquiries. |
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| 23 May 2011 ::. |
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| GADGET + MSN PARTNERSHIP |
| Web guru Arthur Goldstuck has signed a partnership with Howzit MSN, bringing a revolutionary ‘Tech and Gadgets’ channel to MSN. Absol has delivered the development and hosting for the channelizer, where all of the latest tech news and articles pulled from www.gadget.co.za will be easily accessible from MSN, or the channel itself: http://gadget.tech.howzit.msn.com. |
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| 06 February 2011 ::. |
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| Mining Indaba 2011 |
Absol developed an on-site delegate registration system and ecommerce platform for Summit Business Media to manage their flagship event held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre from the 7th to the 10th of February 2011.
This is the 7th year in a row the Kentucky, USA based firm have entrusted this responsibility to Absol. |
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| 30 September 2010 ::. |
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| THE PRESIDENCY OF SOUTH AFRICA |
| Absol now hosts and supports the official site for the South African presidency, built in Absol Publisher. The site features all speeches and press releases by the members of parliament, as well as the option to subscribe to a regular newsletter and send comments to the presidency. |
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| 21 July 2010 ::. |
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| Planned maintenance and upgrade |
| To better support our clients, Absol is planning maintenance to our server infrastructure and is moving selected clients on to a new more powerful server. |
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| 30 June 2010 ::. |
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| Sun Microsystems / Oracle x86 refresh |
The Most Complete, Open, and Integrated x86 Systems.
June 28, 2010—Today Oracle is announcing a complete refresh of its Sun Fire x86 cluster systems. Oracle's new Sun x86 systems are designed to run demanding Oracle and non-Oracle business applications in integrated and optimized x86 clusters. |
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| 11 June 2010 ::. |
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| Department of Sports and Recreation SA |
| It gives Absol great pleasure to announce the launch of the new Department of Sports and Recreation South Africa website in time for the launch of the FIFA 2010 world cup held in South Africa. Go Bafana Bafana!!! |
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| 13 January 2010 ::. |
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| Absol to present at 2nd Annual Intranets Conference |
| Intranets, extranets, portals, and Digital media greatly facilitate organisational communication, these communication tools ensure knowledge sharing, and a single source for all internal communications. |
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| 18 December 2009 ::. |
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| Absol closed for the holidays |
| Absol is currently closed over the Christmas and New Year period and will be open again on the 4th January 2010. A number of staff are on call for any urgent requirements. |
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| 26 November 2009 ::. |
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| Transform your Datacentre: Virtual Infrastructures, Real Solutions with Absol |
Are your servers slow and your costs spiraling? Help is at hand.
If you need new ways to improve your business performance, increase server capabilities and streamline your data processes, then look no further. Join the Sun and Intel EMEA Business Information Forum and find out how to boost your performance while saving money. |
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| 30 June 2009 ::. |
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| Sun Unified Storage |
Sun's new range of Hybrid Unified Storage is now available. Absol have created this quick reference page for customers seeking additional information.
If you are in the market for a SAN or NAS then you must look here! |
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| 25 June 2009 ::. |
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| Absol presents the keynote address at Innovative Intranets and Websites Conference 2009 |
Unlocking the real value of Intranets
Venue: Gallagher Estate, Johannesburg, South Africa |
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| 12 February 2009 ::. |
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| Microsoft Gold Certified Partner |
| As one of South Africa's premiere Internet Software Development companies, Absol has recently been upgraded to a Microsoft GOLD Certified Partner |
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| 20 January 2009 ::. |
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| Absol honoured at the 2008 Sun Partner Symposium |
| At a recent event to honour the efforts of Sun Partner Advantage members for 2008, Sun Microsystems recognised Absol Internet Business Solution's performance in the x64 server space. |
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| 05 January 2009 ::. |
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| Sun Microsystems Server Promotion |
| Sun Fire X2200 M2 server on promotion. Get an enterprise class Quad-Core server, 4GB RAM, 500GB RAID server for only R17,999 inclusive of VAT |
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| 14 August 2008 ::. |
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| CRN Outlook awards powered by AbsolPublisher |
| The CRN Outlook Awards Survey for 2008 was launched today, running on Absol's award winning Content Management System. |
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| 29 April 2008 ::. |
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| Absol attends Internet World 2008 |
| Absol was invited to attend the 3-day Internet World 2008 conference in London, England. |
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| 14 January 2008 ::. |
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| Absol updates the NPI's web sites |
| The AbsolPublisher driven website for the National Producitivty Institute was recently given a makeover by Absol's development team. |
Visit the NPI website
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| 26 October 2007 ::. |
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| Sun Microsystems Storage Promotion |
| Sun StorageTek 2530 DAS/SAN on promotion. Enterprise quality storage at workgroup prices! |
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| 18 July 2007 ::. |
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| Welcome to new clients |
| Absol welcomes the following new clients: SimekaBSG, EC Logistics, Scuba Scene, Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceuticals, The Amazing Group, ThumbsUp, JetLine Printers and Hambisana |
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| 30 April 2007 ::. |
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| Association of Collective Investments (ACI) |
| The ACI is the most recent addition to the family of AbsolPublisher driven web sites. |
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| 05 March 2007 ::. |
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| DSG Website launched |
| St Mary's Diocesan School for Girls' new web site was launched recently. The site is powered by AbsolPublisher. The award winning content management system provides full control of the site to authorised staff and pupils. |
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| 05 February 2007 ::. |
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| Mining Indaba 2007 |
| Once again, Absol provides logistical and IT support to the biggest mining conference in Africa. AbsolPublisher drives the delegate, hotel and sponsor booking systems for International Investment Conference. |
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| 05 January 2007 ::. |
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| Season's Greetings |
| Absol wishes our customers, partners, suppliers and staff a happy new year and all the best for 2007. |
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| 14 November 2006 ::. |
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| Want to work for one of the top Internet Development Companies in South Africa? |
| Absol is recruiting intelligent, passionate, creative designers and developers. If you think you've got what it takes, then contact us! |
Visit Careers section
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| 01 November 2006 ::. |
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| Absol presenting at the 2nd Annual Intranets Conference |
| November 6 - 9, 2006 at Gallagher Estate, Midrand, South Africa |
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| 22 September 2006 ::. |
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| Absol launches IIConf Website |
| This week Absol launched the new IIConf website powered by the AbsolPublisher CMS. Since 1987, International Investment Conferences (IIC) has organized more than 100 resource investor focused conferences. These programmes have directly or indirectly generated billions of dollars of transactions for mining projects worldwide from both individual and institutional investors. Hosted on Absol's servers in New York City, the site allows for on-line registrations of delegates, sponsors, speakers and exhibitors for various conferences hosted all over the world and enables IIC staff to manage all backend transactions via a web interface. |
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| 02 August 2006 ::. |
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| Absol wins the SAMDI tender. |
Absol together with Valor IT wins the South African Management Development Institute (SAMDI) tender.
The SAMDI website will enable SAMDI’s activities to reach a wider audience and help to expedite networking, both locally and internationally by means of new methods of audience targeted content delivery. |
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| 11 July 2006 ::. |
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| National Productivity Institute |
| The National Productivity Institute of South Africa is now powered by AbsolPublisher. |
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| 03 July 2006 ::. |
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| Sun Microsystems Updates |
| Pricing update on the Galaxy range of X2100, X4100 and X4200 servers from Sun Microsystems. All of these servers are certified to run 32-bit and 64-bit Windows, Solaris and all flavous of Linux. |
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| 01 February 2006 ::. |
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| Absol Launches CRN Website |
| Computer Reseller News launches their new website powered by the AbsolPublisher Content Management System |
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| 14 November 2005 ::. |
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| LBMA Precious Metals Conference |
| Absol deploys and manages an internet cafe and wireless internet hotspot for the London Bullion Market Association Precious Metals Conference held at the Sandton Convention Centre |
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| 14 October 2005 ::. |
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| Absol is Hiring! |
Absol is looking for talented staff to join our family.
If you have technical or programming skills, and you match our needs, then send us your CV! We are hiring at various levels. |
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| 12 September 2005 ::. |
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| Sun announces new AMD Opteron-based servers |
| Sun Microsystems has introduced industry-standard servers that it says will more than triple the amount of the computer server market it can address. |
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| 01 September 2005 ::. |
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| Sun Servers on Special & New Workstations Launched |
| Absol now offers the newly launched Sun Microsystems Sun Ultra 20 Workstation plus get the Sun Fire V20z on Special |
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| 15 August 2005 ::. |
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| Absol receives Cisco Accreditation |
| Absol awarded the designation of Cisco SMB Select Partner after completing a focused effort to increase the level of Cisco sales and support capabilities within its organization. |
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| 24 July 2005 ::. |
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| Absol launches christianbookstore.co.za |
| Absol has launched an eCommerce web site for CUM Books, the Christian Family Bookstore. Built on the AbsolPublisher content management system, christianbookstore.co.za offers on-line shopping access to hundreds of products. |
Visit www.christianbookstore.co.za
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| 13 May 2005 ::. |
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| Absol to exhibit at Futurex |
| Visit Absol Internet Business Solutions in Hall 2 Stand G11 where we will be sharing a stand with our customer: Executive Business Brief. On the stand we will be showcasing an amazing new display technology you won't want to miss! 17-20 May 2005 |
Register online
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| 10 May 2005 ::. |
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| Sun announces dual-core across x64 |
| Sun Microsystems has introduced its first dual-core server based on the new industry-standard Dual-Core AMD Opteron processor, and announced dual-core architecture for its entire x64 product line. |
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| 14 April 2005 ::. |
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| Sun expands x64 network computing options |
| Sun Microsystems has announced performance and feature enhancements to its AMD Opteron processor-based systems, expanding its offering for network computing. |
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| 04 April 2005 ::. |
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| CosmeticWeb Relaunched |
| Following a comprehensive redesign, a new version of the popular CosmeticWeb portal was launched today. Powered by AbsolPublisher, this site offers a wealth of information about the Cosmetics, Toiletries and Fragrances industries. |
Visit CosmeticWeb
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| 31 March 2005 ::. |
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| Absol welcomes new clients |
Absol is proud to welcome the following new customers for the month of March.
Nikon SA, CUM Books, MH Automation, Survival Technology, Cotton Traders, Independent Bond Originators and Lifestyle Emporium Interior Architecture and Design |
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| 10 February 2005 ::. |
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| Connecting International Mining Delegates |
| Absol deploys and manages an internet cafe and wireless internet hotspot for Indaba 2005, the Investing in Mining Conference held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre |
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| 28 January 2005 ::. |
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| Sun Microsystems Server Promotion |
Amazing server special! Invest in a real server to run your business critical applications, at the price of a clone!
Sun Microsystems 64-bit Server plus Microsoft Windows Server 2003 less 30% discount! |
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| 25 November 2004 ::. |
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| AbsolPublisher wins Best of Breed Award |
| AbsolPublisher was awarded the ComputerWeek Strategist Best of Breed Award for 2004/2005 in the CMS Category. We are honoured AbsolPublisher has been recognised as the best Content Management System in South Africa. |
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| 24 November 2004 ::. |
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| Absol Awarded the Microsoft .NET Connected Logo |
| Absol is the sixth company in South Africa to be awarded Microsoft’s .NET Connected Logo certification. Absol received the certificate for its online Internet audience measurement, tracking and analysis application, AbsolStats, which successfully passed Microsoft testing and verification in July 2004. |
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| 03 November 2004 ::. |
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| Absol Launches Resource Investor |
| On the eve of the US Elections, Absol has launched a brand new web site based in New York City. Resource Investor is a news site providing complete coverage on worldwide extractive industries. ResourceInvestor.com will present sector news, commentary, analysis, opinion and analytics with an unashamed investment focus - all in one place and package. |
Visit ResourceInvestor.com
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| 16 September 2004 ::. |
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| Absol is a Sun Microsystems Volume Product Reseller |
| Absol Internet Business Solutions (Pty) Ltd is very proud to announce that it has been selected as one of only 60 resellers nationally that have been awarded contracts to begin trading as a Sun Microsystems Volume Product Reseller. |
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| 06 June 2004 ::. |
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| Microsoft Business Solutions Partner |
| Absol has received partner accreditation with the Microsoft Business Solutions Programme. Certification has been attained with the Navision suite of accounting and ERP products. |
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| 11 May 2004 ::. |
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| Absol Management Buyout |
| The management and staff of Absol Internet Business Solutions (Pty) Ltd has successfully concluded a management buyout of the business, as a going concern, from Softline Limited. |
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| 06 April 2004 ::. |
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| Absol deploy Wireless Hotspot at the Zone in Rosebank |
| Gauteng's most popular regional radio station YFM 99.2, in partnership with Absol Internet Business Solutions, has deployed a wireless (WiFi) hotspot in Joburg's trendy Zone in Rosebank... |
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| 18 March 2004 ::. |
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| YFM / Absol case study by Microsoft |
| Absol recently launched the new YFM web site; read this case study by Microsoft detailing Absol's implementation of the first YFM site. |
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| 02 March 2004 ::. |
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| YFM Website Launch |
| Absol Internet Business Solutions (Pty) Ltd re-launched the new YFM website (www.yfm.co.za) on the 1st of March 2004. YFM, whose listenership stands at over 1.7 million weekly listeners (RAMS 2003A), has a strong, long-standing relationship with Absol and left all aspects of the redevelopment of their on-line business strategy in Absol’s capable hands. |
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| 01 December 2003 ::. |
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| Softline Sybiz Powered By AbsolPublisher |
| Softline Sybiz recently enlisted Absol to re-develop their website using Absol's flagship product, AbsolPublisher. |
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| 01 November 2003 ::. |
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| AbsolStats Launched |
| The new version of AbsolStats was successfully launched today. If you would like to sign up for a free 45 day trial of the system, click here, otherwise visit http://www.absolstats.co.za for more information on the system. |
Visit the AbsolStats web site
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| 29 October 2003 ::. |
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| AbsolStats Pricing |
| With the release of our new version of AbsolStats comes an optimised pricing structure as well as some exciting new packages. |
View pricing and packages
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| 01 August 2003 ::. |
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| Absol develop new Lorge web site |
| An AbsolPublisher website has been developed and launched for Softline Lorge. |
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| 14 July 2003 ::. |
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| Department of Communications choose AbsolPublisher |
| A new portal was launched for the Department of Communications using the AbsolPublisher Content Management System. The Presidential International Advisory Council on ICT now co-ordinate all activities and communications via the internet. |
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| 06 May 2003 ::. |
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| Softline launch new brand identity and web site |
| Softline have launched their new web site and brand identity with the help of Absol and the AbsolPublisher Content Management System. |
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| 17 April 2003 ::. |
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| Softline announce intention to delist from JSE |
Softline, Absol's parent company, announced on the 17th of April 2003 that it intends to delist from the Johannesburg Securities Exchange.
Should the delisting go though, it will have NO effect on Absol. The internet business solutions provider will continue operating as normal. |
Visit the Softline web site for more info
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| 19 November 2002 ::. |
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| Softline release interim results |
| Softline shows positive increases in revenue, operating margin, earnings per share and cash position. |
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| 18 November 2002 ::. |
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| Absol has moved Offices |
On the 18th of November 2002, Absol moved back to their original premises in Pretoria East.
Please note that Absol's telephone and fax numbers have changed to (012) 365-2142 and (012) 365-2271 respectively. |
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| 23 October 2002 ::. |
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| Absol provides services to Masterskill |
| Absol has recently been awarded a services contract entrusting them with full development responsibility and technical support services for Masterskill, South Africa's leading supplier of technology enhanced training products and services. Absol will be supporting and improving the entire range of electronic products and services marketed by Masterskill in Southern Africa. |
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| 16 October 2002 ::. |
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| New Version of AbsolStats To Be Launched |
Absol are planning to release a new version of their successful Web Tracking and Statistics system, AbsolStats, scheduled for launch in the fourth quarter of 2003.
The new version will feature quicker, optimised code, a re-designed user interface, additional reports and a host of other improvements. |
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| 18 September 2002 ::. |
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| Microsoft International Press - YFM |
| By teaming with Absol , Yfm implemented a solution built on Microsoft® technologies that adds exciting features, like real-time chats and interactive polls. Better still, the new, award-winning site was built and maintained at a fraction of the total cost of the previous environment. |
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| 01 September 2002 ::. |
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| Microsoft Certified Partner |
| Absol is now a Microsoft Certified Partner. |
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| 31 July 2002 ::. |
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| Company Name Change |
| Edge-1 Solutions has reverted back to it's original name: Absol. |
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| 23 May 2002 ::. |
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| Softline Revenue Growth |
| Softline, the international accounting and payroll software developer, today reported an 18% growth in revenue for FY02, to R487-million. |
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