| Entrepreneurs Need Open Cloud, Not Protectionism |
| December 5, 2011 |
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 South Africa desperately needs to encourage entrepreneurship as a means to addressing the country’s job creation targets. A report issued by FNB and the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) states that “the most competitive nations are those that have the highest level of entrepreneurial activity.”
The Total Entrepreneurial Activity (TEA) is a measurement of the percentage of the active population in a country (people aged between 25 and 64) who are entrepreneurs. According to International Entrepreneurship, South Africa’s TEA in 2010 is 8.9%. This is higher than in previous years and significantly higher than our average TEA over the past decade: 6.7%. If South Africa wants to be a meaningful player in the global economy, we have to shape education, society and legislation to encourage, rather than stifle, entrepreneurship.... |
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| Entelect Foundation Committed to Maths Education |
| October 28, 2011 |
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 Less than two months after it was founded in September 2011, the Entelect Foundation is making great strides in its mission to empower South African youth through education. The Foundation will be providing educational resources to community centres, schools and homes.... |
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| Avoiding Disaster in a Software Outsource Relationship |
| September 20, 2011 |
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 Comment by Charles Pritchard, CEO of Entelect:
We often hear horror stories about companies appointing a software partner and, many millions of rands later, deadlines are missed and excuses are made for non-delivery. I have personally seen it happen with companies that have invested in good business plans, only to be stumped by a software project gone wrong. With big blue-chip companies who have comprehensive support structures, the same can happen: project deadlines keep getting missed, often with unrecoverable costs to the business.
So how does one go about choosing the right partner to ensure delivery in software projects?
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| Entelect Launches Online Maths Tutoring Application |
| September 2, 2011 |
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 This week saw the launch of iEducator, a new, online tutoring program which will allow students to learn and practice maths on the internet. iEducator allows students to master all the operations in mathematics and is based on the South African school curriculum for grades 1 – 7.... |
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| Entelect’s July Mini-DevDay a Success |
| August 31, 2011 |
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 Entelect Software is proud to announce that their July Mini-DevDay was a resounding success. As a part of the company’s policy of on-going staff education, the Mini-DevDay brings the company’s software developers together to share knowledge and learn from one another.... |
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| Entelect Pioneers Azure Cloud Implementation for Liberty |
| July 7, 2011 |
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 After less than a year of development, Entelect Software is preparing for the upcoming launch of the new Liberty Health burn jOules Customer Loyalty Programme. The development and rollout of this programme is a significant step forward for the use of cloud computing in South Africa. Entelect Software used the Microsoft Azure platform for the entire system, including self-service portals for members, partners, intermediaries and administrators.... |
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| Entelect Gears for Growth in 2011 |
| February 11, 2011 |
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 Last year was the year of change at Entelect, in particular to accommodate our growth and maturity as a business. We welcome on board our new team of general managers as well as the appointment of Martin Naude to Entelect’s Chief Technology Officer and Shashi Hansjee to Entelect Software’s Managing Director. We are already seeing the benefits of this restructure with an order book that we are battling to keep up with. As before, we are not compromising on quality when it comes to hiring, so will only grow as fast as we can find quality people. Our ethos of providing high quality people and software solutions at competitive pricing continues to deliver results.
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| Entelect Achieves in 2009 Despite the Ecomomic Downturn |
| April 7, 2010 |
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 Despite the economic downturn in 2009, the Entelect group experienced strong financial performance for financial year ending March 2010. The primary reason for this is that we slowed down recruitment and focused on optimising the software projects, consulting and resourcing businesses. Operationally we also made great strides with our infrastructure, billing, administration and finance divisions. A substantial investment was made in the software products division, which is now performing well and the foundations are there for rapid growth. ... |
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| Entelect Active Launched: Sports Management Systems |
| October 2, 2009 |
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 Entelect has launched a powerful new suite of sports management online products, aimed at giving sporting bodies (national, provincial, clubs and event organisers) the tools to enhance their business processes and run their own affairs. The offering is currently broken into Event and Club Management Systems. "This software is unique in that it gives total control to non technical people to set up their online presence and control all aspects of their workflow through the web - including member or entrant management and CRM, database management, online payments, website content management, customised newsletters and SMS's, and a variety of other front and back-office functions facilities", says group CEO Charles Pritchard. "We empower event organisers and sports administrators with powerful self-managing software to run their own affairs - and cut out the expense of bespoke development and support. We have taken a suite of common functions performed by these entities and built our software to support these industries, with a low cost rental and sponsorship model that enables organisations to make use of software that they otherwise could not afford." ... |
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| Entelect Software Awarded Microsoft Gold Partner Status |
| January 30, 2009 |
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 Entelect Software has acquired that illustrious Microsoft Gold Partner status. "Although we had the qualifications prior, we felt that formal certification is essential in establishing ourselves as a serious software design and development company," says group CEO Charles Pritchard. "Microsoft offers a value-added marketing channel to its partners and we hope to work closer with them in delivering software solutions across all business areas."... |
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| Entelect Working with SAAB Systems |
| December 19, 2008 |
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 Despite the recent downturn in the economy, this month Entelect started working on a strategic software project with SAAB Systems South Africa. The SAAB Group serves the global market with world-leading products, services and solutions ranging from military defence to civil security.
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| Africas Biggest Walking Event Supported by Entelect |
| November 24, 2008 |
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 Entelect ran the software support contract for this year's 702 Walk the Talk which attracted some 51000 people. This is one of the biggest events of its kind world-wide, beating the London, Boston, New York and Comrades marathons in size. ... |
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| Entelect Automates Direkshinz |
| September 30, 2008 |
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 Entelect recently developed a supplier and product management system for global homeware supplier, Direkshinz.... |
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| Entelect Takes the Lead at Discovery Invest |
| September 5, 2008 |
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| Entelect has recently taken over the technical lead in delivering a strategic online solution for Discovery Invest.... |
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| Entelect Partners With Investec |
| May 22, 2008 |
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 Entelect recently put a team together to assist Investec with core banking systems development. "A vast majority of the systems we have built are financial services related, plus the culture fit between the organisations is eerily similar", says group CEO Charles Pritchard.... |
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| Entelect Drives Nashua Mobile's BI |
| May 22, 2008 |
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 A couple of months ago Entelect upped its development portfolio with Nashua Mobile, whereby it is currently designing, building and maintaining Nashua's Business Intelligence (MIS) system.... |
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| Entelect Working With the Bond Exchange of South Africa |
| April 21, 2008 |
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 Entelect recently started working with the Bond Exchange of South Africa, assisting them with their IT applications development and strategic IT project management.... |
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| Entelect Sponsors Cycling |
| April 21, 2008 |
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 This month, Entelect signed a 3 year sponsorship deal with Club 100, one of the biggest national cycling clubs in South Africa.... |
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| Osiris Trading's Game Portal Framework Implementation Goes Live |
| April 14, 2008 |
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| The first implementation of the Game Portal Framework, Mobibuzz Games that Entelect developed for Osiris trading has gone Live.... |
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| Entelect Drives Internal R&D Efforts |
| March 1, 2008 |
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 Entelect has always had an appetite for product innovation and development. The Software business in particular has been growing at a steady rate, currently boasting 50+ of the finest software engineers and computer scientists in South Africa, and growing at a rate of aywhere between 3 to 5 people a month. ... |
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| Formal Microsoft Partner Certification |
| March 1, 2008 |
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 Entelect Software recently acquired formal recognition as Certified Microsoft Partners.... |
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| Entelect at the Core of Standard Bank's Online Share Trading |
| February 1, 2008 |
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 Entelect Software has recently supplied a number of its Senior Software Engineers to assist in driving a variety of strategic projects at Standard Bank's Financial Markets division.... |
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| Entelect Launches University Recruitment Programme |
| October 9, 2007 |
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 Entelect is about to embark on a year-end graduate recruitment programme in its bid to employ and position new BSc Comp Science & Engineering and BCom IS graduates in the market.... |
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| Entelect Moves to Melrose Arch, Telkom Does Not Deliver |
| September 28, 2007 |
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 Both Recruitment and Software move today to 3 Melrose Boulevard, Melrose Arch. All operations are in place, thanks to the efforts of Evelyn Pritchard our operations director, and our building contractors, Precise Projects, who have been working against the clock for the last 2 months.... |
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| New MD for Entelect Placements |
| September 6, 2007 |
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 As from 1 October, Entelect Placements will have a new Managing Director, Christopher Comodikes. Christopher takes over from Entelect's founder Dr Charles Pritchard who will be focusing more on the new strategic initiatives of the Entelect Group.
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| Entelect Group of Companies Grows |
| September 4, 2007 |
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| As from 1 October 2007, Entelect Solutions (SA) will be splitting its two business units into stand alone companies, namely Entelect Software (Pty) Ltd and Entelect Placements (Pty) Ltd. This move has been to pave the way for future potential shareholders and to allow the three units to grow independently.... |
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| Retail Equity System Goes Live |
| April 16, 2007 |
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 Since mid October 2006, Entelect has been building a Retail Equity System for Standard Bank Corporate and Investment Banking, which went live today.... |
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| Entelect Working in Military Field |
| April 1, 2007 |
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| Entelect recently delivered a design prototype to African Defence Systems (ADS) under very tight deadlines.... |
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| Entelect Moving to Melrose Arch |
| January 1, 2007 |
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 In October 2007, all Entelect will be moving to 3 Melrose Boulevard, where the group has purchased a sizable sectional title unit. The building is currently under construction and will be completed in August. The Melrose Arch precinct, where developments to the value of R1.5 billion are currently under way, is regarded as one of the ultimate commercial addresses in the Gauteng region.... |
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