There are some kinds of software you just buy: word processors, email clients and anti-virus packages are obvious examples. But when it comes to software that serves more specialized needs in the organisation, like financial systems, many people wonder if it wouldn’t be better to build their own. At least that way, the argument goes, [...]

Local software developer idu Software has entered into an OEM (original equipment manufacturer) agreement with US-based QlikTech to embed QlikView functionality within budgeting, forecasting and reporting application idu-Concept. Idu’s customers now have access to this highly popular business intelligence (BI) software as part of idu-Concept. “Our approach has always been to develop financial software that’s [...]

Becoming an accountant, as with any profession, takes a certain amount of guts and determination. The studying, the exams, the articles, the long years of relative poverty while less ambitious pals blow their early pay cheques on smart cars and parties. We stick it out for the promise of better things to come: maybe not [...]

Durban-based Spring Lights Gas is South Africa’s first BEE-led marketing and sales venture of pipeline gas. Established in 2002, the company is a joint venture between Sasol Gas (49%) and BEE firm Coal Energy and Power Resources. It supplies mainly industrial and commercial clients in KwaZulu-Natal. The need While small in some metrics (nine staff [...]