CITI Newsletter: October 2008
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CITI Newsletter: October 2008
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SynthaSite and
Springleap have been selected as finalists for The Industry Standards
Innovation 100 Awards. PLEASE VOTE for them!! Voting ends 3 Oct and there is only one winner in each category - pls submit your vote today! |
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| SynthaSite SynthaSite is competing with other cool companies in the Community-Social category such as Delicious, Meebo, Get Satisfaction, etc... Click here to vote for them! Springleap Cape Town based springleap.com is one of the 10 nominees in the Retail category going up against Amazon and some other amazing contenders. Click here to vote for them! Much appreciated! For more information click here |
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 Situated at 125 Buitengracht Street, Cape Town 5th Floor, (021) 409 7000 Contact person: Thuso v-thsego@microsoft.com |
Microsoft Inter-op
Lab - Invitation to all developers Microsoft and CITI encourage software developers to visit the lab and make use of it. This initiative is free. |
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Become a CITI IT
Associate: The CITI IT Associates listing has been created to grow and promote the Western Cape’s ICT sector by displaying the innovative activities in this region. This FREE LISTING will benefit your organization to gain exposure to local and international opportunities. |
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CITI aims to:
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Management Forum The itSMF is an independent, non-profit forum for people committed to quality IT services, to encourage the growth, standardisation and recognition of IT service management throughout the industry. |
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Join
facebook and become a CITI Fan! There are also other exciting pages to search for e.g. Synthasite, Skyrove, Freedom Toaster etc. |
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UPCOMING EVENTS - www.citi.org.za/events_listing
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Ruby Brigade
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 Ruby Brigade |
Date: Weds, 8 Sept Venue: BWB Events Room, 125 Buitengracht Str Time: 19:00 - 21:00 For more information click here |
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Spin The Cape Town Software Process Improvement Network (CT-SPIN) is a non-profit leadership forum for the free and open exchange of software expertise, experiences and ideas, by creating a knowledge society based on all disciplines of software engineering. |
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Date: Weds, 17 Sept Venue: BWB Events Room, 125 Buitengracht Str Time: 18:15 - 21:00 For more information click here Everyone is welcome-no need to RSVP! |
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Foss Forum The FOSS Forum acts as a lobby group, which engages public and private sectors to ensure that obstacles to FOSS adoption be removed where ever possible. |
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Date: Thurs, 16 Oct Venue: BWB Events Room, 125 Buitengracht Str Time: 09:00 - 12:00 RSVP: amanda@citi.org.za Pls note there is no cost for this event! |
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VC & Funding Seminar SPII will be invited to present their venture capital funding schemes aimed at ICT companies. The Support Programme for Industrial Innovation (SPII) ) is designed to promote technology development in industry in South Africa through the provision of financial assistance for the development of innovative products and/or processes. |
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Date: Friday, 31 Oct Venue: BWB Events Room, 125 Buitengracht Str Time: 08:50 - 14:30 RSVP: amanda@citi.org.za Pls note there is no cost for this event! |
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| WCITD’2008 - 2nd
IFIP International Symposium on Wireless Communications and Information Technology in Developing Countries The organisers would be very glad if you were to join them for this 2 day event starting on October 6th in Pretoria. Several international speakers will be presenting, including the keynote address by Dr Victor Bahl of Microsoft Research in Redmond, USA. |
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Date: 6 - 7 Oct 2008 Venue: CSIR Conference Centre, CSIR Campus, Pretoria RSVP: Online registration For more information click here |
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TCI 2008: 11th Annual Global Conference of The Competitiveness Institute Globally, local and state governments are realizing the power of local clusters, and are implementing initiatives to strengthen and foster the national and institutional structures that underpin them. TCI 2008 will focus on deepening the understanding of the role of clusters as the key building blocks of a modern innovative economy. Cluster practitioners from government, industry and academia will share their experiences in running cluster initiatives and programmes. Conference Fee (in Euro) * 3 day Conference payment due * Early bird: € 600 by 30 June 2008 * Normal: € 650 by 31 July 2008 * Late: € 700 after 1 August 2008 Fees include: 14% Vat, documentation, lunches, refreshments, welcome cocktail party, gala dinner and TCI membership fee for 2008. Fees do not include:Travel and accommodation, tours or cluster visits |
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Date: 29 -31 Oct 2008 Venue: Southern Sun Cape Sun, Strand Street RSVP: Natalie Smit registrar@sbs.co.za For more information click here |
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Linux Tag: Europe‘s leading event for Linux & Open Source Event 2009 The future is open! Open Source is changing many industries, the way software is developed and how earnings are generated. Governments, SME’s and large corporations are discovering the benefits of Open Source while creating a rising demand in dedicated services and know how, to help modify, implement and maintain their systems. The LinuxTag in Berlin is Europe’s leading international Linux and Open Source trade show. This year it attracted 11,600 trade visitors from 31 countries participated in 250 work shops and forums and talked to over 200 exhibiting projects and companies. Come join us at LinuxTag 2009 and rock the world with open source. |
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 Links to the event www.linuxtag.org and to the organizer www.messe-berlin.com |
Date: 24 June -
27 June 2009 Venue: Messe am Funkturm, Berlin, Germany ( Map) Contact: HaukePlambeck: International Trade Fair Marketing, SADC Representative of Messe Berlin Information on the 2008 event, click here |
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INTERNATIONAL ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY FAIR (IETF) 2009,INDIA The Republic of South Africa has
accepted an invitation from the Confederation of Indian Industries
(CII) to partner with India at the 18th International Engineering and
Technology Fair (IETF) in India from 23 - 26 February 2009. Participation by South African companies will provide an excellent platform for identifying trade and investment opportunities in the two countries in the following sectors:
Interested firms can contact Kenneth Mlatasi (012) 394 1061 at e-mail kmalatsi@thedti.gov.za OR contact Henry Mabale on telephone: (012) 394-1147 or e-mail: henrym@thedti.gov.za For more information click here |
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DTI Exhibitor Invitation to Participate in Cebit 2009 - SA National Pavilion, 03 - 08 March 2009 - Hannover In 2008 the No.1 marketplace for
digital solutions, trends and innovations once again inspired and
energized the international ICT industry. With exhibitors reporting
over ten million business inquiries in just six days, CeBIT is proof
that the market is on the up once more. There's a new mood of optimism
sweeping through the ICT industry - and your successful business future
starts here - at CeBIT 3-8 March 2009 in Hannover. Interested firms/parties pls contact the DTI: jjonathan@thedti.gov.za |
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UAE Export Initiative: Facilities Management Expo May 2009 IIn order to enable the GCC
stockists, retailers, agents, distributors and end-users to gain direct
access to appropriate suppliers of products, materials and expertise,
the FM EXPO Programme is being staged at the state of the art Dubai
International Convention and Exhibition Centre on May 24th -26th
2009. For more information pls contact Umr
Solomons who is the Officer for South African Registration. For more information click here |
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| For more information on any of the above please do visit our website at www.citi.org.za | |||
Interntional Engineering and Technology Fair (IETF) 2009, India