Networking, Telecommunications
ALLMICRO S.A.
AMPKON
ATS-DATA EASE
ATTACHMATE
AXiZ
BARCAPE
BOOK FACTORY, THE
BORLAND INTERNATIONAL
BSW-CHANNELS
CLEARLINE PROTECTION SYSTEMS
CMS
COMPU-BYTE
COMPUSERVE
COMPUTER SUPERSTORE
CONNECTED MAGAZINE
COOPERS & LYBRAND
CORE APPLICATIONS
CORE BUSINESS, THE
CSS NETWORKING
CSS OPEN SYSTEMS
CSS WORKSTATION TECHNOLOGIES
DATA SPEC
DAX DATA
DELL COMPUTER
DIGIFONE
DSM DISTRIBUTION
DYNAMIC IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS
ELITE COMPUTERS
ENGINEERING DATA SYSTEMS SA
EPI-USE SYSTEMS
EXPERT TECHNOLOGIES
FASTNET
FIRSTCALL
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
FIRSTNET
FULL ENTERPRISE CORPORATION
FUTURE SIGHT
GEM INTERNET CO, THE
GOALDATA
GOLDTRON LIMITED S.A.
HRK POINT OF SALE SYSTEMS
IBM SA
INCREDIBLE CONNECTION
INTELLIGENCE MAGAZINE
LeCLUB INTERNET ACCESS
ALLMICRO S.A.
AllMicro is considered one of the largest worldwide
manufacturers and distributors of PC diagnostics,
trouble-shooting tools and utilities exclusively for
the professional PC repair technician.
The company's strategy to maintain its competitive
edge in the marketplace, in addition to developing
new products, is its commitment to the continual
upgrade of existing products.
In this way, as new technology and its inherent
problems are introduced to the PC market,
customers are provided with fast and workable
solutions.
The company's gross sales annually increase
more than 35%, distributing in Europe, South
America, africa, Asia and Australia.
Tel: 011 - 823 - 5121
Fax: 011 - 826 - 7238
PO Box 1641
Boskburg
1467
AMPKON
Ampkon supplies Novell, Microsoft NT and
Windows 95 networking.
The company also provides for wide area
networking, bridges, routas, modems, internet
access and e-mail.
Tel; 011 - 315 - 1000
Fax: 011 - 315 - 1569
PO Box 2387
Halfway House
1685
ATS - DATA EASE
ATS supplies Persoft Teminal Emulation that
provides micro computer users with access to
information and applications on local or remote
systems.
The company also supplies text and graphics
emulation software for DOS, Windows, NT and
Windows 95, ICP/FTPLAT protocols, VT, DG and
32 70 emulaation as well as Internet Netscape.
In addition, the company supplies wireless remote
bridges between Ethernet and Token RIng LANs
up to 15 km apart.
Tel: 011 - 886 - 1740
Fax: 011 - 886 - 1786
PO Box 52
Randburg
2125
ATTACHMATE
Attachmate offers award-winning host access
products, application development tools,
collaborative groupware, remote access products,
management tools and software for the Internet.
The company's products universally support a
comprehensive range of desktop operating
systems, connectivity protocols and
communication gateways.
In addition, the company has Personal Client,
multi-host access for Windows desktops that
places information at the fingertips of the clients
and presents the information in the way that the
client wants it.
Tel: 011 - 784 - 0414
Fax: 011 - 784 - 0519
PO Box 56055
Pinegowrie
2123
AXiZ
AXiZ is a distributor of upgrade products including
memory, processors, hard drives, PC cards,
CD-ROMS, graphics cards and network cards.
Brand names supplied by the company are: Apex,
Boca, Cyrix, Intel, Kingston, IBM, New Media,
Transcend, Goldstar, Texas Instruments, Motorola,
Toshiba and Western Digital.
The company has country-wide representation with
offices in Johannesburg and Durban and a
distributor ICD in Cape Town.
Tel: 011 - 803 - 8706
Fax: 011 - 803 -8708
PO Box 2794
Rivonia
2128
BARCAPE
Barcape installs high speed bar code scanning
networks with up to 255 scanning stations over 1,2
km.
Tel: 021 - 45 - 6135
Fax: 021 - 45 - 5935
PO Box 13028
Sir Lowry Road
7900
THE BOOK FACTORY
The Book Factory, a division of one of South
Africa's leading bookshop group, Facts & Fiction,
specialises in the widest range and depth of new
and discounted books.
Brand new books, often on the shelves at The
Book Factory for the first time in South Africa and
occasionally for the first time in the world, retail on
average 15% below the published recommended
retail selling price.
In line with this philosophy, the bookshop will be
retailing computer books at 20% off the publishers
recommended retail price.
Also on display will be the bookshop's latest
inroad into the multimedia market.
Tel: 011 - 802 - 2662
Fax: 011 - 802 - 2610
PO Box 1687
Gallo Manor
2052
BORLAND INTERNATIONAL
Borland International, founded in 1983, has its headquarters in Scott's Valley, California.
It is one of the world's leading suppliers of
developer and client/server tools for personal
computers.
The company is focused on delivering products
and services that help developers and
corporations.
Its award-winning products are supported through
programmes and services for developers, value
added re-sellers, systems integrators, corporate
customers and computer software retailers.
Products include: Visual dBase, Paradox,
Interbase Scaleable SQL Server, ReportSmith,
Borland C++ and Delphi.
Tel: 011 - 622 - 1635
Fax: 011 - 622 - 1534
PO Box 2102
Bedfordview
2008
BSW - CHANNELS
BSW-Channel's Test Equipment and instrumentation programme includes a broad
range of products that address
telecommunications test and measurement needs,
datacommunications testing, optical fibre testing
and analysis, voice enunciating equipment,
subscriber billing systems, ISDN base band
modems and network surveillance systems.
All equipment is supported by full in-house service
and calibration facilities to NCS standards.
Tel: 011 - 315 - 0610
Fax: 011 - 805 - 2148
Private Bag X35
Halfway House
1685
CLEARLINE PROTECTION SYSTEMS
Clearline Protection Systems, a leading supplier of
surge protection products to industry has launched
some products for the LAN and domestic markets.
Recently released are the 10 Bar 2 and 10 Base T
isolation protectors which combine short circuit and
isolation protection for various applications.
These devices are extremely cost-effective where
fibre solutions are considered.
For the computer user and home market, a range
of plug and play protection devices have been
released for complete protection of computers,
TVs, appliances and alarm systems.
These products are blister packed, come with full
installation instructions and carry a two year
warranty.
Tel: 011 - 314 - 3875
Fax: 011 - 314 - 3880
PO Box 5985
Halfway House
1685
CMS
CMS is the distributor for a family of highly
advanced digital switches from the Israeli based
Telrad.
The advanced Telrad Meridian systems enable
the company's customers to add functions as their
needs grow and add users as their operations
grow.
The Meridian digital switch is based on the state of
the art digital and ISDN technology.
The architecture is fully redundant, filed
upgradeable and easy to integrate into existing
business and data systems.
Tel: 011 - 789 - 2505
Fax: 011 - 886 - 2843
PO Box 784013
Sandton
2146
COMPU-BYTE
Compu-Byte has a fully trained staff that has been
involved in networking PCs for the past decade.
The company provides service and installation for
metworks under Novell, Microsoft, D-Link and
Lantastic.
Tel: 011 - 728 - 6164
Fax: 011 - 728 - 1684
PO Box 1975
Houghton
2045
COMPUSERVE
CompuServe is the world's largest and most
user-friendly online service.
With access available from 15 countries around
the world, you can remain in constant touch.
The company offers more than 3 000 services,
loads of free software, hardware and software
support, an easy, user-friendly e-mail service and
instant Internet access.
Toll free: 0800 112252
PO Box 395
Pretoria
0001
COMPUTER SUPERSTORE
Computer Superstores, a division of the Pinnacle
Group whoosh was nominated as the top PC
distributor in South Africa for 1995, has been
established at the Hill Fox Power Centre,
Weltevredenpark, in December 1994.
Owing to vast expansion and demand, the
company is now able to offer services in
Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban,
Pietermaritzburg, Bloemfontein, Welkom,
Vanderbijlpark and will be opening branches in
Pretoria, Boksburg and Randburg.
The company supplies and supports systems
such as Proline, Compaq, Aopen, ICL, Packard
Bell, Altima and all the known computer brands
available.
The company also stocks prominent product lines
from Hewlett Packard, Panasonic, Epson, Canon,
Brother and Citizen as well as various software
products such as Microsoft, Pastel, Lotus and
CorelDraw.
Focused technical divisions with well equipped
workshops supply all types of services such as
repairs, upgrades and support as well as
networking.
Tel: 011 - 475 - 0311
Fax: 011 - 475 - 0356
Hill Fox Power Centre
Hendrik Potgieter
Roodepoort
PRIMEDIA PUBLISHING (CONNECTED)
Connected magazine your a practical guide to
today's communication technology.
Connected is offering a substantial discount on
subscriptions to visitors to this year's Computer
Faire.
Visitors to the stand could also stand in line for
exciting special offers.
Tel: 011 - 884 - 3857
Fax: 011 - 884 - 4677
PO Box 784698
Sandton
2146
COOPERS & LYBRAND COMPUTER SERVICES
Coopers & Lybrand Computer Services offers a full
service on the supply, installation and support of
network systems.
The company are also a Novell authorised
education centre.
Tel; 011 - 802 - 2182
Fax: 011 - 802 - 2611
PO Box 786691
Sandton
2146
CORE APPLICATIONS
Core Applications publishes PC Magazine
Southern Africa and PC Week Executive Edition
Southern Africa.
Tel: 011 - 807 - 1294
Fax: 011 - 807 - 1299
PO Box 501
Rivonia
2128
CORE BUSINESS, THE
The Core Business distributes Asante
Technologies networking products.
Asante develops and manufactures a full line of
high performance networking products.
Asante has recently introduced a broad family of
products including adapter cards, hubs, bridges,
network management and a switch which are
designed to make the clients' migration to Fast
Ethernet easy and cost-effective.
As this new standard (100 BASE-T or Fast
Ethernet) is expected to be adopted as industry
standard because of its ability to accommodate
the requirement for greater bandwidth over LANs
and because of its integration into existing 10
BASE-T networks,
The Core Business has the products to ensure
a smooth transition.
Tel: 011 - 476 - 8114
Fax: 011 - 476 - 8261
Unit 1 Bagely Office Park
Bagely Terrace
Northcliff
2115
CSS NETWORKING
CSS Networking specialises in the provision and
installation of total solution networks to the general
computer market.
It is the sole importer and distributor of the full range
of D-link and Whittaker Communications
Networking Hardware and Software products.
The company was appointed an Intel Advanced
Network Reseller. It operates a registered Novell
training and test centre in Gauteng with branches in
the Cape and Natal.
Installations include the following: complete design,
supply, installation and commissioning of large
and small Novell/NT/Unix TCP/IP applications
distributed networks involving numerous
fileservers, hundreds of workstations and
kilometres of cabling.
The company is capable of supplying complete
back-up and support for all its installations.
Tel: 012 - 661 - 4970
Fax: 012 - 661 - 4983
Private Bag 8212
Hennopsmeer
0046
CSS OPEN SYSTEMS
CSS Open Systems specialises in the provision of
Unix and NT-based multi-user business systems
to the South African corporate market.
It holds the sole distributorship for Data General
and has established itself as one of the Unix
suppliers to government, local authorities, the
automotive industry and hospitals in Southern
Africa.
Data General Corporation manufactures Midrange
of large mission critical enterprise servers and
storage systems with high availability features for
medium to large installation where continuous
system availability is critical.
Systems are Intel Pentium and Pentium Pro based.
Tel: 012 - 661 - 4970
Fax: 012 - 661 - 1982
Private Bag 8212
Hennopsmeer
0046
CSS WORKSTATION TECHNOLOGIES
CSS Workstation Technologies is the master
distributor for Hummingbird and is sub-distributor
for SunSoft in South Africa.
The company is focused on Intranet/Internet
solutions.
The company is also the sole distributor for
Tatung's 100% sun-compatible machines.
Hummingbird specialises in PC-Unix integration
software.
It software is divided into three categories, namely:
Exceed, the worldwide market leader in X Server;
Maestro, a range of NFS and TCP/IP products for
Microsoft products; and Columbus, a second
generation Internet Browser with integrated
management and Web publishing capabilities,
aimed at corporate Intranets.
SunSoft, the Internet Software Company and a
$600 million pa software company, specialises in
developing solutions for large companies.
The company has a wide range of products,
ranging from Internet (sophisticated Firewall and
Java, Netscape's Webserver as OEM) desktop
Unix operating system market wit Solaris, network
and software management development
products.
Tel: 012 - 661 - 4970
Fax: 012 - 996 - 841
E-mail: mariusd@cssgroup.co.za
Private Bag 8212
Hennopsmeer
0046
DATA SPEC
Data Spec, established in 1988, is and importer
and distributor of computer components.
The company's product range includes the
following: Astra mainboards (486 VESA, 486
PCI, Pentium); CPUs and memory products; VGA
cards, network cards, monitors and keyboards;
casing, multimedia, hard drives and stiffy drives;
and modems amongst others.
Tel: 011 - 395 - 1840
011 - 395 - 1732
Fax: 011 - 395 - 1732
PO Box 9578
Brentwood Park
Benoni
1505
DAX DATA
Dax Data is dedicated to the marketing and
support of the Rumba family of connectivity
products.
These products provide host connectivity within a
graphical environment.
This allows users to access information and
application resources and make use of information
by downloading or pasting it into Windows
applications and even linking it to a Windows
application so that it can be updated automatically.
Rumba Office provides simultaneous access to
multiple host systems from a single point with a
single Ul.
Host systems supported include IBM Mainframe
and AS/4000, HP 3 000/9 000, Digital VAX and Unix
systems and servers.
Tel: 021 - 683 - 3861
Fax: 021 - 611 - 392
PO Box 5
Rondebosch
7700
DELL COMPUTER
As one of the world's top computer manufacturers,
Dell has the knowledge, product and structure
necessary to design, support and implement
multi-level customised networking solutions.
Every Dell server is tailored to meet the customers'
exact networking requirements and custom-built to
the customers' specifications at the company's
European Manufacturing Facility in Limerick,
Ireland.
The company has forged alliances with some of
the industry's leading innovators, including Intel,
Novell, Banyan and 3Com and as server
architectures evolve, the combination of
technologies from companies such as this,
matched with the company's own design skills,
deliver a new generation of scaleable and flexible
servers.
Tel: 011 - 447 - 7567
Fax: 011 - 447 - 7459
PO Box 3317
Parklands
2121
DIGIFONE
Digifone was formed four years to address the
transaction automation market.
It is said to be the only company of its kind on the
continent that deals exclusively in this area and
because of this, currently has fourteen banks and
financial institutions as its regional customer base.
Digifone's product range consists of the following
distributorships: Tandem Non-Stop OLTP Servers
and Integrity Unix servers; Verifone Electronic
Funds Transfer at Point of Service (EFTPOS)
Products; Applied Communications Incorporated
(ACI) Financial Systems (Level 2); Ungermann-Bass Networking and
Communications Products; and Gemplus Smart
Card Distributor.
In addition, the company is a member of the Smart
Card Society of southern Africa.
Tel:263 - 4 - 700 - 781/4
Fax:263 - 4 - 792 - 336
E-mail: digifone@harare.iafrica.com
11th Floor Causeway Building
Central Avenue
PO Box CY1549
DSM DISTRIBUTION
DSM Distribution distributes a wide range of quality
computer hardware and accessories, media
products from Verbatim and Mitsubishi including
tape cartridges, magneto optical disks, 100%
compatible toner cartridges and CDR products.
Computer hardware products include: the full range
of NEC products from the notebooks and personal
computers to the GDI laser printers and CD-ROM
drives; Asus and Aopen mainboards and add on
cards from 486 to Pentium Pro; Mag Innovision
monitors and Accton networking products including
processors, memory products and disk drives from
Seagate, Conner and Western Digital.
Tel: 011 - 444 - 9434
Fax: 011 - 444 - 9493
4 Apple Road
Kramerville
Sandton
DYNAMIC IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS
Dynamic Identification Systems offers off-the-shelf
PC-based software, hardware and labels for
identification of components, sub-assemblies,
enclosures and final products.
Specialised materials designed for performance
under extreme conditions are available for the
electronic, telecommunications automotive and
most industrialised sectors.
Materials include white and metallised polyester,
vinyl, cloth, paper and high temperature Kapton
plus tamper evident polyester, vinyl and
holograms.
Material choice is application specific and expert
advice is available.
Text, graphics and symbology is clear without
smearing, erasing or fading under adverse
chemical and environmental conditions including
humidity and UV light.
The company also supports a wide range of
scanning equipment.
Tel: 011 - 886 - 0307
Fax: 011 - 789 - 3913
PO Box 4581
Randburg
2125
ELITE COMPUTERS
Elite Computers, established in 1986, is a retail
company that targets the corporate market.
The company specialises Topware, an alternative
network system.
Tel: 011 - 849 - 7127/43
Fax: 011 - 425 - 2676
PO Box 1398
Northmead
1511
ENGINEERING DATA SYSTEMS SA
Engineering Data Systems SA was formed in 1983
with the sole purpose of specialising in the sales
and services of Uninterruptible Power Supplies.
With the biggest range of UPSs in the country, the
company can provide solutions to all power
problems from the smallest home PCs to the
largest factory machinery.
With the optional available software for the UPS,
data will never be lost.
Tel: 011 - 496 - 1402
Fax: 011 - 496 - 1047
Corner Northern Parkway and Gold Reefs Roads
Ormonde
EPI-USE SYSTEMS
EPI-USE Systems is involved in network
management systems and ATM consulting.
The company has been involved in network
management systems since 1985.
It has participated in international research and
product-development for IBM's NetView for AIX
family of products since 1989.
The company also consults on behalf of
HiPerformance Systems, the South African Hewlett
Packard distributor, on the Hewlett Packard
OpenView network management platform.
The company maintains an experienced
development team for building integrated network
and systems management applications.
The company is also involved in ATM consulting
and is in a position to advise on state of the art
technology, various products and the deployment
and integration of this new technology in existing
networks.
Tel: 012 - 348 - 2700/1
Fax: 012 - 348 - 2700/1
PO Box 36453
Menlo Park
0102
EXPERT TECHNOLOGIES
Expert Technologies was founded in 1993.
The company distributes quality yet low-priced
computer equipment.
This year, the was awarded the sole agency for
Logix computers.
Logix is a computer branch of the large Korean
conglomerate Luck Goldstar.
The Logix product range includes: mainboards,
VGA cards, CD-ROM drives, PC's and monitors.
The company also distributes Forefront monitors
and Teramars monitors.
There is a two year warranty on all products,
except CD-ROM drives on which there is a one
year warranty.
Tel: 011 - 805 - 0937
Fax: 011 - 805 - 2925
PO Box 2442
Cresta
2118
FASTNET
FastNet, South Africa's first radio data
communication network, facilitates data
communication without the frustrating restrictions
often imposed by telephone lines.
FastNet is doing for data communication what
cellular telephony did for voice communication.
Superior speed and reliability makes Fastnet
indispensable to bankers, retailers, engineers,
fleet managers and security companies amongst
others.
Developed by British communication giant, Racal
Electronics, FastNet is fully operational in South
Africa. Swiftnet, a South African company co-owned
by local investors, has established the
infrastructure to service the growing demand
for wireless data communication.
Tel: 012 - 663 - 1820
Fax: 012 - 663 - 1525
PO Box 10311
Hennopsmeer
0046
FIRSTCALL
FirstCall is a cellular telephone service provider for
both Vodacom and MTN
Tel: 011 - 353 - 2600
Fax: 011 - 353 - 2719
PO Box 3658
Johannesburg
2000
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
First National Bank provides multi-faceted financial
services from its more than 620 branches
throughout Southern Africa.
A world leader in the application of IT to banking, it
was named by Computer World as one of the Top
100 IT using companies in the world.
It is also a cellular telephone service provider
for both Vodacom and MTN.
Tel: 011 - 353 - 2600
Fax: 011 - 353 - 2719
PO Box 3568
Johannesburg
2000
FIRSTNET
FirstNet is involved in the following: electronic
trading services - nationwide VAN infrastructure,
software and consulting services (technical and
business); domestic managed data networks;
global managed data networks; and connectivity
between First National Bank and corporate clients.
Tel: 011 - 884 - 9256
Fax: 011 - 884 - 1844
PO Box 3818
Randburg
2125
FULL ENTERPRISE CORPORATION
Full Enterprise Corporation, a professional
manufacturer and exporter of LAN products,
computer peripheral accessories and
telephone accessories, has 950 m2 plant with 30 employees in the suburb of Chung Ho in Taipei.
In 1984, the company started producing telephone
accessories for the USA, Germany, France,
Sweden, Italy, the UK and Holland amongst others.
In 1986, the company started producing computer
peripheral accessories such as SCI I 7 II,
terminators, cable assembly, data switches, auto
switches, adaptors and connectors.
In 1988, the company started producing LAN
products such as Token Ring products, Voice
Connector, Patch Panel, Link Tester and Fullnet.
The turnover of the company has almost doubled
annually and the company prides itself on its
quality products, competitive prices and prompt
delivery service.
Tel: 886 - 2 - 223 - 9211/3
Fax: 886 - 2 - 225 - 3552
PO Box Chung Ho 1 - 281
Taipei, Taiwan
Republic of China
FUTURE SIGHT
Future Sight is a distributor and systems integrator.
The company specialises in the utilization of ISDN
to provide low cost wide area networks to a variety
on industries.
With specialists on all major platforms including
Macintosh, PC and Unix based stations and
expertise in Novell, Apple, Unix and OS2.
The company has supplied the ISDN Uplink from
the Novell stand and will be demonstrating ISDN
Access to the Internet through the exhibition.
The company also distributes Xante printers,
4-Sight Remote Printing Solutions, SCII ISDN
solutions and Euronis Video Conferencing.
It provides a one-stop shop for anyone requiring a
low cost wide area network.
Tel: 012 - 663 - 1628/9
Fax: 012 - 663 - 6350
PO Box 7815
Hennopsmeer
0046
THE GEM INTERNET CO
GEM prides itself on service excellence and
product quality.
Networking ie the company's speciality
incorporating IntraNet solutions across multiple
platforms.
This allows the company's clients and customers
to network their remote offices from anywhere in the
world, permitting access to network resources such
as hard drives and printers.
The company has a wide variety of leased line
products to suit any needs from as little as R485
per month with no traffic charges.
The company also provides complete hardware
and software solutions and is a certified reseller for
the CISCO range of routers.
In addition, the company has 28.8 Microcom
modems that it maintains at 20 to 1, user to
modem ratio that ensures fast, hassle free
connections.
The GEMScape Internet kit provides two months
free Internet access and a licensed copy of
Netscape 2.0 for only R199.00.
Tel: 011 - 792 - 6083
Fax: 011 - 792 - 6763
http://www.gem.co.za
PO Box 651119
Benmore
2010
GOALDATA
Established in 1988 as a distributor of connectivity products, Goaldata holds official distribution
contracts for a select range of popular local and
wide area networking telephony products.
Brooktrout Technologies, a new product range,
allows Goaldata to market and distribute
multi-channel processor voice fax boards and the
stand-alone multi-port Quadrafax Fax.
Goaldata also distributes LANtastic, a peer-to-peer
network solution that is complemented by the
range of Pheenet network adaptors, hubs, PCMCIA
and portable range of products.
With distribution rights for Delrina, the company
offers network and stand-alone solutions and with
Cyberjack, the company offers an Internet solution.
Voicefax/Modems in the company's range
includes Phoebe and Supra ranging from 14400
V.32 through to 282800 V.34 transmission speeds
with V34 plus 33600 bps soon to follow.
Windows NT fax solutions are available as well as
fax on demand, telephony and document
automation applications.
Tel: 011 - 883 - 1025
Fax: 011 - 783 - 9015
PO Box 55466
Northlands
2116
GOLDTRON LIMITED S.A.
Goldtron was established in September 1994.
The company is a widely-based computer
company that manufactures and distributes its own
proprietary products.
The company has brought in the Venus 2000 (9000
mhz cordless phone) and the Proteq 900 security
and home automation system, that have been
approved by Telkom and been tested by the
SABS.
The Venus 2000 can have one base unit with a
maximum of six handsets.
Included in the company's product range are the
new Goldtron pagers that offer tone, numeric and
alpha-numeric features.
Tel: 011 - 708 - 2535
Fax: 011 - 708 - 2501
PO Box 3841
Randburg
2125
HRK POINT OF SALE SYSTEMS
HRK's software department writes point-of-sale
software and back office systems.
The company has developed point-of-sale
equipment that is totally PC-standard technology
and utilises security and operational features not
available on any other PC-based system of its
type.
The technical division, manned by an experienced
and highly qualified staff, installs, maintains and
services the company's systems country-wide.
Tel: 011 - 444 - 8505
Fax: 011 - 444 - 8322
PO Box 65119
Benmore
2010
IBM SA
Although wireless communications will always lag
behind wired communications in terms of pure
throughput, convenience is starting to rand highly.
Cables and wires restrict users to pre-determined
locations, whereas wireless LANs allow "anytime,
anywhere" communication.
IBM Wireless LAN, the only product that can be
described as completely wireless, will be featured,
displaying ease of use, quality of reception hen
roaming and straightforward installation and
configuration are straightforward.
Wireless networking can provide all the facilities of
the office for users away from their desks. It is ideal
for creating temporary networks and can be used
in place of a wired system.
Toll free: 0800 - 130 - 130
Fax: 011 - 320 - 9334
Private Bag X9907
Sandton
2146
INCREDIBLE CONNECTION
Internet Connection, whose theme for Computer
Faire is The Best of the Best, will introduce its
dedicated operation, Internet Connection.
Internet Connection provides users with dial-up
connectivity to the Internet via The Internet Solution,
one of South Africa's largest national Internet
service providers.
With an Internet Connection, users have immediate
and easy access to information on the Internet
using award-winning Internet Chameleon software.
In addition, companies, professional and home
users are increasingly using Internet Connection for
e-mail communication with suppliers, customers,
associates, friends and family nationally and
internationally, all at the cost of a local phonecall.
Tel: 011 - 804 - 3510
Fax: 011 - 804 - 7211
PO Box 76521
Wendywood
2144
INTELLIGENCE MAGAZINE
Intelligence is one of South Africa's leading
magazines in the information age.
It is the award-winning monthly guide to what
is happening on the information superhighway and
how it is changing the way we live, learn and work. It
examines, in depth, the social, political and
business issues at the heart of the digital age and
reports on the new technologies that are shaping
business and society.
Intelligence readers are early adopters of
technology.
They are decision-makers at the highest level in
corporation or owners of business who have a
vested interest in the digital revolution.
Special subscription offers are will be available
from the magazine's stand.
Tel: 011 - 442 - 6006
Fax: 011 - 442 - 5655
PO Box 2917
Parklands
2121
LeCLUB INTERNET ACCESS
LeClub Internet Access is offering full Internet
access ranging from simple e-mail accounts,
dial-up Internet access via modem or ISDN to
permanent connection for corporate customers.
The company also specialises in the design of
commercial Web pages and the rental of Web
space.
The company has branches in Johannesburg,
Pretoria, Secunda, Newcastle, Durban, Cape Town
and Windhoek.
Head office
Tel: 011 - 315 - 3475
Fax: 011 - 315 - 0399
E-mail: ina@lia.com.za
PO Box 2260
Midrand
1685
Networking, Telecommunications
MAXTEC PERIPHERALS
MICRO 2000 EUROPE
NASHUA
NOTE-IT TECHNOLOGY
NOVELL
PACIFIC CABLES
P.C. DEVELOPMENTS
PHD-POCKET HARD DISK
POSTEC
PRO-EM ELECTRONICS
PROLOCON
PRO-MECH
PROSCAN/STANDARD COMPUTING
RADIOSPOOR
SA DYNAMIC COMPUTER SOLUTIONS
SCANTECH
SERVUTRON
SILTEK DISTRIBUTION DYNAMICS
SOUTHERN MICROSYSTEMS
SOYO ELECTRONICS
SPECTRA SOLUTIONS
SUNTECH COMPUTERS
SUN UP TECHNOLOGIES
SUPER DIAMOND COMPUTERS
SYSTEMS PUBLISHERS
TAINET COMMUNICATION SYSTEM CORP.
TELKOM
THRASHER TECHNOLOGIES
ULTRA TECHNOLOGY DISTRIBUTION
VAN SCHAIK BOOKSTORE
WORLDNET AFRICA
XCEL CD SOLUTIONS
Maxtec Peripherals was appointed as the sole authorised for Specialix in 1987.
Specialix was founded in 1986 to focus specifically
on the fast developing multi-user PC market.
Today, Specialix is one of the leading suppliers in
the data communications industry world-wide.
Maxtex peripherals and Specialix already have
over 100 000 serial ports in South Africa.
The company distributes Specialix serial and
ethernet connectivity for WANS and LANS under
Unix and also provides multiple serial ports and
ISDN equipment for remote access services.
Specialix products are widely used in the AIX, SCO,
Unixware and Windows/NT environments.
Tel: 011 - 803 - 6635
Fax: 011 - 803 - 4668
PO Box 69938
Bryanston
2021
MICRO 2000 EUROPE
Micro 2000 Europe is the sole supplier of the Universal Diagnostic Toolkit that comprises the Microscope V6 and Postprobe as recommended
by Byte, PC Upgrade, Service News, leading
manufacturers and maintenance organisations as
well as for upgrading and repairing PC's.
The toolkit can be used with XT, 286, 386, 486,
Pentium, Compaq, Micro-channel ISA, EISA, VESA,
local-bus and PCI.
It is Bios and operating-system independent and
100% accurate on all IRQ and DMA. Users can test
all memory: base, cache and videos to games as
well as doing low level formats on drives including
IDE.
Free on-line technical support is available.
The toolkit is also associated with Census, Client and 911-Recover.
Tel: 44 - 1462 - 483 - 483
Fax: 44 - 1462 - 481 - 482
PO Box 2000
Letchworth
Hertfordshire
SG6 1UT
UK
NASHUA
Since its arrival in South Africa more than twenty years ago, Nashua's quest has been to provide total office automation solutions - the office of the future is moving towards a fully integrated sneakerless environment with digital connectivity
between peripheral products.
With this philosophy, the company will display
products that support a fully integrated office,
making extensive use of the latest multi-functional
machines.
It will display products from world leaders in the IT industry such as Ricoh, NEC, Kodak and QMS.
Head office
Tel: 011 - 313 - 4138
Fax: 011 - 805 - 3619
PO Box 39524
Bramley
2018
NOTE-IT TECHNOLOGY
Note-It Technology is the official distributor of the dual range of computer notebooks and PCMCIA networking and fax/modem cards.
Notebooks range from entry level to top of the
range Pentium 133MHZ notebooks.
The Pentimedia II with double speed CD-ROM
drive won the award for the Best of Byte
at CeBIT Faire in Hanover as well as an award at
the computer faire in Taiwan during 1995.
The company's latest product, the Pentimedia III,
offers the following: PCI bus, built-in quad speed
CD-ROM drive, MPEG, TV/PC video capture and
HP infra-red interface.
There is a selection of four different docking stations available.
The company offers a three year warranty on its
notebooks while Technicare provides
country-wide support.
Tel: 011 - 440 - 9367
011 - 786 - 4365
Cell: 083 - 377 - 4349
Fax: 011 - 440 - 8339
Accfin Place
Cnr Louis Botha Ave and 6th Ave
Highlands North
Johannesburg
NOVELL
Novell is the world's leading network software
provider.
The company provides the infrastructure for a
networked world, enabling its customers to connect
with other people and the information they need,
anytime, anyplace.
The company partners with other technology and
market leaders to help customers make networks
a part of their everyday lives.
Tel: 011 - 884 - 4404
Fax: 011 - 884 - 4472
PO Box 1840
Rivonia
2128
PACIFIC CABLES
Pacific Cables is and importer and distributor of
cable, connectors and accessories for the
instrumentation, telecommunication and networking
industries.
The company's range of products are LAN
Networking cables, instrumentation and control
cables, communication and telephone cables, file
alarm cables, fibre optic cables, moulded printer
cables, patch panels, cards, hubs and
concentrators, printer protection equipment, 19"
modem cabinets, 19" wall mount enclosures,
trunking, tools and accessories.
Tel: 011 - 792 - 9100
Fax: 011 - 792 - 4516
PO Box 1161
Randburg
2125
P.C. DEVELOPMENTS
P.C. developments provides a complete solution with advice, installation, hardware, software and
support for Novell, Microsoft and OS/2 networking
solutions.
Networking two PC's can cost as little as R1 000 for
cards, software and installation.
Fax/modems provide external connectivity to the
Internet, e-mail, Compuserve, Beltel and many
other services now available from under R500
including software.
PO approved 14, 400 and 28, 800 bps fax/modems
with Voice Mail, error connection will be available
at special prices.
Tel: 011 - 789 - 4328
Fax: 011 - 789 - 4329
30 Paris Avenue
Bordeaux
2194
PHD - POCKET HARD DISK
Nureef Technology will be exhibiting PhD, the
advanced portable hard disk.
The product is easy to use - simply plug it into the
parallel port of virtually any desktop, laptop or
portable PC and it will integrate with the existing
system without docking bay, hardware changes or
additional interfaces.
The product has the following features: weighs 360
g; holds data 250 MB, 340 MB, 528 MB to 1 GB;
portable; versatile - compatible with MS DOS, DR
DOS, PC DOS, Novell DOS, Windows, OS/2,
Unix-SCO and Novell Netware; and rugged - easily
handles shock up to 300 Gs.
The product is the answer for the growing demands
of new software, graphics and data where millions
of PC users worldwide will have to be upgraded to
provide extra storage space.
The product holds three international awards.
Tel: 011 - 362 - 2777
Fax: 011 - 362 - 1672
PO Box 434
Springs
1560
POSTEC
POStec was established inn 1989 as a separate
business division to focus on the reading and
communication of barcode information, generally
referred to as scanning. the division has grown by
200% over the past three years.
The company concentrated specifically on point of
sale solutions which have major applications in
markets like automation of retail, distribution and
warehousing environments as well as industrial
manufacturing process.
The division specialises in providing wireless
networking, laser and CCD scanners, handheld
and penbased computers with associated
peripheral networking components.
The company is run by a dedicated team with its
own specialised and marketing personnel,
technical support group, service and logistics staff.
The company's suppliers include: Welch Allyn,
Spectra Physics, Magtek and the Telxon
Corporation.
Tel: 011 - 444 - 3344
Fax: 011 - 444 - 2233
16 Desmond Street
Kramerville
Sandton
2146
PRO-EM ELECTRONICS
Pro-Em Electronics manufactures the Pro-Rack
cabinet which can be used to house modems or
network patching panels and connectors.
The company also manufactures wall mount 19"
frames, wall mount boxes and wall mount swing
boxes.
For the telecommunications market, the company
has a factory that manufactures a large range of
telephone cables.
Tel: 011 - 462 - 4286
Fax: 011 - 704 - 3713
PO Box 826
Jukskei Park
2153
PROLOCON
ProLoCon was founded in 1988 as the exclusive
South African supplier of Bernecker and Rainer
Programmable Logic Controllers, Motion
Controllers, Programmable Computer Controllers,
Panelware man machine interfaces and Provit
industrial computers and terminals.
The company provides an extensive range of industrial communication drivers for the integration
of Bernecker and Rainer Programmable Logic
Controllers, Programmable computer Controllers,
man machine interfaces and industrial computers
and terminals with third party and industry standard
protocols such as Novell, Arcnet, Ethernet, RS485,
RS232, CAN bus and ProFibus amongst others.
The company is also the South African distributor
for the SoftwareWedge range of DOS and
Windows user-configurable software drivers.
These products enable information from serial
devices such as Programmable logic Controllers,
laboratory equipment, analysers and other devices to be brought directly into any other DOS
or Windows application in real-time.
Tel: 011 - 706 - 2896
Fax: 011 - 463 - 6455
PO Box 130658
Bryanston
2021
PRO-MECH
Pro-Mech is a Pretoria based company
manufacturing the Horizon range of uninterruptable
power supplies, inverters, DC/DC converters and
lightning protection equipment. Off-line standby
UPSs are available in a range from 350 VA to 1 500
VA.
On-line sine wave units from 600 VA to 3 KVA will
be available shortly and will be launched at the
Faire.
The company also manufactures UPSs with
extended back-up facilities for switchboard
installations.
The DC/DC converters are available in a range of
12/24 voltage settings from 3 to 15 Amps.
These units were designed specifically for the
supply of clean, regulated power to computers,
radios and cellphone installations in commercial
vehicles.
Tel: 012 - 804 - 1780
Cell: 082 - 490 - 8517
Fax: 012 - 804 - 1247
108 Mosaic Road
Silvertondale
Pretoria
ProScan/Standard Computing specialises in
Novell, Windows NT and Unix networking
solutions.
Implementations are based on providing a platform ready for application software.
Tel: 011 - 624 - 3242
Fax: 011 - 624 - 1036
PO Box 5624
Johannesburg
2000
RADIOSPOOR
Radiospoor, with over twenty years of experience
in the mobile communication business, offers its
customers a commitment to service excellence.
The company has branches and dealers
nationwide.
The company is a dual service provider offering an
extensive range of quality products.
In addition, the company has experienced
operators at Radiospoor Paging who ensure that
messages are received accurately and
instantaneously while the company's Fleet
Management offers effective tracking and trunking
products.
Cellular: 0800 - 015 - 225
Paging: 0800 - 021 - 020
Fleet: 0800 - 033 - 663
PO Box 5591
Halfway House
1685
SA DYNAMIC COMPUTER SOLUTIONS
The most sort after commodities in the computer
industry today are support and after-sales back-up.
SA Dynamic Computer Solutions prides itself in its
support and back up.
The company has been providing high quality
products and support for the past eight years and
is the only computer dealer to maintain
successfully a 30 day money back guarantee.
To emphasise the company's commitment to
support, it remains open until 7pm on weekdays
with a fully equipped workshop to deal with almost
all PC-related emergencies.
The company also spaceless in the setup, installation and maintenance of Novell/Windows
networks.
Tel: 011 - 791 - 0805
Fax: 011 - 791 - 0728
9 Petersdale Street
Ferndale
Ext 3
SCANTECH
Scantech provides RF2,4 Ghz network-using
industry standard protocols.
Tel: 011 - 823 - 3312
Fax: 011 - 823 - 3321
PO Box 10260
Fonteinriet
1464
SERVUTRON
Servutron specialises in complete technical
after-sales service and support of PC compatible
products, operating systems, a wide variety of
applications, all peripherals, networks and
upgrading of systems on a national basis.
The company enjoys the full technical support of
some of the world's leading manufacturers: Tatung,
Data General Corporation, WYSE Technologies
and STAR Micronics and has direct access to their
vast technical resources.
Support facilities comprise the following:
workshops for repairs down to board level; a
national team of roving field and specialist
technicians; a technical staff placed on-site in
multi-disciplinary, multi-tiered S&M contracts that
are tailored to suit individual client requirements;
and client log-on facilities on an advanced,
computerised fault tracking systems, latest
technology standby equipment and support desk.
Tel: 012 - 661 - 4970
Fax: 012 - 661 - 1982
Private Bag 8212
Hennopsmeer
0046
Hewlett-Packard, locally represented by Siltek Distribution Dynamics, offers a complete family of
networking components in its AdvanceStack
network line.
Products include PC cards, hubs, bridges, switches
and routers as well as remote access and network
management products.
Hewlett-Packard has also paved the way to
high-speed Ethernet and Token Ring networking
for the new breed of complex, data-intensive
applications running on PC networks with its
100VG-AnyLAN technology.
Supporting migration products enable users to shift
economically from 10 Mbits/s to 100 Mbits/s PC
LANs.
Hewlett-Packard's networking products are
recognised for their ease of design, use and
management; their distributed networked
management architecture; their built-in device and
traffic management; their adaptability to the full
variety of connectors and cabling schemes; their
expandability for add-in bridging, routing; and their
SNMP management or connection to a high-speed
backbone.
Tel: 011 - 233 - 6168
Fax: 011 - 233 - 6103
Private Bag
Wendywood
21442
SOUTHERN MICROSYSTEMS
Southern Microsystems is a broad based distributor of a wide range of hardware and
software products for the Windows and Macintosh
platforms.
In the networking arena, the company distributes
the Dayna range of networking devices.
Dayna is the leading manufacturer of networking
products for the Macintosh platform.
From Ethernet cards to internal modems to 10/100
Base-T Hubs, the Dayna range is said to be an
industry leader.
All Dayna products are sold in South Africa with a
full one year warranty and covered by Southern
Microsystem's 30 day swap-out policy.
Tel: 011 - 789 - 2877
Fax: 011 - 789 - 8038
PO Box 4476
Randburg
2125
SOYO ELECTRONICS
Soyo Electronics is the appointed distributor of the
D-Link range of network interface cards.
These are high quality Ethernet cards from ISA to
PCI Bus and PCMCIA.
In addition, GVC has appointed the company as its
distributor of fax modems.
The range includes internal and external modems
for PC's as well as modems for notebooks.
The fax modems are approved by Telkom.
The company is represented nationwide with
branches in Johannesburg, Durban and Cape
Town.
A full sales and service facility is available at each
branch.
Tel: 011 - 444 - 8858
Fax: 011 - 444 - 8131
PO Box 76480
Wendywood
2144
SPECTRA SOLUTIONS
Spectra Solutions is an Apple Authorised Reseller,
Service Provider and Developer specialising in
the graphic pre-press market.
With specific emphasis on ISDN communications
networking.
The company is also the exclusive reseller of
ARAP networking solutions and offers 4 Sight ISDN
and ADS software for the advertising industry.
The company is also a developer of software and
hardware solutions to the video and artwork
retouching industry.
Tel: 011 - 884 - 7344
Fax: 011 - 783 - 5740
PO Box 652100
Benmore
2010
SUNTECH COMPUTERS
Suntech Computers installs networks to the
customers' configurations and needs.
This includes: cabling - ATM, Ethernet, Fast
Ethernet and UTP; hardware brands - IBM, Cisco,
3 Com and IBM compatibles; software - Novell,
Lantastic and Windows NT; as well as other
hardware - bridges and routers.
Tel: 011 - 472 - 3388
Fax: 011 - 472 - 2263
E-mail: suntech@pixie.co.za
22H The Highway Road
Florida
SUN UP TECHNOLOGIES
Sun Up Technologies, established in 1991, has a
policy of importing and distributing computer
accessories to its clients at competitive prices.
In the filed of networking, the company provides
connectors for the networking process.
Tel: 011 - 475 - 2889
Fax: 011 - 679 - 4237
PO Box 586
Ferndale
2160
SUPER DIAMOND COMPUTERS
Super Diamond Computers, the sole authorised distributor for Singapore-based Creative
technology, supplies a full range of sound,
graphics and communication applications to the
South African SOHO and business markets.
The company's product line-up includes a broad
set of audio and video cards, multimedia kits,
video and telephone conferencing systems -
including PhoneBlaster, ModemBlaster and
ShareVision PC3000 - as well as a variety of
bundled software titles.
The company is also the sole South African
distributor of AVnet Technology, a Taiwanese
offshoot of Creative Technology, as well as a
representative for US-based Nu-Reality's Vivid 3D
audio enhancement solutions and Oregan-based
ThrustMaster's range of PC entertainment
controllers.
Tel: 011 - 887 - 2766
Fax: 011 - 887 - 2456
PO Box 39878
Bramley
2018
SYSTEMS PUBLISHERS / COMPUTER FAIRE ONLINE
In a project involving Telkom ISDN lines and
Novell SA, the entire Computer Faire will be
networked with high speed links in the one of the
most ambitious technological setups the Faire has
ever seen.
Co-ordinated by Systems Inter@ctive, a division of
System Publishers, Computer Faire Online will
provide numerous services including an online
daily newspaper, Best of Computer Faire, a list of
all exhibitors with maps showing their location and
products as well as a public messaging system
and live chat shows.
The editors and journalist at ComputerWeek,
Computer Reseller News SA, Communications
Week SA and Information Week SA will join forces
to deliver expert analyses of the new products
shown at Computer Faire.
Tel: 011 - 789 - 1808
Fax: 011 - 789 - 4725
Private Bag x8
Craighall
2024
TAINET COMMUNICATION SYSTEM CORP.
Tainet Communication System Corp, established
in 1990, is a technical-based worldwide marketing,
manufacturing and systems integration company.
The company is dedicated to various
telecommunication/datacommunication equipment
and tests instruments throughout the world.
The company's range of products for networks
includes the following: T-288C - V34 high
performance V34 network modem with LCD;
T-288ND - V34 28.8Kbps (dual port modem card)
for ISP Solution; DT-128 - 2/4 wire network
termination unit (NTU) up to 128KBPS for DDN
networks; TAISPAN 2000 - E1 HDSL that uses CAP
for long distance transmission; and the three-in-one
Tainet manager NMS for Windows with SNMP
capability (modem + NTU + HDSL).
In addition, the company's research and
development department is engaged in new
products such as TSP-208, Multiprotocol PAD,
TS-316 Advanced Terminal Server and cable
modems amongst others.
Tel: 886 - 2 - 658 - 3000
Fax: 886 - 2 - 658 - 3232
E-Mail: sales@accmail.tainet.com.tw
PO Box 10-08
Net Hu
Taipei, Taiwan
Republic of China
TELKOM
With the global economy now a reality, Telkom is
exploring advanced new technologies that
overcome the constraints of time, place and
distance.
ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) is fast
becoming the preferred telecommunications
medium for companies around the world.
A natural evolution of the digital telephone
network, it support service such as speech, video
conferencing, data and image transfer over a
single digital line.
Through its South African Internet Exchange (SAIX),
the company offers a total Internet solution with full
connectivity for Unix-based computers of local
area networks.
The company's customers also have access to
Concert, an advanced fully-managed global
network jointly run by MCI and British Telkom.
Tel: 012 - 311 - 3191
Fax: 012 - 311 - 4031
PO Box 925
Pretoria
0001
THRASHER TECHNOLOGIES
Thrasher Technologies offers a complete solution for any networking need.
From a two station network to a nationwide area
network, the company is able to provide all
hardware and installation thereof as well as
support for existing installations.
The company's expertise is cross-platform with
the emphasis on PC-based networks.
The company offers Internet solutions including
dial-up access or router access as well as Web
page design and applications that interface with
the Internet.
Products supported by the company include:
Microsoft Networking & BackOffice applications,
Novell Netware, Artisoft LANtastic and IBM OS/2.
Tel: 011 - 447 - 1649
Cell: 083 - 601 - 1382
Fax: 011 - 447 - 5837
PO Box 50159
Randburg
2125
ULTRA TECHNOLOGY DISTRIBUTION
Ultra technology Distribution was established in
February 1988 to operate in the top end of the PC
and networking markets.
Through its extensive range of products, the
company is well-positioned to offer a comprehensive set of business tools and services
that exist in the industry today.
The company is dedicated to providing service
excellence.
Its commitment to the local industry is demonstrated by a nationwide presence with a
large investment tin support facilities and skills
including Novell, Microsoft NT and Windows 95.
Product and services offered by the company
include: ten and 100Mbit/s networking solutions,
multimedia systems, file servers and PCs, short
and long term rentals and service and support.
Tel: 011 - 786 - 2041
Fax: 011 - 786 - 2062
203 Wynberg Park
Wynberg
Sandton
VAN SCHAIK BOOKSTORE
Van Schaik Bookstore is the largest academic
bookseller in South Africa.
Established in 1914, the bookstore has been part
of the book trade for over 80 years.
Through 19 branches country-wide, the bookstore
serves students, universities, technikons and
colleges as well as businesses, libraries and
the general public.
The bookstore deals in both local and imported
academic and general books, including a
comprehensive range of computer and business
books.
Customers are invited to make their selections
form the stock available on the shelves or to place
special orders.
The bookstore also stocks newspapers,
periodicals and stationery.
Tel: 011 - 339 - 1711
Fax: 011 - 339 - 2767
PO Box 31361
Braamfontein
2017
WORLDNET AFRICA
Worldnet Africa is a value-added Internet service developed by the CSIR Informationtek for use by
South African businesses of all sizes as well as for
use by individuals, communities and governments.
For the sophisticated Internet user, it offers direct
Internet access, while the first-time user or busy
executive is offered structured access.
The greatest value-addition is its growing
collection of local information.
Together with business partners in various sectors,
the company continuously updates and adds to its
information base, covering topics such as
business, training, media, governments, the
environment, tourism, legal information and sport.
Toll free: 0800 112252
PO Box 75885
Linwood Ridge
0040
XCEL CD SOLUTIONS
Xcel CD Solutions provides service and support in
the CD-ROM networking environment.
The company's CD-ROM networking product
range supports all popular operating systems and
is focused to maximise information availability.
CD-ROM is the most cost-effective solution for
archiving and the company has developed
image-aXcess to facilitate the process to replace
traditional microfiche archiving.
Tel: 012 - 348 - 8825
Fax: 012 - 348 - 5125
PO Box 20355
Alkantrant
Pretoria
0005