02 September 2009

UCS Software Manufacturing (UCSSM), the retail software factory within the JSE-listed UCS Group, has opened offices in the United States in Chicago, Illinois, as part of its plans to expand offshore...

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11 August 2009

UCS Software Manufacturing (UCSSM), the retail software factory within the JSE-listed UCS Group said it has targeted a number of potential clients in the USA as part of its plan to roll out its assemble-to-order (A2O) retail-focused software solution...

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23 October 2008

Outsourcing is on a huge upwards curve internationally, and locally, with the latest research showing that the SA IT infrastructure outsourcing market notched up revenues of between $2.8 billion and $3.5 billion (R19.8 billion to R24.8billion), said Eric van Heerden, business development executive at...

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05 June 2008

Specialised outsource software developer, UCS Software Manufacturing (UCSSM), has secured a R40m deal - spread over two years - to provide ongoing development services for retail-based software for newly-created software distribution company, Argility...

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07 May 2008

Some reports may indicate that South Africa will find it increasingly hard to compete on the international outsourcing map against powerhouses like South-East Asia, China and India, but local software development factory, UCS Software Manufacturing (UCSSM) believes that the country has “pockets of excellence to offer” where other countries will battle to compete.

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21 January 2008

Specialised outsource software developer, UCS Software Manufacturing (UCSSM), has announced that ARgility's Microsoft-based ActiveRetail software has officially been rolled out at 33 branches within the UK-based homeware retailer, The Pier. With its head office based in Abingdon, near Oxford, The Pier boasts a total of 36 stores situated throughout the UK.

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18 January 2008

Software production capabilities are growing in every African nation, with an increasing number of formal industries developing. One of the major reasons for its potential is the fact that software production is the best entry point for South Africa - and Africa - into the global IT marketplace, both on the African continent and worldwide.

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15 January 2008

There has been talk of the emergence of software factories for some time now, but it has only been the last few years that they have come to the fore on a commercial level. Certainly, if we are to keep pace with the demand for software development over the next decade, the software factory approach is going to have to be more universally adopted – and will need to be the de facto standard of handling software development, said Eric van Heerden, business development manager at UCS Software Manufacturing (UCSSM), the retail-focused software factory in the JSE securities exchange listed UCS Group Ltd.

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