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UCS Software Manufacturing (Proprietary) Limited (‘UCSSM’) has been set up and commercialised as a software engineering company with a specific focus on providing both outsourced product development (‘OPD’) and Assemble-to-Order (‘A20’) services leveraging existing intellectual property. Products from UCSSM are released to market through a community of certified resellers and value added resellers, which include software development services providers, system integrators and own equipment manufacturers or OEM partners.
This company has 66 employees, which excludes contractors in India.
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| GAAP Point-of-Sale (Proprietary) Limited (‘GAAP’) specialises in 61% the provision of point-of-sale and back office solutions in the sit-down and ‘quick service’ restaurant sector of the South African hospitality industry. The company dominates its market sector in KwaZulu-Natal and is increasing its market share rapidly in the rest of the country. The company has 116 employees.
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- All hospitality customer engagements successfully
transitioned from UCS Software to GAAP; and
- Benefitting from the increased activity in the hospitality space with the run-up to the 2010
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Ultisales Retail Software (Proprietary) Limited specialises in marketing 100% and distributing ‘off the shelf’ point-of-sale and retail management software for small to medium sized retailers in the Tier 3 and 4 sectors.
The Ultisales product is taken to market and supported by an extensive network of value added resellers.
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- 25 Years of experience in developing POS solutions; and
- Over 5 000 retail clients supported throughout
southern Africa.
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| Destiny Electronic Commerce (Proprietary) Limited (‘Destiny’) provides 100% transaction switching solutions which include real time medical aid verification and authorisation, real time electronic debit and credit card switching as well as loyalty transaction switching with back-end database functionality.
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- UCS ‘Financial’ switch technology maturing and showing good growth and market acceptance.
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CSC, a division of Destiny is the exclusive VeriFone International Partner (‘VIP’) for VeriFone payment products in South Africa. In addition to supplying the payment devices, CSC develops and licenses its own intellectual property software, fulfils the associated field services and maintains the devices. Having supplied in excess of 180 000 devices to the financial, retail, petroleum and hospitality sectors, CSC is considered to be a market leader in this field. CSC has 152 employees.
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- Supplied over 29 000 payment devices in 2009;
- Invested in facilities infrastructure incorporating
certified Trusted Centre; and
- Rated as a level 4 BBBEE value added supplier.
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LifeWorld Group (Proprietary) Limited (‘LifeWorld’) specialises in
corporate strategic loyalty programme consulting and management.
This company has 9 employees.
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- Re-focused the business to its core expertise of
strategic consulting; and
- Significant consulting projects secured and in the
process of delivery. |
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| 4Life Program (Proprietary) Limited (‘4Life’) is a multi-vendor lifestage reward and loyalty programme connecting individuals who are experiencing similar life stages and events with relevant advice, products and services, benefits and rewards.
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- First product in the 4Life stable (Familylife) launched
in August 2008; and
- Completed development of the multi-partner Loyalty4Life
software application. |
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| Accsys (Proprietary) Limited (‘Accsys’) markets and supports one of 100% South Africa’s most comprehensive suites of integrated personnel and human resource management solutions. High level training, professional consultancy and technical support back industry leading software applications, including Accsys Payroll Manager, Accsys Time Manager and Accsys HR. Accsys has 115 employees.
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- e-learning uptake has been good; and
- Business trading well with growth in provision of access control systems (including Biometric Solution).
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Fernridge Consulting (Proprietary) Limited (‘Fernridge’) assists retailers with the identification of new opportunities for stores, consultancy on rationalisation, relocation, market share, competitor analysis, customer analysis, site evaluations and viability studies for new developments.
The company has 14 employees.
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- Has become an acknowledged brand in its
market and continued to enjoy good growth;
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- Embarked on projects in certain African regions.
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| Universal Knowledge Software (Proprietary) Limited (‘UKS’) is a leading supplier of integrated library management systems and associated technical and support services to the library industry of South Africa and neighbouring states. The company holds the southern African distribution rights for a leading international library software product called SIRSI. The company has 18 employees.
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- Continued with programme of converting clients to SIRSI and sales to new clients; and
- SIRSI distribution agreement has been beneficial
from both a growth and a profitability perspective
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UCS Dynamics Software Solutions (Proprietary) Limited is a Microsoft 100% Gold Certified Partner that specialises in providing integrated business solutions using the Microsoft Dynamics™ ERP suite of applications.
Services include analysis, design, customisation, implementation, training and support. This business has 26 employees.
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- Successfully extracted out of UCS Software from 1 July 2009;
- Achieved Microsoft Presidents Club status (Top 5% of Microsoft Dynamics™ partners worldwide); and
- Embarked on establishing partnerships with leading international Microsoft Independent Software Vendors
enabling a deeper solution offering in selected verticals |
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