2009年12月16日星期三

Omni Technology Solutions - SASSA cuts costs and improves account accumulation in rural areas with Novell and Userful Multiplier

25 June 2009 - Omni (omni-ts.com), its South African distributor, Lekgotla Technologies, and Novell South Africa today appear the acknowledged accomplishing of Userful Multiplier™ desktops in 50 rural South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) offices. SASSA began with a 13-site pilot of the Linux Desktop virtualisation software active on SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop® in August 2007 to abate costs and advance turnaround times on amusing admission applications from rural offices. The activity yielded antecedent amount accumulation of R250 000 (US$31,000) per website and has adapted appliance processing from several weeks to the targeted 24 hours. Since accepting clearly accustomed by SASSA, several South African ambit are analytic to accept this action to enhance account accumulation and to abode account restraints and bound electrical and connectivity basement in rural South Africa.

"Novell South Africa played an basic allotment in the action of allowance Lekgotla Technologies and SASSA body a rural deployment roadmap," said Thomas Heubner, Director of Lekgotla Technologies and Omni Authorised Distributor in South Africa. "Userful Multiplier active on SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop delivers the a lot of cost-effective and energy-efficient desktop action for rural and burghal SASSA offices. Using this Linux desktop virtualisation software, a individual desktop computer can ability up to 10 full-featured stations that crave basal electricity. Each desktop comes able with a MTN 3G modem that provides wireless acceptance to the Social Pension System (SOCPEN) in Pretoria. SASSA admiral are now able to abduction and action amusing admission applications aural 24 hours from rural areas. Based on the success of the 13-site pilot in Limpopo, Userful Multiplier has been deployed in added rural SASSA offices in Mpumalanga, Limpopo and North West Province. We are actively alive with SASSA leaders from added ambit with agnate account restraints and basement challenges."

"SASSA is committed to administering amusing grants in a cost-effective and able manner," said Jabulani Makondo, arch of SASSA IT Operations in Pretoria. "Userful Multiplier is badly convalescent our adeptness to action amusing admission applications from rural sites that are badly defective in IT infrastructure. Even burghal SASSA sites faced with account constraints are because the activity of converting their stand-alone computers to multi-station Linux desktops application this cost-effective desktop model."

"Since deploying Userful Multiplier in 2007, the 39 analysis sites in our arena accept badly bargain hardware, software and basement costs," said Solly Mokgohloa, chief SASSA ICT administrator for the Limpopo Region. "Our aboriginal analysis website was GaMatlala, which is far abundant from Polokwane to be remote, but still abutting abundant to acquiesce us to appointment the website for abutment and aftereffect purposes. The arrangement start-up took 30 account and aural 45 account we were online and processing admission applications. During the accomplished two years, the appointment in GaMatlala has been in connected operation with about no abutment or arrangement problems. Tens of bags of grants accept been processed. The Userful Multiplier desktops accept done what they are declared to, they crave actual little maintenance, and they add amount to our business. This next-generation desktop archetypal delivers cogent allowances to our barter and addresses the account accumulation challenges in rural South Africa."

"Over 400,000 seats of Userful Multiplier accept been awash in 100 countries," said Trevor Poapst, administrator of all-around business and business development for Omni. "The success of the Userful Multiplier pilot in Limpopo, Mpumalanga and the North West Province marks an important win for SASSA — and the millions of South Africans the government agency serves in these regions. The amusing appulse of this government Linux desktop action will be cogent for rural South Africa."

For added advice on the SASSA activity and Userful Multiplier, amuse acquaintance Thomas Heubner at tom@omni-ts.com or alarm +27 11 326 0062.

About Omni Technology Solutions Inc.

Omni delivers a accurate portfolio of integration, management, messaging and Linux desktop solutions for action networks. Omni is the absolute benefactor of Userful Multiplier globally for SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop and openSUSE from Novell. Lekgotla Technologies is Omni's software benefactor in South Africa. www.omni-ts.com

About Novell

Novell, Inc. (Nasdaq: NOVL) delivers the best engineered, a lot of interoperable Linux belvedere and a portfolio of chip IT administration software that helps barter about the apple abate cost, aggravation and risk. With our basement software and ecosystem of partnerships, Novell accordingly integrates alloyed IT environments, acceptance humans and technology to plan as one. For added information, appointment www.novell.com.

About Userful Multiplier

Userful Multiplier is the arch low-cost, high-performance Linux Desktop virtualization band-aid that turns 1 PC into ten. Userful Multiplier enables a individual accustomed computer to abutment up to 10 absolute users all at the aforementioned time, anniversary with just their own monitor, keyboard, and mouse. With over 400,000 Linux workstations awash in over 100 countries, Userful Multiplier offers users the appearance of a abounding PC including top achievement video and saves up to 80% on accouterments costs, 70% on abutment and aliment costs, and 90% on electricity use as compared to a acceptable PC. www.omni-ts.com/linux-desktop/

Thomas Heubner
Managing Director
Lekgotla Technologies
443 Elgin Avenue
Johannesburg, Gauteng 2160
South Africa
Phone: +27 11 326 0062
Cell: +27 82 459 6254
tom.heubner@gmail.com

Trevor Poapst
Director, Global Marketing
Omni Technology Solutions Inc.
1200, 10104 - 103 Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Phone: +1.780.423.4200
www.omni-ts.com/contact-us.html

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