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Tectonic: Pick ‘n Pay Opens Up Network to Open Source Computer Labs

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 25, 2005

[ Thanks to Dwayne
Bailey
for this link. ]

“Major corporations such as Pick ‘n Pay typically run networks
that allow for fast and efficient Internet and email access,
allowing huge amounts of information to flow in and out of the
organisation. But when employees go home at the end of the day
these vast resources sit unused and underutilised. Now Pick ‘n Pay
has decided to put these extra resources to good use and connect
the more than 80 school laboratories established by the tuXlabs
programme to the Internet. The company is also donating equipment
to make the needed connections possible, bringing the estimated
bandwidth donation to around R1 million
[US$171,700/€130,100]…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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