BBD

http://www.bbd.co.za

BBD is South Africa's premier custom software development company with a 30 year track record in delivering working software solutions. Formed in 1984, the company has grown consistently and today employs more than 500 software development professionals in its development centres of Johannesburg, Cape Town, Pretoria and Bulgaria.

Our work includes Enterprise Software solutions, Applications Maintenance and Support services, Mobile Applications and Consulting services across all major development platforms, and integration projects across major technology environments.

Bizspark

www.bizsparksa.co.za

At Microsoft we’re big on business and being proudly South African. For decades we’ve focused on becoming a strategic partner to the growth of this country by championing sustainable development through technology. In the early days our goal was to put a computer on every desk. Today we aim to change the lives of millions by developing products and solutions that people love and businesses need.
We firmly believe that access to education and opportunity is the foundation upon which great nations are built. That’s why we have invested in South Africa by continually supporting its rapidly emerging SME sector. Individuals who are brave enough to nurture their own creative ideas into platforms for job creation and economic growth should be celebrated. They are the engines that keep our country’s economy ticking.
With this in mind, we’d like to introduce Microsoft BizSpark.

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It is important to recognise the role technology startups play as significant contributors to the small enterprise mix. In just a few years businesses of this nature have revolutionised the way the world works by introducing services and platforms that simply did not exist before.
To help drive this message forward Microsoft started the BizSpark programme in 2008, a supportive forum that aims to drive the founding and growth of technology startups in our country and globally.
By partnering with the Jobs Fund we have further enhanced BizSpark in South Africa, focusing on 600 of our most inspiring technology SMEs to help facilitate their growth and development. It’s a 360° view that centres on you, the startup. BizSpark provides technology, technical and business support and a community that is focused on how you work, how you view the world and how you are getting out there to change it.
BizSpark offers a comprehensive array of the latest products that are aimed at facilitating growth. Participation gives members Visual Studio Ultimate and MSDN subscriptions at no cost. This includes access to over 900 products such as Microsoft Azure, Visual Studio, Windows Server and Windows 8. Everything you need to succeed, without the price tag.
The tools are just one aspect of the BizSpark approach. Members are also afforded access to Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform – eradicating the restrictive costs often associated with hosting servers and purchasing storage capacity as a small business.
It’s a package designed with technology start-ups in mind. Licensing and hosting fees can be difficult to honour when you’re starting out. Microsoft would like to give you the tools needed to build a business without the sleepless nights.
Application to the Microsoft BizSpark programme is open to anyone, provided your business complies with certain expectations:

• You must be actively engaged in development of a software- based product or service at the core of your current (or intended) business.
• The software must add significant and primary functionality to the integrated Microsoft software. You need to own the software you’re developing, i.e. you cannot be licensing it.
• Your business must be privately held and have been in business for less than five years.
• You need to be bringing in less than R5 million in annual revenue.

We know that it’s tough out there, but we’re with you every step of the way.
To find out more visit the BizSpark Portal at – www.bizsparksa.co.za

Ixio Analytics

http://www.ixio.co.za

Run by an evolutionary biologist and a rocket scientist, ixio specialises in statistics, machine learning, big data processing and advanced mathematical modeling of businesses, their products and their customers.

We provide data-informed, real-time, actionable insights, delivering content for the next sentence in the real-time conversation with your customer. We welcome opportunities to combine cutting-edge information delivery with state-of-the-art JavaScript capabilities.

Amazon Development Centre

http://adccpt.co.za/

Amazon has a thriving technical centre in Cape Town! This is the centre where Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) was first created in 2005. In 2006 the Cape Town team launched Amazon EC2. In 2012, Amazon started building an AWS Support group based in Cape Town.
The Cape Town based Development Centre still plays a key role in developing and running the majority of Amazon EC2’s core. Amazon EC2 forms part of Amazon Web Services (AWS), which provide developers with access to in-the-cloud infrastructure services based on Amazon’s own back-end technology platform. It provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud. It is designed to make web-scale computing easier for developers. Our simple web service interface allows developers to obtain and configure capacity with minimal friction. It provides them with complete control of their computing resources and lets them run on Amazon’s proven computing environment.
In addition, our Kumo Development team owns the services and user interfaces required to deliver various AWS Support features to our customers. The team builds applications that encompass a variety of technical areas such as Information Retrieval, Data Mining, and building scalable systems that close the last mile gap with AWS Customers.
The AWS Support team provides global technical support to external customers, helping them build mission-critical applications using AWS services such as EC2, S3 and RDS.
The Amazon Development Centre in Cape Town, South Africa is seeking a number of talented engineers and technical managers. If you are interested in any of these vacancies, please go to the Job opportunities page.

Entelect

http://www.entelect.co.za

Entelect is a unique software company that synthesizes technology and best practice to deliver world class solutions to a diverse range of industries.
Founded on the uncompromising principle of highly qualified, best-of-class staff; Entelect has an unmatched calibre of individuals and a depth of knowledge dedicated to addressing your needs, on your terms.
Services provided include: custom development, consulting, business intelligence, self-service portals and mobile solutions.
For more information, please visit: http://www.entelect.co.za or contact 011 994 3300011 994 3300

Derivco

http://www.derivco.com

Derivco is the leading developer of software for the online gaming industry and is one of the most admired companies in its market sector. This is a company built on the back of a new way of thinking and doing things. We work hard, we work fast, we work smart. The products and services we create are developed and maintained by a team of enthusiastic highly skilled people, operating in a very competitive, sophisticated market.

We deliver the legendary gaming experience and we’re passionate about it.

Google ^TM

http://www.google.com

Google’s innovative search technologies connect millions of people around the world with information every day. Founded in 1998 by Stanford Ph.D. students Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google today is a top web property in all major global markets. Google's mission in Africa is to make the internet an integral part of everyday life in Africa, by increasing its relevance and usefulness, eliminating access barriers for potential users, and developing products that are meaningful for the countries in the region. Google is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices throughout the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia.
For more information, visit http://developers.google.com, and follow us on Google+ at https://plus.google.com/+GoogleDevelopers

Broken Keyboards Software

http://www.brokenkeyboards.com

Broken Keyboards Software c.c. ( B.K.S. ) is a specialist custom and product development house with experience in training that uses the latest software practices and inhouse development accelerators to offer its clients top solutions without charging top dollar.

nVisionIT

www.nvisionit.co.za

Founded in 2000, nVisionIT is an award winning company at the forefront of delivering integrated software solutions to the African and Middle East markets. We continually investigate emerging trends and technologies. This allows us to add value and make a difference in all we do. We ask our customers to judge our success on our ability to constantly add value.
Agility is a concept we believe in: this manifests in a ‘can do’ attitude in our team who are motivated to make a difference through a delivery model that is adaptive to our clients needs. Our professional development programs evolve to realise potential. We are driven to help our clients innovate.

Driven Software

www.drivensoftware.net

Driven Software is a coaching and mentoring organisation that uses a multi-modality teaching approach to empower people with the Agile craftsmanship skills and value system needed to transform business ideas into reality in a sustainable, reliable and enjoyable way.

Chase Software

http://www.chasesoftware.co.za

We develop a management system for the advertising and allied industries. Our software is used in over 360 agencies in South Africa and other parts of Africa. Chase is a fully integrated, real-time system that manages jobs, time, workflows, archiving and costing with minimum input and maximum efficiency.

We are constantly developing new features and functionality to enhance our system so our Dev team is made up of a group of dedicated professionals, technical geniuses with innovative ideas on how to improve our software. We’re constantly looking to grow our team and welcome any applications. Our ultimate objective is to develop and deliver a system that will address every possible aspect of managing a business not only in the advertising and allied industries but also other vertical markets.

Platform45

http://www.Platform45.com

Experts at designing and developing business solutions

Green Bean Coffee

www.greenbeancoffee.co.za

The Green Bean African Coffee Roastery is one of very few “direct-to-consumer” coffee roasteries in Gauteng, which aims to bring the finest, “roast-to-order” coffee to South African consumers, while they wait, if so requested.
The company also offers the facility of specially blending coffee to match individual tastes.

Based at the Casalinga Restaurant in Muldersdrift, Johannesburg, Green Bean Coffee focuses on the finest African Arabica coffees. They deliver, for a small fee, anywhere in South Africa.

Contact Lee 076 469 8995076 469 8995 or visit www.greenbeancoffee.co.za for more information.

Tutuka

www.tutuka.com

Tutuka is a software company that allows prepaid accounts to be loaded and redeemed by banks, retailers, shopping centres, microlenders and payroll companies.

Intersoft

http://www.intersoft.co.za

At Intersoft, we have a database of over 50 000 book titles, we offer 48 hour free delivery for orders over R500 and we offer 30 % off of all books for affiliate members. Our focus remains on technical titles of all skill levels that are designed to meet the needs of IT professionals and in addition to our technical titles we have an expanded range that includes computing related subjects; such as telecommunications, engineering, science, medical, business, management and academic titles. We also have a selection of health and reference titles to choose from.

NAG Magazine

www.nag.co.za

NAG Online offers a unique blend of content for readers across the gaming spectrum. Reviews and previews of modern, mainstream titles and indie titles are run alongside reviews of classic retro games. All of this is topped off with a dedicated news section that features multiple updates per day. Additionally, readers can find content regarding the latest issues of the print version of NAG, download wallpapers, enter competitions, or even join our social networking groups and forums to chat with fellow local gamers.

nReality

www.nreality.com

We are a software engineering consultancy that does coaching and training for software teams in South Africa and beyond. We mentor and empower teams to deliver good quality software frequently using the best processes, practices and techniques for their respective environments.
Guiding software teams to mastery.

Manning Publications

www.manning.com

Manning is a publisher of computer books for professionals. We published our first book in 1993 and have been learning from our successes and even more from our mistakes, ever since. Every new book teaches us something to help us improve. How to choose the topics; how to find the right authors; how to help authors write their manuscripts; how to ensure the content is valuable and easy to learn; how to get the word out about the book. We publish standalone titles as well as books in series: Hello!, In Action, In Practice, In Depth, and In a Month of Lunches. Readers can access our books before they are finished through the Manning Early Access Program, and we make our books available through Safari and iBooks. Print copies, wherever they are bought, come with free electronic versions in PDF, ePub and Kindle formats, downloadable from the Manning site.

StrongLoop

www.StrongLoop.com

StrongLoop is the leading contributor to Node.js v0.12. Launched in 2013 and based in Silicon Valley, StrongLoop was founded by engineers who have been contributing to Node.js since 2011. Node.js is used to create “front edge” APIs that mobile applications use to connect to backend data. For developers creating these APIs, StrongLoop offers an API framework with built-in mobile services such as push and geolocation.
These services can be accessed via iOS, Android and HTML5 SDKs with a variety of supported connectors including Oracle, MongoDB and MySQL.
StrongLoop also offers the leading DevOps tooling for clustering, monitoring and optimizing Node applications. StrongLoop runs on all major operating systems and eight clouds including Amazon, Heroku, OpenShift and Rackspace. For more information, visit StrongLoop.com

CodeSkills

www.codeskills.co.za

We aim to be the best source of in person technical training for developers in South Africa through our unique combination of highly skilled trainers; up-to-the-minute curriculum and advanced training process.

Our belief is that using short bursts of intense knowledge transfer, we can help companies achieve a much greater return on investment when it comes to their developers' time.

Keep an eye on our Twitter account @CodeSkills for launch specials.

Lion of Africa Insurance

www.lionsure.com

Lion of Africa Insurance Company Limited is a South African non-life insurance company that was licensed by the Financial Services Board in terms of the Short- Term Insurance Act No 53 of 1998 on 23 August 1999. The company is the first insurance company in South Africa to achieve a Level 1 Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment rating in terms of the BBBEE Act of 2003 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Lion of Africa Holdings Company (Proprietary) Limited, owned by Brimstone Investment Corporation Limited, a broad based black investment group listed on the JSE.
The company’s short-term activities are concentrated primarily in the commercial property and casualty markets. It also operates in the personal lines, marine and engineering segments.
Lion of Africa Insurance Company Limited is an authorised financial services provider (FSP 17511) in terms of the Financial Advisors and Intermediaries Act No 37 of 2002. For more info visit www.lionsure.com or find us on Facebook or Twitter.

Cloudant

www.cloudant.com

Cloudant, an IBM Company, provides the world’s first globally distributed database-as-a-service (DBaaS) for loading, storing, analyzing, and distributing operational application data for developers of large and/or fast-growing web and mobile applications. Delivered as a managed cloud service, Cloudant technology accelerates time-to-market and time-to-innovation because it frees developers from the mechanics of data management so they can focus exclusively on creating great applications. It also offers high availability, elastic scalability, and innovative mobile device synchronization.

The Dark Carnival

www.darkcarnival.co.za

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@DarkCarnivalZA

The Dark Carnival is your One-Stop-Geek-Shop. We stock all Geek related merchandise from T-shirts and Bobbleheads to Statues and Collectibles.
We have just launched our very own GeekBox. This is your once a month Geek fix with each box offering new and exciting products. Subscribe today.

amCharts

www.amcharts.com

@amCharts

amCharts develops and provides robust JavaScript Chart and Maps libraries and tools.

G.Andrews Photography

www.facebook.com/g.andrews.photography

A picture says a thousand words! Capture the moment, memory & feeling! Have no regrets, I will get those movements saved forever!