Niche Microsoft consultancy, Airborne Consulting, has acquired a controlling share of infrastructure services company, DFA Solutions, in a deal that is expected to grow Airborne’s revenue by between 30% and 40%.

The Wireless Application Service Providers' Association (WASPA) has announced the names of the people driving its management committee for 2010 and the portfolios and working groups they will be responsible for.

Despite the slowdown in the local economy, Metrofile has reported that unaudited results for the six months ended 31 December were satisfactory with revenue increasing by 9,8% to R197,3-million, EBITDA was up by 7,3% to R62,3-million, and Headline earnings per share (HEPS) also increased by 42,5% to 6,3 cents.  Although the more relevant measure is normalised HEPS, which itself increased by 15,9% to 7,2 cents.

MiWay, the innovation leader in the direct financial services and short-term insurance market, has announced their partnership with Tracker SA, one of South Africa’s leading vehicle tracking companies.  The new partnership will see Tracker supply the next generation MiDriveStyle rating and tracking devices for MiWay.

Bluekey Software Solutions, a local IT company and the fastest growing SAP Business One reseller in Africa, has announced a merger with business intelligence and information management specialist KSO to form a subsidiary of the Bluekey group, called Bluekey Predictive Intelligence.

Despite the global economic downturn, Tandberg, the video conferencing and telepresence provider, has increased revenue 20% to $270-million and operating profit by 14% to $60-million for the fourth quarter to December 2009.

NetApp has reported results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2010, which ended January 29, 2010. GAAP revenues for the third quarter of fiscal 2010 were $1.01-billion, compared to GAAP and non-GAAP revenues of $746-million and $874 million, respectively, for the same period one year ago.

Data integration software vendor Informatica has completed the acquisition of Siperian, a leader in the master data management (MDM) infrastructure technology category.

For the second consecutive year, Altron has been accredited with a AAA rating and a gold certificate by Corporate Governance Accreditation (CGA) for the implementation of best practice corporate governance policies and procedures.

Knowledge Integration Dynamics (KID has invested in recruiter Cubic Blue, taking a 49% stake for an undisclosed sum.