{"id":40978,"date":"2013-07-01T10:25:10","date_gmt":"2013-07-01T08:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=40978"},"modified":"2013-07-01T10:31:44","modified_gmt":"2013-07-01T08:31:44","slug":"internet-solutions-goes-after-sme-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/it-services\/40978\/internet-solutions-goes-after-sme-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Internet Solutions launches new SME division"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Internet Solutions (IS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Dimension Data\u00a0has launched a new\u00a0division and portal dedicated to\u00a0small and medium enterprises (SME) called\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.isignite.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\">IS Ignite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Herman Jansen van Rensburg has been appointed GM of IS Ignite. A channel manager at IS since April 20012, he was previously a GM at\u00a0MWEB.<\/p>\n<p>IS Ignite promises \u201cclick-to-buy\u201d self-service for clients, including ordering upgrading, or downgrading services online. \u201cNo call centre, no paperwork,\u201d IS promises on the Ignite website.<\/p>\n<p>News of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/adsl\/53897-new-smme-adsl-service-from-is.html\">IS\u2019s new offerings for SMEs<\/a>\u00a0emerged a year ago, and the company also showed off a prototype of its ability to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadband\/57061-change-your-adsl-speed-on-the-fly.html\">upgrade or downgrade ADSL speed on the fly<\/a>\u00a0in August 2012.<\/p>\n<p>The products on offer through the IS Ignite self-service portal include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Business DSL (with AlwaysOn hotspot access);<\/li>\n<li>Domains;<\/li>\n<li>Hosted mail;<\/li>\n<li>Web Hosting; and<\/li>\n<li>Other services such as bonded ADSL, wireless connectivity as an ADSL alternative in certain areas, and mobile broadband.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>IS Ignite has been designed to enhance Internet Solutions\u2019 recently revamped channel partner programme, providing its valued network of partners the opportunity to grow their (and their clients\u2019) businesses through the partner portal, it said.<\/p>\n<p>The offering is for 1Mbps business DSL services from R349 per month, among other things.\u00a0As with most other ISPs, IS also offers various tiers of uncapped DSL, as well as a capped product.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on Internet Solutions<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/adsl\/53897-new-smme-adsl-service-from-is.html\">New SMME ADSL service from IS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadband\/81231-fibre-to-the-home-in-sa-curb-your-enthusiasm.html\"><strong>Fibre-to-the-home in SA: curb your enthusiasm<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Dimension Data firm drives employment in Cape Town\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/it-services\/40781\/didata-firm-drives-employment-in-cape-town\/\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Dimension Data firm drives employment in Cape Town<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadband\/79987-neotel-explains-40mbps-neobroadband-fibre-trial.html\"><strong>Neotel explains 40Mbps NeoBroadband fibre trial<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Internet Solutions has launched a new division and portal dedicated to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) called IS Ignite.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":22182,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[94,26,97,6180,1450],"class_list":["post-40978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-it-services","tag-dimension-data","tag-headline","tag-internet-solutions","tag-is-ignite","tag-smes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40978"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40981,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40978\/revisions\/40981"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}