Roundup; Digital cities, SAP Business One, ACS office, Emerson

The Dominican Republic's government plans to launch its digital cities program on July 14, telecoms regulator Indotel said in a press release.

The event, scheduled to take place at the presidential palace, was organized by Indotel together with Ibero American Association of Research Centers and Telecommunications Enterprises (Ahciet), and the presidential IT and communications office Optic.

Officials say the initiative will help "start the development of local e-government" in municipalities throughout the country.

"Each province will have its own electronic government - both on the municipal level and provincial level - coming from city hall," said Indotel.

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Brazilian paint importer and distributor True Color said it has increased annual sales from 80 tons in 2004 to 800 tons in 2007 using SAP's Business One.

True Color executive director André Cabral Martins said SAP Business One has allowed his company to become more independent and that it makes the most use of the program in sales. He added that he expects SAP to boost sales to 1,000 tons this year.

SAP Business One was installed by the local integrator Sysprice.

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The US IT service provider ACS (NYSE:ACS) has opened a 65,000 square-foot office and call center facility in Montego Bay, Jamaica, the company said in a statement.

Together with the new facility, 200 new jobs were created and the office has growth capacity for an additional 400 employees. The company opened the new office due to growing demand for outsourcing from the healthcare, financial services, insurance, manufacturing, and education sectors.

ACS's other Montego Bay office will continue to operate normally. Together, the two facilities have more than 110,000 square feet of office space, making it one of the largest information communication and technology services providers in Jamaica.

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Emerson Network Power, a division of process management automation company Emerson (NYSE: EMR), expects to increase its distribution capabilities through an alliance with Paraguayan distributor Laser Import and ESP Siemi SRL, the company said in a press release.

The two companies will distribute Emerson products such as DC power protectors, transient voltage surge suppressor (TVSS) with Asco Technology, and Liebert uninterruptable power supplies (UPS).

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