Cape Software Development Centre gaining Momentum

Press Release: Monday, 11th April 2011

The overall software development industry in Cape Town has taken a beating during the past 2 years.  With competition from global giants, lack of skilled South Africans and a recessionary climate, the IT industry took a severe knock.

During the last 6 months though there was an increasing demand for software engineers and information technology professionals in the local economy.  Perhaps it was due to the World Cup 2010 that many IT projects were postponed or perhaps a renewed willingness to spend on capital projects.  This renewed demand for software projects created by industry; presents opportunities for Cape Town-based software and IT firms. 

SMC Enterprise is one of those companies that want to secure a piece of this pie. An established firm with a mature team of IT developers they have managed to secure a number of projects at organisations like Woolworths, Old Mutual, Parliament of South Africa, City of Cape Town, eTV and others.

According to Nadir Kamdar, Manager at SMC Enterprise; “We have grown our base of consultants to over 50 people and plans to grow our capacity even further over the medium term.  A key advantage we have is sourcing skilled staff locally and abroad. “

Information technology projects by nature are difficult, just like construction projects, and require tight project management, skilled software engineers and good communication. The SMC team offers a turnkey software development service from project management, business analysis, architecture, coding, testing, migration, change management, training and maintenance.

Software developed includes solutions for:
• E-commerce (B2C, B2B, E-Procurement, E-recruitment and G2C, G2G) portals
• Administration Solutions (Grant Management, Document and Records, ERP Integration, Imaging and Capture)
• Collaboration Solutions (Knowledge & Content Management, Workflow, BI)

Says Allie Khan, Managing Director of SMC Enterprise; ”Our software delivery offering is undoubtedly compelling for Cape-based organisations. We look forward to substantial growth from this upswing in the market.”

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