LABAT TECHNOLOGY ACQUIRES COMPUTER NETWORKS - MEDIA RELEASE

9 MAY 2000
LABAT TECHNOLOGY ACQUIRES COMPUTER NETWORKS

LABAT TECHNOLOGY, A DIVISION OF BLACK OWNED AND OPERATED BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
GROUP, LABAT AFRICA, HAS ACQUIRED A MAJORITY STAKE IN NETWORKING SOLUTIONS
PROVIDER COMPUTER NETWORKS FOR AN UNDISCLOSED SUM.

A SUPPLIER OF COMPUTER HARDWARE, SOFTWARE AND CONSULTING SERVICES, COMPUTER
NETWORKS, HAS A STRONG PRESENCE IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT MARKET. LABAT

TECHNOLOGY ALREADY OPERATES MICROCHIP MANUFACTURER SAMES (SA MICRO-ELECTRONIC
SYSTEMS), SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS PROVIDER ARMADA, AND LABAT TRAFFIC
SOLUTIONS, WHICH SUPPLIES TRAFFIC FINE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
LABAT TECHNOLOGIES MD, MARK ALEXANDER, SAYS THE ACQUISITION COMPLETES THE
DIVISION'S OFFERING TO GOVERNMENT BY ADDING A NETWORKING COMPONENT.

"THE SERVICES OFFERED BY COMPUTER NETWORKS WILL COMPLEMENT WHAT WE'RE DOING.
NETWORKING IS THE GLUE THAT CEMENTS EVERYTHING IN THE COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT.
THE CUSTOMER BASE OF COMPUTER NETWORKS  COMPLEMENTS OUR OWN, AND HAS POTENTIAL
SYNERGIES WITH OTHER RECENT ACQUISITIONS.

ALEXANDER SAYS COMPUTER NETWORKS IS ACKNOWLEDGED AS A SUPPLIER WITH WORLD CLASS
SKILLS AND EXPERTISE IN ALL MAJOR LOCAL AND WIDE AREA NETWORK SOLUTIONS,
INCLUDING ATM, FDDI, FAST ETHERNET, TOKEN RING, COLLAPSED BACKBONES, SWITCHING,
BRIDGING AND ROUTING.

COMPUTER NETWORKS MD, RIC HUTTON, SAYS HIS COMPANY HAS BEEN SUPPLYING

VALUE-ADDED LAN AND WAN TECHNOLOGIES TO BLUE CHIP CORPORATE CLIENTS SINCE 1989.
"AS A SPECIALISED INDEPENDENT ORGANISATION WITH BRANCHES IN THE MAJOR CENTRES,
COMPUTER NETWORKS IS ABLE TO ASSESS ITS CUSTOMERS' REQUIREMENTS AND PUT FORWARD
SOPHISTICATED SOLUTIONS BASED ON BEST-OF-BREED TECHNOLOGIES AND ACCEPTED
INDUSTRY STANDARDS. THEN, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ITS CUSTOMERS, COMPUTER NETWORKS
PROVIDES COMPLETE LAN/WAN SOLUTIONS CONSISTING OF CONSULTING SERVICES, SYSTEM
DESIGN, EQUIPMENT INSTALLATION, AND ON-GOING MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT."
HUTTON SAYS COMPUTER NETWORKS ADDITIONALLY OFFERS HIGH LEVEL EXPERTISE IN
INTERCONNECTING MULTI-VENDOR ENVIRONMENTS. THE COMPANY PROVIDES A UNIQUE, VALUE
ADDED, SERVICE THROUGH ITS SPECIALISED KNOWLEDGE OF MAINFRAME, MIDRANGE AND PC
CONNECTIVITY, COUPLED WITH PRACTICAL SKILLS IN A WIDE RANGE OF OPERATING
SYSTEMS AND PROTOCOLS. COMPUTER NETWORKS IS AN AUTHORISED RESELLER FOR MANY OF
THE MOST POWERFUL NETWORK HARDWARE PRODUCTS, INCLUDING CISCO, LUCENT, 3COM,
COMPAQ AND IBM.
ENDS
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