NML have completed development of The Trust portal of giving. NML built the backend technology for the site. The idea is that the portal gives the charities a means to illustrate the good work they are doing. It also gives the donor a single trustable portal to decide which charities to apportion the money to. Complex reports are generated out of the system to illustrate donation and spend apportionment. The trustees are Alan Knott-Graig...

New Media Labs has won a pitch to develop a large niche social network for a South African bank. The project will be developed in conjunction with Stonewall+. Stonewall+ will develop the front end flat designs and NML will convert these flats into Silverlight XAML. Silverlight Rich Internet Application presentation layer was a prerequisite of the bank. The social elements are tied into the business model of this division of the bank, making...

New Media Labs develops the first silverlight Enterprise Web2.0 portal in South Africa for the brandhouse mixology program. Mixology will use this social networking website to link Mixology members together. And in doing so promote bar staffing as a respectable career. The mixologist will be able to take video footage of themselves “Flaring” or mixing cocktails and upload them to a mixology silverlight video server. Maps will...

Dereck was approached by his good friend Bandi Biko to build a web site for the Homes for Aids Orphans. Eluthandweni – Means “Place of Love. It is a non-profit organisation aimed at providing a safe, residential environment for AIDS orphans where they will be loved as individuals, provided with education, healthcare and life skills training, as well as taught the importance of having work ethic and discipline. We built the site...

NML are excited with the arrival of Richard Schroder and Debbie Derman – two vibrant, well-travelled and dynamic individuals.  Both have solid academic backgrounds (Richard having a Masters degree in Computer Science and Debbie an engineering degree), have been regular candidates on the Dean’s Merit List and join the team as part of the senior developer contingent. Richard is a work hard, play hard kind of guy, where work is...

[Edit April 2009] The Adora product has recieved significant investment from Hasso Plattner Ventures Africa. The product is turning out to be the global enterprise CRM/Marketing Automation engine we set out to make it. [End Edit] New Media Labs will provide architecture and development expertise on Global Vision’s Adora product. Adora is a marketing automation and CRM tool that will supercede the product built for Diageo (the consumer...