Background:

GPvNO was established in 1986 as a Close Corporation developing software in the data communications field.

One of the first products to be developed was a serial terminal emulator named UTE. In 1989 a TCP/IP stack was added and the product was named Inet TCP/IP and ran under DOS. In 1993 it was ported to Windows 3.1x and in 1996 it was completely re-written for 32 bit Windows and named Winet. It has since been constantly updated to keep track with new releases of Windows.

Inet/Winet is a terminal emulator package that includes excellent print servers and clients, and an FTP server and client. Inet has been developed and actively supported since 1989. It has grown from a basic DOS product to the current multiple program, multiple platform package. Since 1997 Inet/Winet includes the Automation/COM interface. It is compatible with all Windows versions ranging from Windows 95 to Windows 7. Minor upgrades are released regularly to get bug fixes and new features to users without delays.

GPvNO is also active in the embedded systems market in partnership with Datalight Inc.  SOCKETS, the Internet enabling subsystem of Datalight’s ROM-DOS product, is based on GPvNO’s Rinet product. GPvNO also distributes the Datalight products in South Africa.

GPvNO is strongly committed to supply excellent service and support. Due to the feedback from our users and the active support we give them, Inet/Winet has always been compatible with developments in technology.

Inet/Winet is well supported and very cost effective. With the active involvement of users we are able to supply new versions and bug fixes with very short turn around times, normally within days or even less. Compared to competing international software companies, we can often deliver an equal product at less than half of their prices with far superior support.

Expertise in GPvNO:

We have a high level of expertise in developing client specific solutions using the best technologies and standards in the TCP/IP world. Some examples are:

  • A wide variety of terminal emulations for the Unix, IBM mainframe and Unisys environments.
  • A wide variety of TCP/IP protocols at the interface, network, transport and application layers.
  • Web server incorporating terminal emulation.
  • Browser based terminal emulation using AJAX.
  • Embedded TCP/IP systems for Thin Clients and other proprietary hardware solutions.
  • Proprietary front ends or proxy servers for mainframes doing protocol conversions.
  • IPv6 stack for embedded systems.

Name Dropping:

GPvNO is a South African company, and as such the majority of our users presently (2011) are South African and Namibian government departments, institutions and companies.

  • South African government departments and agencies that are users include Home Affairs, Correctional Services, Social Services, Public Works, Land Affairs, Education (Exams) and Agriculture.
  • Provincial Governments that are users include KwaZulu/Natal and Western Cape.
  • A large number of Local Government entities including the Johannesburg Metro use Inet/Winet.
  • The majority of Namibian municipalities are Inet/Winet users.
  • Users also include companies such as MotoData, BMI, McCarthy, Autopax, Foodcorp, The Cold Chain and several other smaller companies.
  • Resellers of our products includecompanies in the IT industry such as Gijima/AST, BCX/QData, Fujitsu/ICL, Datalight Inc. etc.

We do have a number of international users, especially through resellers like Datalight Inc, and this website has been created with the express purpose of expanding our Inet/Winet market both locally and internationally.

Please feel free to contact us with any queries and/or requests you may have.