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Sophos extends UTM to the enterprise
Sophos has strengthened its network security offerings with two enhanced high-end unified threat management (UTM) appliances. These include Sophos UTM 525 and 625 as well as the new Sophos RED 50 (Remote Ethernet Device), the first security solution to offer complete...
Fujitsu announces PalmSecure
Fujitsu has announced the general availability of innovative authentication solutions based on its PalmSecure technology, which uses individuals’ unique palm vein patterns to combat identity fraud. With Fujitsu PalmSecure, a contactless scan of the palm vein pattern...
Inexorable slide in PC volumes
Despite intense industry efforts to overcome market inertia, 2012 nonetheless ended on a sour note with global PC shipment volume shrinking 3,7% on the year. With limited initial traction from Windows 8 in the holiday season, and continued pressure from tablets, IDC...
Drive market down on PC decline
The market for hard disk drives (HDD) contracted in the final quarter last year after failing to receive a boost in demand from PCs, a traditional source of strength, according to an IHS iSuppli Storage Space brief from information and analytics provider IHS. HDD...
Pule tackles SABC board
Minister of Communications Dina Pule has met with the board of the SABC to discuss various governance issues at the public broadcaster. A statement from the Department of Communications says that the minister is concerned about the latest breaches of corporate...
Europe mulls new Microsoft fine
There is a chance that Europe’s anti-trust regulators could today impose a new fine on Microsoft, for failing to offer Windows users an alternative to Internet Explorer. This follows a 2009 agreement that Microsoft would give users a choice of alternative browsers –...
Samsung goes pan-African with Mitsumi
Samsung Electronics Africa has cemented a partnership agreement with one of Africa’s largest IT distributors. Mitsumi has become an official distributor for all Samsung IT products, across sub-Saharan Africa. “This partnership agreement is a first of its kind for us...
Epson extends footprint with Raluca
Epson has strengthened its South African distribution base with the appointment of Raluca as a specialist distributor for its range of wide format printers. “This appointment is part of Epson’s strategy to expand its reach into the South African public sector,...
SA is wired up but switched off
Despite the fact that 84% of South African homes have access to electricity, over a quarter of households do not use it for cooking and over half do not use it for heating, according to the latest South Africa Survey published by the South African Institute of Race...
Vodacom beats solar record
Vodacom has unveiled the largest solar array of panels on a single building in Africa at its offices in Century City, Cape Town. The installation of the solar array is part of Vodacom's ongoing drive to help reduce the amount of energy the company consumes. The solar...
SAP releases Business One for SAP HANA
SAP AG has announced the SAP Business One version for SAP HANA, the first business management solution for small and midsize enterprises (SMEs) running fully in-memory. The application is a scalable, affordable solution with embedded analytics capabilities and...
Marval announces availability of MSM v12.5
Marval South AfArica, local representative of the Marval Group (UK) and thought leader in IT governance and service management, is pleased to announce the availability of Marval Service Management (MSM) v 12.5, the latest version of Marval’s award-winning service...
IQ Retail, Jasco deliver SaaS to resellers
Following the launch of Jasco’s Virtual Data Centre, financial and business administration software developer, IQ Retail, has partnered with Jasco Networks, to move its retail accounting software and point of sale (POS) solutions to a secure cloud-based computing...
Sophos extends UTM to the enterprise
Sophos has strengthened its network security offerings with two enhanced high-end unified threat management (UTM) appliances. These include Sophos UTM 525 and 625 as well as the new Sophos RED 50 (Remote Ethernet Device), the first security solution to offer complete...
Fujitsu announces PalmSecure
Fujitsu has announced the general availability of innovative authentication solutions based on its PalmSecure technology, which uses individuals’ unique palm vein patterns to combat identity fraud. With Fujitsu PalmSecure, a contactless scan of the palm vein pattern...
Inexorable slide in PC volumes
Despite intense industry efforts to overcome market inertia, 2012 nonetheless ended on a sour note with global PC shipment volume shrinking 3,7% on the year. With limited initial traction from Windows 8 in the holiday season, and continued pressure from tablets, IDC...
Drive market down on PC decline
The market for hard disk drives (HDD) contracted in the final quarter last year after failing to receive a boost in demand from PCs, a traditional source of strength, according to an IHS iSuppli Storage Space brief from information and analytics provider IHS. HDD...
Pule tackles SABC board
Minister of Communications Dina Pule has met with the board of the SABC to discuss various governance issues at the public broadcaster. A statement from the Department of Communications says that the minister is concerned about the latest breaches of corporate...
Europe mulls new Microsoft fine
There is a chance that Europe’s anti-trust regulators could today impose a new fine on Microsoft, for failing to offer Windows users an alternative to Internet Explorer. This follows a 2009 agreement that Microsoft would give users a choice of alternative browsers –...
Samsung goes pan-African with Mitsumi
Samsung Electronics Africa has cemented a partnership agreement with one of Africa’s largest IT distributors. Mitsumi has become an official distributor for all Samsung IT products, across sub-Saharan Africa. “This partnership agreement is a first of its kind for us...