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Password-protected is not necessarily safe
Over a decade ago, e-mail worms began perpetuating themselves in password protected ways, such as ZIP archives, with the password needed to unlock the file included in the e-mail, all as part of the scam. “This trick has rarely been seen since then, until now,” says...
BYOD trend puts strain on companies
The bring your own device (BYOD) movement is going to place pressures on corporate technology and finance departments as enterprises struggle to manage the costs and complexities of going increasingly mobile, says Derick Roberts, CEO of wireless solutions provider,...
Balancing employees and business interests
Difficult economic conditions present businesses with a challenge: how to strike a balance between safeguarding the interests of the business while also looking after employees. HR experts believe the issue is about sustainability and how best to leverage off...
KuppingerCole rates CA Technologies
CA Southern Africa has announced that CA Technologies has been named an “overall leader” in identity provisioning in the recent Leadership Compass report issued by KuppingerCole, a leading analyst firm focused on identity-centric information security. CA...
Cisco, NetApp announce $3bn FlexPod sales
Cisco and NetApp have announced that the FlexPod integrated infrastructure solution has generated $3-billion in joint sales since its launch in 2010. FlexPod unit shipments have grown 81% year-over-year, with demand for FlexPod solutions now reaching a $2-billion...
Corporate SA has not embraced data analytics
While already collating and storing core, vital data, South African businesses are not yet fully proficient in extracting actionable insights from this information. Besides the need to get a handle on privacy, security and transparency issues, corporate South Africa...
Gartner lauds Interactive Intelligence
Interactive Intelligence Group, a global provider of software and services designed to improve the customer experience, has been positioned by Gartner in the Leaders quadrant of its 2014 Magic Quadrant for Contact Center Infrastructure report. The Gartner report,...
Gartner places McAfee in Magic Quadrant
McAfee, part of Intel Security, has announced that leading research firm Gartner has positioned the company in the leaders quadrant in its Magic Quadrant for Security Information and Event Management, as published on 25 June, 2014. According to the report, “Broad...
Kaspersky patent to protect corporate CI
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted patent 8739287 to Kaspersky Lab for a technology that detects threats in corporate IT infrastructure without compromising confidential information (CI). Not all threats can be detected using locally...
CommVault positioned in leaders quadrant
CommVault has announced it has been positioned by Gartner in the “leaders” quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Backup Software and Integrated Appliances for the fourth consecutive year. According to Gartner, the Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Backup Software...
CRM the hottest growth in enterprise systems
Customer engagement systems will be the fastest growing enterprise application between 2013 and 2018, signalling that competition for customers is hotting up. According to new software forecasts from Ovum, e-commerce and CRM solutions will see compound annual growth...
EOH launches ADR programme in the US
EOH Holdings has launched its American Depositary Receipt (ADR) programme in the US through a sponsored programme with BNY Mellon. The South African based ICT services group is listed on the main board of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in the Computer Services...
What constitutes failure in MTBF?
As a commonly used IT buzzword, MTBF, which stands for “mean time between failure”, is commonly used across many industries. Unfortunately though, it has become widely abused in some. The white paper, Mean Time Between Failure: Explanation and Standards, published by...
Password-protected is not necessarily safe
Over a decade ago, e-mail worms began perpetuating themselves in password protected ways, such as ZIP archives, with the password needed to unlock the file included in the e-mail, all as part of the scam. “This trick has rarely been seen since then, until now,” says...
BYOD trend puts strain on companies
The bring your own device (BYOD) movement is going to place pressures on corporate technology and finance departments as enterprises struggle to manage the costs and complexities of going increasingly mobile, says Derick Roberts, CEO of wireless solutions provider,...
Balancing employees and business interests
Difficult economic conditions present businesses with a challenge: how to strike a balance between safeguarding the interests of the business while also looking after employees. HR experts believe the issue is about sustainability and how best to leverage off...
KuppingerCole rates CA Technologies
CA Southern Africa has announced that CA Technologies has been named an “overall leader” in identity provisioning in the recent Leadership Compass report issued by KuppingerCole, a leading analyst firm focused on identity-centric information security. CA...
Cisco, NetApp announce $3bn FlexPod sales
Cisco and NetApp have announced that the FlexPod integrated infrastructure solution has generated $3-billion in joint sales since its launch in 2010. FlexPod unit shipments have grown 81% year-over-year, with demand for FlexPod solutions now reaching a $2-billion...
Corporate SA has not embraced data analytics
While already collating and storing core, vital data, South African businesses are not yet fully proficient in extracting actionable insights from this information. Besides the need to get a handle on privacy, security and transparency issues, corporate South Africa...
Gartner lauds Interactive Intelligence
Interactive Intelligence Group, a global provider of software and services designed to improve the customer experience, has been positioned by Gartner in the Leaders quadrant of its 2014 Magic Quadrant for Contact Center Infrastructure report. The Gartner report,...