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Ideal toy distributor implements Sage
Ideal Cycle & Toy Wholesalers, a family-owned branded toy distribution business, has adopted the Sage Inventory Advisor to help it make better inventory management decisions. Founded in Springs in 1936, this business import toys including Yookidoo, University...
Cloud on Demand moves to Teraco
South African cloud vendor and hybrid cloud enablement partner, Cloud on Demand, has selected Teraco Data Environments as its second point of presence and one of its local deployment locations for its VMWare platform. This move ensures that the company is able to...
Android devices come under malware attack
ESET has recently discovered the first confirmed case of ransomware that encrypts files held by Android devices. A Trojan, named Simplelocker, scans the SD care for certain file types, encrypts them, and demands a ransom in order to decrypt the files. Types of files...
Kyocera grows ECOSYS MFP family
Kyocera Document Solutions South Africa, a leading provider of document management solutions, printing and managed print services, has strengthened its ECOSYS portfolio with the launch of a complete new A4 MFP family. Kyocera Document Solutions South Africa is excited...
Q-KON offers private satellite service
Q-KON’s Secure Private Satellite Network Service gives enterprise and financial customers throughout southern Africa the opportunity to leverage the high availability of satellite access networks with the regional span of terrestrial fibre networks to enable seamless,...
Integr8 wins Cisco award
Multinational network services provider and global vendor Cisco South Africa has named Integr8 as its Best Services Partner of the Year for 2014. The coveted award was presented to the national managed ICT services provider at an event held recently in Kloofzicht,...
Developers, payment services must co-operate
The quality of the relationship between a Web developer and a payment services provider is one of the key ingredients of a successful e-commerce Web site, says Michael Richards of SiteMeUp Online Marketing. “Our job is to help our clients grow their business online,”...
Econet deploys Avaya contact centre solution
As Zimbabwe’s leading mobile operator, Econet Wireless Zimbabwe was faced with a strong need to deliver a superior customer experience across its extensive customer base. The company currently has the widest coverage in the country, and is constantly upgrading its...
Phishing service for the public sector
Global information security firm MWR InfoSecurity has become the first provider of phishing assessment services to be listed on G-Cloud, the UK Government’s approved online marketplace for the public sector. phish’d, by MWR, is a fully managed phishing assessment...
BetVIP launches bitcoin-only sportsbook
With just days to go until Brazil 2014, and what will be the biggest betting event of all-time, the world’s first licensed bitcoin-only sportsbook, BetVIP.com, has gone live with the aim of adding transparency and legitimacy to the nascent currency. BetVIP takes...
SA exporters do better than expected
More South African exporting businesses report growth in revenues or profits than companies focusing on solely domestic trade, finds the latest survey by Regus. For the third year running, exporting firms confirm they have an advantage with 42% reporting profit growth...
Syspro wins at Education Excellence Awards
Leading provider of business software solutions, Syspro, has been recognised for its efforts aimed at skills development when it was recently named runner-up in the Corporate Educator of the Year category at SAPICS’s 2014 SCM Education Excellence Awards. This year’s...
Effective IT security key for business
IT security spend is too often seen as a grudge purchase by business management. But the fact is – effectively securing enterprise networks is a business imperative, says Networks Unlimited. Anton Jacobsz, MD of Arbor Networks distributor Networks Unlimited, points...
Ideal toy distributor implements Sage
Ideal Cycle & Toy Wholesalers, a family-owned branded toy distribution business, has adopted the Sage Inventory Advisor to help it make better inventory management decisions. Founded in Springs in 1936, this business import toys including Yookidoo, University...
Cloud on Demand moves to Teraco
South African cloud vendor and hybrid cloud enablement partner, Cloud on Demand, has selected Teraco Data Environments as its second point of presence and one of its local deployment locations for its VMWare platform. This move ensures that the company is able to...
Android devices come under malware attack
ESET has recently discovered the first confirmed case of ransomware that encrypts files held by Android devices. A Trojan, named Simplelocker, scans the SD care for certain file types, encrypts them, and demands a ransom in order to decrypt the files. Types of files...
Kyocera grows ECOSYS MFP family
Kyocera Document Solutions South Africa, a leading provider of document management solutions, printing and managed print services, has strengthened its ECOSYS portfolio with the launch of a complete new A4 MFP family. Kyocera Document Solutions South Africa is excited...
Q-KON offers private satellite service
Q-KON’s Secure Private Satellite Network Service gives enterprise and financial customers throughout southern Africa the opportunity to leverage the high availability of satellite access networks with the regional span of terrestrial fibre networks to enable seamless,...
Integr8 wins Cisco award
Multinational network services provider and global vendor Cisco South Africa has named Integr8 as its Best Services Partner of the Year for 2014. The coveted award was presented to the national managed ICT services provider at an event held recently in Kloofzicht,...
Developers, payment services must co-operate
The quality of the relationship between a Web developer and a payment services provider is one of the key ingredients of a successful e-commerce Web site, says Michael Richards of SiteMeUp Online Marketing. “Our job is to help our clients grow their business online,”...