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McAfee stops advanced threats quickly
McAfee has announced, McAfee Threat Intelligence Exchange, the first in the industry to orchestrate local and global threat intelligence information and enterprise-wide security products into one cohesive integrated security system. McAfee Threat Intelligence...
Symantec NetBackup tackles data growth
Symantec has announced the latest version of its NetBackup solution, bringing new functionality to protect the largest scale VMware-based environments as enterprises move to a software-defined data centre architecture. NetBackup 7.6 is the only backup product designed...
NewOrder Industries extends infosec services
Local information security provider NewOrder Industries has recently acquired shares in KaosKorp, a governance and compliance services company. This acquisition enhances NewOrder Industries’ already broad range of specialised services, which include security...
Teraco Data Centre supports Internet growth
As part of its corporate strategy to facilitate internet growth and broader economic development, Teraco Data Centre Environments established the NAPAfrica Internet eXchange Point (IXP) in 2012, a multi-lateral peering point. “We have established the exchange point as...
CommVault offers SAP HANA integration
CommVault has announced that its Simpana 10 software has achieved certified integration with the SAP HANA platform. CommVault’s Simpana software enables companies to more easily and comprehensively manage, protect and recover massive volumes of high-performance...
Choosing the best printer for your business
When selecting a business printer, decisions are often based on cost alone, without thought to the specific business requirements and volumes of printing that are required, says Heinrich Pretorius, OKI product specialist at DCC. While it may seem less expensive to buy...
gateprotect releases Software Version 9.4
Westcon-Comztek’s vendor partner gateprotect Germany has announced the release of its Software Version 9.4 of its firewall, providing enhanced security features for its next generation firewalls. Clients of Westcon-Comztek will now have access to a perfect shield...
Big data is uprooting industries
The latest enterprise technology from EMC has the ability to truly unlock the promise of big data - fundamentally changing business models and revolutionising the organisation at its very core. This is the view of Servaas Venter, Country Manager for Southern Africa at...
Africa takes centre stage
The international financial community is eyeing Africa in a big way. Africa is finally taking centre stage as more and more international organisations are opening offices on the continent, more banks are viewing Africa with interest, and stock markets are showing...
SA firms not ready for POPI
South African businesses are not ready for the looming implementation of the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI), according to auditing firm Grant Thornton. The POPI Act, which was gazetted in December last year, and which is currently awaiting an effective...
BLE versus NFC in mobile payments
There’s a new kid on the block in the payments environment that promises to deliver even greater convenience and practicality. It’s called Bluetooth Low Energy, or BLE, and it’s based on technology which is over a decade old, says Adrian Hope-Bailie, product...
Mentorships bridge generation gaps
The complexities and challenges that punctuate any cross-generational relationship are not new. Whether in the workplace or home, communicating, relating to and respecting one another despite vast age differences requires life skills such as patience, compromise,...
Internships boost skills development
Internships could be the quickest and most sustainable solution to address South Africa’s growing unemployment problem. The temporary formal arrangement in which a business ‘takes on’ a candidate for a specific period of time in order to equip them with skills and...
McAfee stops advanced threats quickly
McAfee has announced, McAfee Threat Intelligence Exchange, the first in the industry to orchestrate local and global threat intelligence information and enterprise-wide security products into one cohesive integrated security system. McAfee Threat Intelligence...
Symantec NetBackup tackles data growth
Symantec has announced the latest version of its NetBackup solution, bringing new functionality to protect the largest scale VMware-based environments as enterprises move to a software-defined data centre architecture. NetBackup 7.6 is the only backup product designed...
NewOrder Industries extends infosec services
Local information security provider NewOrder Industries has recently acquired shares in KaosKorp, a governance and compliance services company. This acquisition enhances NewOrder Industries’ already broad range of specialised services, which include security...
Teraco Data Centre supports Internet growth
As part of its corporate strategy to facilitate internet growth and broader economic development, Teraco Data Centre Environments established the NAPAfrica Internet eXchange Point (IXP) in 2012, a multi-lateral peering point. “We have established the exchange point as...
CommVault offers SAP HANA integration
CommVault has announced that its Simpana 10 software has achieved certified integration with the SAP HANA platform. CommVault’s Simpana software enables companies to more easily and comprehensively manage, protect and recover massive volumes of high-performance...
Choosing the best printer for your business
When selecting a business printer, decisions are often based on cost alone, without thought to the specific business requirements and volumes of printing that are required, says Heinrich Pretorius, OKI product specialist at DCC. While it may seem less expensive to buy...
gateprotect releases Software Version 9.4
Westcon-Comztek’s vendor partner gateprotect Germany has announced the release of its Software Version 9.4 of its firewall, providing enhanced security features for its next generation firewalls. Clients of Westcon-Comztek will now have access to a perfect shield...