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Kaspersky achieves high AV-TEST scores
Kaspersky Lab has announced that its flagship security solution for home users, Kaspersky Internet Security 2014, scored the highest possible points in Bi-Monthly Certification November-December 2013 – a testing programme run by independent research laboratory...
Voice biometrics key for authentication
Voice biometrics is one of those technologies: it changes the game. It’s not in wide use anywhere in the world, yet, but it’s going to be the norm for authenticating identity within the next few years. It’s been worked on and refined for almost fifteen years. So it’s...
Genesys appoints Anana as new partner
Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories (Genesys) has announced the appointment of Anana Africa as a Genesys Partner in the African territory. Anana, a digital customer experience (DCE) company based in the UK, is the fourth partner Genesys has appointed in the region...
Kawasaki rolls out WiFi from Ruckus
Ruckus Wireless has announced that it has been selected to supply high-speed Ruckus Smart WiFi products to Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corporation, a subsidiary of Kawasaki Heavy Industries. The new high-speed Ruckus Smart WiFi system was installed to support...
MicroStrategy named top BI vendor
MicroStrategy, a leading worldwide provider of enterprise software platforms, has announced that the widely followed BI Scorecard has rated MicroStrategy the top vendor across all 14 of the product capabilities identified for business intelligence (BI) Platforms. This...
Symantec NetBackup tackles data issues
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...
Technology and business in 2014
Technology in 2014 will play a bigger part in business across industries irrespective of business size. It is becoming a business decision that enables operations to deliver against business strategies, irrespective of how mature or complex the organisations are, says...
Interactive Intelligence releases results
Interactive Intelligence, a global provider of software and services designed to improve the customer experience, has announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended 31 December, 2013. “2013 was an excellent year for Interactive intelligence,”...
Keeping home WiFi networks secure
There is more than one type of burglary that can affect a home. The one we are most used to usually involves kicking in the door; the less familiar one involves compromising a computer. And if the intruder in this scenario has compromised a wireless network, users...
Non-repudiation: the new security buzzword
Most fraud is committed by a company’s employees - the old cliché “It must have been an inside job” is right on the mark. Non-repudiation is the buzzword for security systems that discourage such practices and, if a fraud is committed, that enable companies to...
Presidential hotline makes progress
The resolution of cases sent to the Presidential Hotline - established by President Jacob Zuma in 2009 - by members of the public has increased from 39% in 2009 to 94% in 2014. More than 180 000 calls have been logged between 2009 and 2013. "We are truly pleased that...
Smart ID card roll-out begins
Saturday (1 February 2014) saw the beginning of a mass roll-out of Smart ID cards by the Department of Home Affairs. The new cards have been made available to 16 year-old youths and pensioners who are 60 years and above in the 28 earmarked departmental offices across...
Accor chooses McAfee firewall
McAfee has announced that Accor, one of the largest hotel groups in the world, has chosen its next-generation firewall (NGFW) for the protection and continuity of their IT systems. McAfee’s NGFW is the market-leading product from Stonesoft, which was recently acquired...
Kaspersky achieves high AV-TEST scores
Kaspersky Lab has announced that its flagship security solution for home users, Kaspersky Internet Security 2014, scored the highest possible points in Bi-Monthly Certification November-December 2013 – a testing programme run by independent research laboratory...
Voice biometrics key for authentication
Voice biometrics is one of those technologies: it changes the game. It’s not in wide use anywhere in the world, yet, but it’s going to be the norm for authenticating identity within the next few years. It’s been worked on and refined for almost fifteen years. So it’s...
Genesys appoints Anana as new partner
Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories (Genesys) has announced the appointment of Anana Africa as a Genesys Partner in the African territory. Anana, a digital customer experience (DCE) company based in the UK, is the fourth partner Genesys has appointed in the region...
Kawasaki rolls out WiFi from Ruckus
Ruckus Wireless has announced that it has been selected to supply high-speed Ruckus Smart WiFi products to Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corporation, a subsidiary of Kawasaki Heavy Industries. The new high-speed Ruckus Smart WiFi system was installed to support...
MicroStrategy named top BI vendor
MicroStrategy, a leading worldwide provider of enterprise software platforms, has announced that the widely followed BI Scorecard has rated MicroStrategy the top vendor across all 14 of the product capabilities identified for business intelligence (BI) Platforms. This...
Symantec NetBackup tackles data issues
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...
Technology and business in 2014
Technology in 2014 will play a bigger part in business across industries irrespective of business size. It is becoming a business decision that enables operations to deliver against business strategies, irrespective of how mature or complex the organisations are, says...