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Due diligence, research key for importing
East Asia has surpassed Europe as South Africa’s major trading partner in volume, yet both destinations still hold important trade ties with the country. With cultural, political, economic and regulatory differences between the two regions, it has become increasingly...
Citrix announces new releases
Citrix has announced the availability of Citrix CloudPlatform 4.2, a single, unified cloud orchestration solution powered by Apache CloudStack, and Citrix CloudPortal Business Manager 2.1, a Web portal that manages the delivery of cloud services. The latest versions...
Oracle updates DMR for MySQL 5.7.
Kicking-off its second MySQL Connect conference at Oracle OpenWorld 2013, Oracle has announced the availability of the second Development Milestone Release (DMR) for MySQL 5.7, continuing to drive MySQL technology innovation. Available for download in the MySQL...
Huawei FusionSphere scores in benchmark
Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, announced that its cloud operating system, FusionSphere 3.0, scored a total of 4 687 points in the SPECvirt_sc2010 benchmark of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation...
Oracle leverages mobile with new release
Mobile has indisputably become a core part of the business vocabulary. For enterprises, it is essential that they develop the most relevant mobile strategy for today and tomorrow. In today’s collaborative and hyper connected organisations, it is mobility that enables...
Bank Hapoalim rolls out Genesys solution
Genesys, a leader in contact centre and customer service solutions, has announced that Bank Hapoalim, Israel’s largest bank with a global reach in three continents, has successfully transformed its business operations and increased its competitiveness with Genesys...
Security by obscurity doesn’t exist
Today, more than ever, good network security is absolutely essential for every business (indeed, every computer) that’s connected to the Internet as the threats are far more subtle than having a hacker or virus crash your computers. According to Derek Hershaw, CEO of...
Exposing security weaknesses
Experts from Kaspersky Lab and Outpost24 recently carried out a security audit at a number of European organisations and studied the prevalence of un-patched vulnerabilities globally to get a better understanding of the IT (in) security landscape. Their joint report...
Tax season: prime time for APTs
The global scope of advanced persistent threats (APTs) is greater than most people realise. Because these attacks are typically launched through various channels over a period of time, they can be difficult to identify and can remain unperceived for years, says Jonas...
Danimex named Motorola distributor
Motorola Solutions, a leading provider of mission-critical communication solutions and services for enterprise and government customers, says it expects to see growth in the sub-Saharan African region on the back of its new distribution partnership with Danimex...
African telcos urged to rethink models
As African telecommunications operators start to position themselves to offer voice, video and broadband services as bundled offerings, they need to rethink the way that they provision said services and market them to end-users. That’s according to Mark Tinka, head of...
Kaspersky patent suit dismissed
Kaspersky Lab was been vindicated in a lawsuit initiated by Lodsys, a company located in Texas that operates as a Patent Assertion Entity. Kaspersky Lab, along with 54 other companies including Atari, Symantec and Estee Lauder, were originally named in Lodsys’...
Lily Collins most dangerous in 2013
Lily Collins, star of The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones and Mirror, Mirror, has replaced Emma Watson as McAfee’s most dangerous celebrity to search for online. For the seventh year in a row, McAfee researched popular culture’s most famous people to reveal the...
Due diligence, research key for importing
East Asia has surpassed Europe as South Africa’s major trading partner in volume, yet both destinations still hold important trade ties with the country. With cultural, political, economic and regulatory differences between the two regions, it has become increasingly...
Citrix announces new releases
Citrix has announced the availability of Citrix CloudPlatform 4.2, a single, unified cloud orchestration solution powered by Apache CloudStack, and Citrix CloudPortal Business Manager 2.1, a Web portal that manages the delivery of cloud services. The latest versions...
Oracle updates DMR for MySQL 5.7.
Kicking-off its second MySQL Connect conference at Oracle OpenWorld 2013, Oracle has announced the availability of the second Development Milestone Release (DMR) for MySQL 5.7, continuing to drive MySQL technology innovation. Available for download in the MySQL...
Huawei FusionSphere scores in benchmark
Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, announced that its cloud operating system, FusionSphere 3.0, scored a total of 4 687 points in the SPECvirt_sc2010 benchmark of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation...
Oracle leverages mobile with new release
Mobile has indisputably become a core part of the business vocabulary. For enterprises, it is essential that they develop the most relevant mobile strategy for today and tomorrow. In today’s collaborative and hyper connected organisations, it is mobility that enables...
Bank Hapoalim rolls out Genesys solution
Genesys, a leader in contact centre and customer service solutions, has announced that Bank Hapoalim, Israel’s largest bank with a global reach in three continents, has successfully transformed its business operations and increased its competitiveness with Genesys...
Security by obscurity doesn’t exist
Today, more than ever, good network security is absolutely essential for every business (indeed, every computer) that’s connected to the Internet as the threats are far more subtle than having a hacker or virus crash your computers. According to Derek Hershaw, CEO of...