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Forrester names CA Technologies a leader
Forrester analysts evaluated nine identity and access management (IAM) suites against 16 criteria to help security and risk professionals select the right solution for their enterprise, business-to-business and consumer-facing IAM deployments. The CA Technologies...
Kathea named Revolabs distributor
Kathea, a local distributor of video collaboration (VC) and unified communication (UC) solutions, has expanded its offering to the southern African marketplace with its appointment as the sole value-added distributor (VAD) for Revolabs, a leading manufacturer of...
Oracle accelerates database performance
Oracle has announced the Oracle Database In-Memory option to help customers accelerate database performance for analytics, data warehousing, reporting and online transaction processing (OLTP). Oracle’s unique in-memory optimisations enable real-time ad-hoc analytics...
Cyberoam announces new NGFW appliances
Cyberoam, the leading global provider of network security appliances, has unveiled next-generation firewalls (NGFW) in its NG Series appliances. Cyberoam NGFW come with Layer 8 Identity-based technology for actionable intelligence and controls that offer complete...
Hisense launches smart air conditioner
On 23 September in Beijing, Hisense and Sina Weibo announced the availability of a cross-sector smart air conditioner, the power, temperature, and humidity of which can be controlled and adjusted by instructions sent via a private message over Weibo, China's leading...
SA is still lagging behind in AMM
South African companies like their international counterparts are faced with complex ICT application landscapes which often feature hundreds if not thousands of applications, says Collin Govender, VP of Systems Integration at T-Systems in South Africa. This in turn...
Samsung introduces Galaxy Note 3
Samsung Electronics has introduced the Galaxy Note 3, the latest update to the Note product line. The new Samsung Galaxy Note 3 adds delight to daily tasks and infuses innovative features that help consumers tell the story of their lives. Samsung Galaxy Note 3...
XON, Procera Networks establish partnership
XON has cemented a partnership agreement with Procera Networks, the global Internet intelligence company, to distribute, implement, and support the OEM vendor’s intelligent policy enforcement (IPE) PacketLogic products that provide actionable network intelligence and...
Curiosity finds water on Mars
The first scoop of soil analysed by the analytical suite in the belly of NASA's Curiosity rover reveals that fine materials on the surface of the planet contain several percent water by weight. The results were published today in Science as one article in a five-paper...
Cybercrime leads directly to job losses
Cybercrime costs the US economy at least $100-billion a year, equating to a loss of 508 000 US jobs, according to a new study, Estimating the Cost of Cybercrime and Cyber Espionage. After years of guesswork and innumerable attempts to quantify the costly effects of...
Outplay, outwit, outsmart with PCI DCC 3.0
Traditional PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Security Data Standards), as outlined by the PCI Security Council, were traditionally enforced to ensure that merchants' perimeter payment-card security initiatives were in line with the minimum legislation, but not much...
Contactless payments 101
With the steady introduction of contactless payment systems in parts of South Africa, a new wave of convenience for low-value transactions is becoming a reality. But just what is this technology? How does it work, and is it secure? These are questions that many people...
Smartphone app simplifies HR and payroll
Most individuals use their smartphones every day to call, SMS, WhatsApp or Facebook. Many experts in the industry believe that global mobile internet usage is projected to overtake desktop by 2014, meaning that globally individuals will access the internet from their...
Forrester names CA Technologies a leader
Forrester analysts evaluated nine identity and access management (IAM) suites against 16 criteria to help security and risk professionals select the right solution for their enterprise, business-to-business and consumer-facing IAM deployments. The CA Technologies...
Kathea named Revolabs distributor
Kathea, a local distributor of video collaboration (VC) and unified communication (UC) solutions, has expanded its offering to the southern African marketplace with its appointment as the sole value-added distributor (VAD) for Revolabs, a leading manufacturer of...
Oracle accelerates database performance
Oracle has announced the Oracle Database In-Memory option to help customers accelerate database performance for analytics, data warehousing, reporting and online transaction processing (OLTP). Oracle’s unique in-memory optimisations enable real-time ad-hoc analytics...
Cyberoam announces new NGFW appliances
Cyberoam, the leading global provider of network security appliances, has unveiled next-generation firewalls (NGFW) in its NG Series appliances. Cyberoam NGFW come with Layer 8 Identity-based technology for actionable intelligence and controls that offer complete...
Hisense launches smart air conditioner
On 23 September in Beijing, Hisense and Sina Weibo announced the availability of a cross-sector smart air conditioner, the power, temperature, and humidity of which can be controlled and adjusted by instructions sent via a private message over Weibo, China's leading...
SA is still lagging behind in AMM
South African companies like their international counterparts are faced with complex ICT application landscapes which often feature hundreds if not thousands of applications, says Collin Govender, VP of Systems Integration at T-Systems in South Africa. This in turn...
Samsung introduces Galaxy Note 3
Samsung Electronics has introduced the Galaxy Note 3, the latest update to the Note product line. The new Samsung Galaxy Note 3 adds delight to daily tasks and infuses innovative features that help consumers tell the story of their lives. Samsung Galaxy Note 3...