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Protecting profits with risk management
South African executives are well aware of the importance of risk management in every area of their businesses. Unfortunately, most are of the view that reacting to attacks after the fact is an acceptable form of managing risk. “Reacting to risk is simply admitting...
Buy airtime, electricity online with PayU
In their bid to making online payments in South Africa easier and more convenient, PayU, SA’s largest online and mobile service provider has just incorporated online airtime and electricity purchasing into their offering. “We are always looking for innovative ways to...
Symantec appoints Nutt to partner management
Mark Nutt has been appointed by Symantec as VP, EMEA Partner Management, and is charged with developing and executing Symantec’s new EMEA channel strategy. In his new role, Nutt will be responsible for leading a team that ensures Symantec’s partner programmes and...
Metalogix acquires Axceler business
Soarsoft Africa, a specialist of archive, migration, messaging and collaboration solutions and distributor of Metalogix solutions in Southern Africa, has announced Metalogix’ acquisition of Axceler’s highly successful and profitable SharePoint business, including the...
Oracle grows cloud services offering
As organisations of all sizes move more of their information systems to the cloud, Oracle is expanding the number of Oracle Cloud services to strengthen its position as the industry’s most comprehensive public cloud. Oracle Cloud offers a broad range of modern,...
Open source does not always compute
Companies today are faced with a serious decision that can have significant consequences when it comes to choosing a content management system (CMS). On the one hand, there are many open source solutions that are offered free of charge, as well as proprietary...
Connection Telecom offers affordable fibre
Connection Telecom, the leading cloud-based communications provider, has launched the most affordable innovative internet and voice solution which guarantees quality. MD Dave Meintjes says for the price of Internet access, the telco now offers its customers managed...
Poynting results augur growth potential
Poynting, a leading producer of specialised antennas and telecommunication products to the local and international cellular, wireless data and defence markets, released strong results and highlighted its future potential. Net profit after taxation increased from...
Sophos positioned in Gartner quadrant
Sophos has announced that it was, once again, positioned in the Leaders quadrant of Gartner’s 2013 Magic Quadrant for Mobile Data Protection. The quadrant is based on an assessment of a company’s market understanding, strategy and completeness of vision within the...
The implications of mobile for business
We live in a world with over six-billion cell phones, over one-billion of which are smart phones. As a result, more individuals have cell phones than access to safe drinking water. Within the next 10 years virtually all mobile phones will be smartphones, giving...
Trojans dominate malware-intensive Q2
Malware creation reached record levels during the second quarter of the year, with Trojans continuing to account for most infections. This is according to Panda Security’s quarterly report, which also shows an increase in malware targeting the Android platform....
Powertech wins R350m substation deal
Powertech Transformers, a subsidiary of Powertech and the Altron Group, has received the majority share of the miniature substation contract from Eskom to the value of approximately R350-million. The contract, which covers a two year period from August 2013 to July...
Cisco release boosts convergence
With Internet traffic rapidly growing amid new waves of cloud, mobile, video and machine-to-machine applications, Cisco introduced the Cisco Network Convergence System (NCS), a network fabric family designed to serve as the foundation of a massively-scalable, smarter...
Protecting profits with risk management
South African executives are well aware of the importance of risk management in every area of their businesses. Unfortunately, most are of the view that reacting to attacks after the fact is an acceptable form of managing risk. “Reacting to risk is simply admitting...
Buy airtime, electricity online with PayU
In their bid to making online payments in South Africa easier and more convenient, PayU, SA’s largest online and mobile service provider has just incorporated online airtime and electricity purchasing into their offering. “We are always looking for innovative ways to...
Symantec appoints Nutt to partner management
Mark Nutt has been appointed by Symantec as VP, EMEA Partner Management, and is charged with developing and executing Symantec’s new EMEA channel strategy. In his new role, Nutt will be responsible for leading a team that ensures Symantec’s partner programmes and...
Metalogix acquires Axceler business
Soarsoft Africa, a specialist of archive, migration, messaging and collaboration solutions and distributor of Metalogix solutions in Southern Africa, has announced Metalogix’ acquisition of Axceler’s highly successful and profitable SharePoint business, including the...
Oracle grows cloud services offering
As organisations of all sizes move more of their information systems to the cloud, Oracle is expanding the number of Oracle Cloud services to strengthen its position as the industry’s most comprehensive public cloud. Oracle Cloud offers a broad range of modern,...
Open source does not always compute
Companies today are faced with a serious decision that can have significant consequences when it comes to choosing a content management system (CMS). On the one hand, there are many open source solutions that are offered free of charge, as well as proprietary...
Connection Telecom offers affordable fibre
Connection Telecom, the leading cloud-based communications provider, has launched the most affordable innovative internet and voice solution which guarantees quality. MD Dave Meintjes says for the price of Internet access, the telco now offers its customers managed...