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Technology aims to improve mining
Software vendor SAP is looking to industry-specific technology to assist the mining industry in Africa negotiate the range of complex challenges it faces. This was announced to the SAP Africa Mining Forum, being held in Johannesburg this week in conjunction with SAP...
Check Point named UTM leader by Gartner
Check Point Software Technologies, a worldwide leader in securing the Internet, has announced that it is positioned in the Leaders Quadrant of Gartner's recent Magic Quadrant for Unified Threat Management (UTM).Check Point has been named a leader in the UTM Magic...
Sharp to showcase solutions at Africa Print
Following a first foray into South Africa’s light production printing earlier this year, Sharp Middle East and Africa will showcase its latest high performance multi-function document systems at Africa Print Expo 2013. Operating at stand G31-G38 with local partner...
Mobile is the new frontier for VoIP
Just as voice over Internet protocol is in the process of becoming firmly entrenched as a standard approach for "landline" telecommunications, a new frontier is rapidly opening up. The consumerisation of technology has consumers of all kinds carrying with them...
Oracle unveils new WebCenter release
To succeed in today’s economy, organisations need to ensure customers, partners and employees have access to the right information in the context of the business process in which they are engaged. The latest release of Oracle WebCenter addresses this challenge with...
Protecting businesses’ endpoints
Endpoints are often the initial ‘surface’ where attacks and exploits occur. In fact, both the RSA breach and the notorious Google Aurora attack originated at a single compromised endpoint. It has long been known that technical departments need to invest in endpoint...
Schneider Electric opens excellence centre
Illustrating its commitment to being both a solutions and services leader, Schneider Electric South Africa has established a Solutions and Services Execution Centre. According to Mark Marucchi, who heads up the new Execution Centre, Schneider Electric South Africa...
Fortinet announces portfolio additions
Fortinet - a world leader in high-performance network security - has announced the first new additions to its secure application delivery product portfolio that are a direct result of the company’s recent acquisitions of Coyote Point Systems and XDN. The FortiADC-300E...
Twitter age verification aids compliance
South African alcohol brands and other companies that sell age-restricted products can currently sign up for an age verification service with Twitter that will help them keep minors from following their Twitter accounts. The Twitter age-screening system is based on a...
Africa needs light to grow
Studies by organisations such as the United Nations reveal that over 1,6-billion people still don’t have access to light, of which 30% of whom live in Africa. According to Sumesh Rahavendra, head of Marketing for DHL Express sub-Saharan Africa, using solar powered...
SA’s biometric industry under threat
Misinformed service providers, fly-by-night operators and "buck-chasers" continue to pose a threat to the development of South Africa’s biometric identity management industry, by fuelling negative perception of products and undermine the value of legitimate offerings....
IBM to acquire Israeli security firm
IBM has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Trusteer, a provider of software that helps protect organisations against financial fraud and advanced security threats. The acquisition of Trusteer advances the investment IBM is making in cloud-delivered software and...
AxizWorkgroup wins Trend Micro distribution
Global security software vendor Trend Micro has appointed AxizWorkgroup as its newest distributor within the South African region. The appointment comes on the back of the vendor’s stated intention to grow its South African and African channel, further cultivate and...
Technology aims to improve mining
Software vendor SAP is looking to industry-specific technology to assist the mining industry in Africa negotiate the range of complex challenges it faces. This was announced to the SAP Africa Mining Forum, being held in Johannesburg this week in conjunction with SAP...
Check Point named UTM leader by Gartner
Check Point Software Technologies, a worldwide leader in securing the Internet, has announced that it is positioned in the Leaders Quadrant of Gartner's recent Magic Quadrant for Unified Threat Management (UTM).Check Point has been named a leader in the UTM Magic...
Sharp to showcase solutions at Africa Print
Following a first foray into South Africa’s light production printing earlier this year, Sharp Middle East and Africa will showcase its latest high performance multi-function document systems at Africa Print Expo 2013. Operating at stand G31-G38 with local partner...
Mobile is the new frontier for VoIP
Just as voice over Internet protocol is in the process of becoming firmly entrenched as a standard approach for "landline" telecommunications, a new frontier is rapidly opening up. The consumerisation of technology has consumers of all kinds carrying with them...
Oracle unveils new WebCenter release
To succeed in today’s economy, organisations need to ensure customers, partners and employees have access to the right information in the context of the business process in which they are engaged. The latest release of Oracle WebCenter addresses this challenge with...
Protecting businesses’ endpoints
Endpoints are often the initial ‘surface’ where attacks and exploits occur. In fact, both the RSA breach and the notorious Google Aurora attack originated at a single compromised endpoint. It has long been known that technical departments need to invest in endpoint...
Schneider Electric opens excellence centre
Illustrating its commitment to being both a solutions and services leader, Schneider Electric South Africa has established a Solutions and Services Execution Centre. According to Mark Marucchi, who heads up the new Execution Centre, Schneider Electric South Africa...