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First National Bank (FNB) Botswana is one of the leading financial institutions in the country and is part of the prominent First National Bank group. As a financial entity that operates across countries and continents, the company needs to comply with a multitude of regulations and governance practices both locally and internationally. In an effort to improve IT governance and align with the principles of IT, FNB Botswana called upon Marval South Africa to assist with training and ITIL process development. Since a large proportion of FNB’s business relies on the availability of IT infrastructure and service, downtime can be costly in terms of the impact on the bank’s customers and the loss of income it incurs.Read More…

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Leading IT security distributor in Africa, SecureData Africa announced that it has been appointed as the distributor for AirTight Networks in the sub-Saharan African region. AirTight SpectraGuard Enterprise provides continuous, automated protection against all current and emerging wireless threats, which can jeopardise sensitive data as well as affecting performance, critical applications and end-user satisfaction. Unauthorised access points (APs) connected to the enterprise wired or wireless network are considered rogue APs. Read More…

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Spectrami partners with TITUS to deliver wide range of enterprise information security and compliance solutions for email, documents and SharePoint that enable organizations to secure information assets and address compliance requirements. Spectrami expects that with its region wide reach of channel partners, it is best placed to address the customer’s overall security and compliance challenges by working with TITUS. “Middle East offers a growing opportunity in the security and compliance space, we believe that by partnering with TITUS, we will be able to deliver our channel a proven and practical solution to address security and compliance,” Read More…

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FVC, a leading Value Added Distributor hosted its first partner meeting to introduce the complete range of Alcatel-Lucent Enterprises (ALUE) solutions to its network of system integrators in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Alcatel-Lucent Enterprises (ALUE) solutions are targeted at small-to-medium sized companies (SME’s) in Saudi Arabia. The event which was attended by around 50 partners covered market trends, solutions portfolio, selling techniques and data for SMEs. The session also demonstrated, through the web, VoIP and latest Apps available, MY IC Mobile 1.0 for iPhone and iPad.Read More…

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Epson launched its new affordable range of high-quality education projectors in Middle East. The new range consists of its short-throw projector range EB-435W, EB-425W, EB-430 and EB-420 targeted at schools looking for high-quality yet affordable equipments. The projectors can be mounted 72cm from the screen for a high-quality, 178cm picture with fewer shadows, making them the perfect partners for existing interactive whiteboards in schools. The short-throw range, powered by 3LCD technology, achieves accurate colour reproduction, important in education for natural-looking flags, maps and diagrams. Read More…

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Leading value-add distributor Westcon today announced that the company has signed a value added distribution agreement with Arbor Networks, Inc., a leading provider of security and network management solutions for next-generation data centers and carrier networks. Arbor’s Pravail Availability Protection System (Pravail APS) is an on-premise device that protects the enterprise data centre edge from threats to availability — specifically, application-layer distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. Read More…

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MSI Notebook sets its sights on the Middle Eastern and African markets this year by launching an integrated advertising campaign to advance its brand name. In addition to starting its annual large-scale international “Beat it” video gaming competition in the second quarter, the company will be further developing distribution channels throughout the region. Focused on developing the high-end gaming notebook computer market, MSI Notebook is rolling out the newest members of its G Series; combat-grade GT780 and GT783 gaming notebooks, the ultimate in gaming NBs that leaves the rest of the industry scrambling to play catch up. Read More…

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Security specialist SonicWALL, expanded its suite of firewall security services with the addition of Kaspersky Anti-Virus to its Enforced Client Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware solution. SonicWALL Firewalls ensure easy deployment, provisioning and enforcement of the client on endpoint devices through a unique policy-driven engine. SonicWALL Next-Generation and Unified Threat Management firewalls already provide gateway anti-virus through SonicWALL’s proprietary reassembly-free deep packet inspection anti-malware solution, protecting the perimeter, wireless and VPNs. But viruses can still enter the network through other entry points, including laptops, thumb drives or other unprotected systems. Read More…

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ComGuard brings Cyberoam and Safenet together to target SMB’s & Enterprises end-users in the Middle East region. The exclusive deal from ComGuard bundles Cyberoam UTM and SafeNet security package consisting five SafeNet eToken Pass along with SafeNet Safe Word 2008 Migration Pack, that offers any channel partner five SafeNet eToken Pass along with SafeNet Safe Word 2008 Migration Pack for free on purchase of selected range of Cyberoam UTM appliances. Read More…

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NETGEAR announced launch of Universal Dual-Band WiFi Range Extender (WN2500RP) in the Middle East region. The new product has been designed specifically to extend the wireless range and optimize performance of any existing home network. WN2500RP extends the coverage of both the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz WiFi signals from an existing wireless router or gateway, providing consumers with the convenience of a flexible and improved WiFi connection.
The WiFi range extender provides users with key features like simultaneous dual-band WiFi that runs on both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands concurrently, doubling WiFi bandwidth and reducing WiFi interference.Read More…

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Global leader in flash memory storage solutions, SanDisk unveiled high performance X100 solid state drive (SSD). SanDisk X100 SSD is available in capacities up to 512GB1 and utilizes multi-level cell (MLC) technology, a SATA 6Gb/s high-performance interface, advanced multi-streaming features and tiered caching technology. The drive offers up to 500/420 megabyte per second (MB/sec)2 sequential read/write speeds, and enables a user to copy a 4GB high-definition movie in less than 10 seconds (Standby Mode). Read More…

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EMPA, the leading IT distributor in the region named Nicholas Argyrides as its managing director. Nicholas comes onboard EMPA with years of IT distribution experience in the Middle East region. Nicholas joins EMPA after having worked with Logicom, another leading name in the IT distribution business in the Middle East region. In his new role, he will be directing EMPA’s business strategy and spearheading the firm’s overall operations across the region.Read More…