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Aspect Enterprise Solutions announced the new updates and enhanced features within its market data and analytics platform, AspectDSC (Aspect Decision Support Center). Aspect’s multi-commodity portal provides traders with tailored real-time prices, news and information with charting and analytical tools, via the Web, and now offers greater flexibility and control for users. Updates to the AspectDSC system include fully customizable Price Tables which allow traders to view live, delayed and end-of-day prices for multiple instruments. Data delivered by different exchanges including ICE, NYMEX, CME, LME and Bursa Malaysia can be shown in side-by-side columns and filtered by the end-user.Read More…

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Itqan Al-Bawardi Computers attained the ISO 27001 certification for its compliance with the Information Security Management System standard, signifying the implementation of a set of information security controls in accordance to criterions set forth by this quality certification. This feat marks the third ISO certification in Itqan’s resume. Itqan is ISO 9001:2008 certified, as well as ISO 20000 certified, and was the first IT Company in the region to achieve the latter three years ago.Read More…

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Tandberg Data announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the RDX business from ProStor Systems and with this it will acquire the RDX business, including intellectual property rights. RDX technology is a disk-based removable storage system with portable cartridges that combines the benefits of tape—reliability, portability, archive life and low cost—with the performance, speed, random access and ease of use of hard disk technology. Tandberg Data will work closely together with current RDX license partners, to further grow the removable disk market through continued investment in R&D, sales and marketing of the RDX technology.Read More…

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Comztek expanded its relationship with HP by bagging the rights to distribute HP Networking beyond South Africa to across the Southern Africa region. This new move has come after few months when Comztek was first awarded the distribution rights only for South Africa, now with the extension of the distribution rights Comztek will now be able to serve its resellers as well as its customer base in all the countries of the South African region like Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

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HP announced a worldwide early access program for the new upcoming HP P6000 Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA). HP has an installed base of nearly 100,000 EVA units deployed worldwide and the early access program will represents a significant opportunity for clients to accelerate storage consolidation projects and reduce datacenter costs without retraining administrative staff. Part of HP’s Converged Infrastructure portfolio, the HP P6000 EVA represents the company’s fifth generation EVA and features increased capacity and performance improvements.
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Fujitsu introduced thin clients powered with eco-friendly power over Ethernet (PoE) technology. Despite drawing only a trickle of power over Ethernet networks, the FUTRO S700 and FUTRO S900 are among the most powerful thin clients available today, boasting up to six times enhanced performance over previous models. Fujitsu is taking Power over Ethernet (PoE) technology from its pioneering Zero Client line to introduce the technology to its thin client line. Offering both power and Ethernet via a single cable for increased flexibility and connectivity, PoE technology requires very low power consumption, benefiting both the environment and companies’ bottom lines.
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Packard Bell unveiled all new colourful, elegant, trendy EasyNote S series of notebooks in three different screen sizes. EasyNote NS is a 14″ widescreen compact, portable notebook for maximum fun. While, 15.6″ EasyNote TS is a stylish computing notebook, whereas, 17.3″ Packard Bell EasyNote LS is the ideal alternative to a home desktop computer with highend multimedia experience. Packard Bell also launched brand new ixtreme desktop that provides unprecedented flexibility and extended usability for the best digital experience. Its eye-catching soft curves and glossy black finish combine with white illuminated logo for a true sense of style. Its storage capacity grants unlimited room for movies, pictures and music.

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South Africa based leading IT distributor, LOOPHOLD Security Distribution launched SonicWALL’s WAN Acceleration Appliance (WXA) Series, an extension of the current SonicWALL next-generation firewall (NGFW) suite. The SonicWALL WXA Series consists of the WXA 5000 virtual appliance, the WXA 2000 and WXA 4000 hardware appliances and the WXA 500 Live CD. WXA series allow businesses to select the right deployment solution for their network. It also significantly improves WAN performance between regional and branch offices, and reduces traffic by up to 95% besides providing faster access to mission-critical applications, resulting in increased employee productivity.

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AOC, a global provider of display panels recently organised its global distributor meet dubbed “Go 2011” in Xiamen, China. The event which was attended by C.H. Tuan, president, AOC worldwide showcased the vendor’s new products and channel roadmap of 2011 to 100 distributors coming from various parts of globe. Delivering his keynote address, Tuan outlined that despite a global slump in monitor sales in 2010, AOC not only exceeded expectations, but also achieved a 60% increase in monitor sales, resulting in16million units being sold. He told delegates at the distributor event that AOC has aggressively expanded its brand globally and is astonished at the growth levels the company has achieved in Asia, Middle East and Europe.
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Western Digital recently appointed Rectron, a South African based broadline distributor to market, sell and support the vendor’s range of external retail hard drives in South Africa; an initiative likely to catapult WD to one of South Africa’s top two players in the computer storage market.
“This appointment validates our efforts and dedication to building strong relationships with all our partners, and is a reflection of our leadership in the South African distribution space,” says Elaine Wang, Rectron business manager.

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South Africa based First Technology, an authorised Adobe reseller, is beefing up its Adobe technical capability with the establishment of a development division focusing on Adobe solutions. Complementing its enhanced focus on Adobe, First Technology is also an accredited Adobe Silver Partner and is a preferred Software Asset Management Partner.

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Brocade, the leader in fabric-based data center architectures, recently announced that its OEM partners, including EMC, Hitachi Data Systems, HP and IBM, have agreed to support their new next-generation Fibre Channel technologies which will help the enterprise customers migrate smoothly to private cloud architectures. Brocade today announced world’s first fabric-based, end-to-end networking solutions based on industry-leading 16 gigabits per second (Gbps) Fibre Channel technologies.
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