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Leading value added distributor, Comguard today announced the availability of the industry’s first and only data loss prevention (DLP) solution with real-time, distributed artificial intelligence from BeyondTrust. This is the latest development in the relationship between the two companies, providing advanced security solutions to customers in the MEA region. PowerBroker DLP v4.0 provides organizations a “zero-touch” solution to secure critical data without writing a single rule. It is the simplest, most flexible and easiest to deploy data protection solution for physical, virtual and mobile devices.Read More…

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Leading enterprise data security and governance solutions provider, TITUS took a major step in consolidating data loss prevention (DLP) space by partnering with major DLP solution providers like McAfee, Symantec and Verdasys. Now, with TITUS classifications, DLP vendors can make better policy enforcement decisions and secure highly sensitive information. TITUS Message Classification, TITUS Classification for Microsoft Office, and TITUS Classification for Desktop are all certified as McAfee Compatible, and can be deployed through the ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO). Additionally, administrators can use ePO to monitor classification activity and gain insights into events, such as policy warnings, as they occur.Read More…

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Method announces the availability of the newly created Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) Business Unit that partners with Microsoft Dynamics AX, an adaptable business management solution that offers powerful capabilities to help growing multisite organizations streamline processes, reduce operational costs, manage compliance and drive informed decision-making. As businesses expand globally, so does the complexity of managing accurate business insights and standardizing operations across multiple locations.Read More…

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Qatar based Zerone Technologies, a wholly owned IT subsidiary of Al Sulaiman Holdings achieved AlcatelLucent Enterprise’s Premium Partner status. The recognition comes as a result of performance and the level of support offered by Zerone Technologies to its Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise customers in Qatar. To achieve Premium Partnership status, Zerone had to undergo certification in different technology sectors to be able to support its clients across the various segments that Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise covers in Unified Communications , Networking and Wireless infrastructure.Read More…

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Estarta Solutions, the leading regional IT provider and innovator, in cooperation with the Arab Potash Company (APC), has concluded successfully the implementation of the Business Intelligence (BI) solution. Based on Microsoft SharePoint and SQL Server, Estarta’s BI solution aims at providing the APC with a centralized database; that captures and analyzes data, and issues reports spontaneously. The system also seeks to link the database to the concerned departments to assess progress, boost productivity, and increase the work efficiency of the sales & marketing department.Read More…

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The AngloGold Ashanti group, headquartered in Johannesburg, is a leading global gold producer with 20 operations across four continents. Following the successful implementation by Cortell Corporate Performance Management of IBM’s Cognos TM1 solution into the South African operations, the decision was taken to carry this product into four sites in the Continental Africa Region. Cortell was once again contracted to implement TM1 at Semos and Yatela in Mali, the third of the AngloGold Ashanti Continental Africa TM1 rollouts after Obuasi and Iduapriem in Ghana. Read More…

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The Plan-Build-Operate technology solutions leader for project-based organisations, Meridian Systems partnered with leading Value Added Reseller in Egypt, Zone Technology. On the occasion of the tie-up with Zone Technology, Geene Alhady, general manager, Meridian Systems, said, “Zone is well positioned with program management providers and consultants, multinational firms focused on the oil sector, developers in Egypt’s tourism and real estate sector, and with public sector clients. Read More…

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According to a recent study by IDC, with major economic stimulus packages announced during H1 2011, public services, housing projects, and the availability of credit are expected to rise over subsequent quarters, boosting IT and Enterprise Application Software (EAS) investments in the short term. Ongoing and greenfield infrastructure projects are also expected to contribute to increased spending on EAS solutions. Read More…

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FVC recently signed an partnership agreement with Zoho Corporation for their online Cloud Applications, mainly Zoho CRM, Zoho HRIS, Zoho Projects, Zoho invoicing and Zoho Web Conferencing. This will be addition to FVC Cloud vision of bringing Emerging Cloud services to the region and equip our reseller community to offer cloud services. K.S. Parag, Managing Director at FVC, said, “Zoho is a very valuable addition as an online cloud applications distributor. One of FVC’s visions has always been to bring Emerging Cloud services to the region and equip our channel community with a comprehensive range of cloud services they can offer their enterprise customers.Read More…

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As the single point for the clearing of all cheques and Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) transactions in the country, the Central Bank of Kenya clearing house can ill afford any database downtime. Sybrin Systems teamed up with RDB Consulting to deliver high availability and uptime with Oracle’s Standard Linux database and fully redundant servers.
Sybrin Systems, a company that specialises in payment processing solutions, mainly across Africa, was awarded the contract, adding to their high profile client portfolio. The solution involved 41 banks using Sybrin Systems’ Client Participation Module, providing an interface to their Central Bank Clearing Module, running off high end clustered servers with Oracle’sStandard 11g database. Read More…

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Vision Valley achieved the TelePresence Video Master Authorized Technology Provider (ATP) status from Cisco. Armed with new status Vision Valley will able to sell, deploy and support Cisco TelePresence Video products and solutions at the Master level across Middle East region. The Cisco TelePresence Video Master ATP Program is focused on providing a new way of working in which everyone, everywhere can be more productive through face-to-face collaboration with Cisco TelePresence Video solutions. Read More…

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Leading South African IT consultants, RDB Consulting announced to have partnered with Oracle to offer database security. After working closely with Oracle for such a long time brining Oracle’s database security products into RDB portfolio was a natural extension. Having this database knowledge, experience and expertise is vital for adequate database security and for the running and maintenance of security products. RDB now is able to offer a full spectrum of services around the database including security providing its clients with access to a complete solution from a single vendor.Read More…