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Absa Capital, in affiliation with Barclays Capital offers corporate and investment banking services, acting as an intermediary between, and adviser to, suppliers and users of various forms of capital in South Africa and across the continent. The Challenge • Accurately assess and manage core client static data in support of both the Absa Group and Barclays Capital’s Advanced Internal Ratings Based (AIRB) approaches to Credit Risk reporting • Leverage the shared client static data across both the Absa Group and Barclays Capital to support collaboration with other business units both locally and internationally.Read More…

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According to the latest report on broadband market, Frost & Sullivan recognises iBurst DRC with the 2011 West and Central Africa Frost & Sullivan Growth Leadership Award. Since its market entry in December 2008, the company has rapidly become one of the largest internet service providers (ISP) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)’s broadband market, successfully competing with more established CDMA operators and GSM. At the end of 2009, iBurst DRC had enjoyed dramatic uptake of its broadband services, reaching over 5,000 subscribers in less than 12 months.Read More…

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Packard Bell announced a new version of its stylish 10.1’’ PB Liberty Tab tablet equipped with Android 3.2 and is powered by powerful NVIDIA Tegra dual core processor. The new tablet supports Stereo speakers and Dolby Mobile technologies deliver cool audio for listening pleasure. While the Full HD display offers vibrant colours to photos, movies and games. With the new embedded Android 3.2 operating system, the support of Flash 10.3 and expanded media codecs (WMV, WMA & Xvid), HDMI output in Full HD (1080p) gives a wide range options of media players. Read More…

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Leading IT Security vendor ESET announced the release of ESET File Security for Microsoft Windows Server which is engineered to secure business networks and data at the highest level. The newly-added, eShell functionality with command line control interface, enhances even further the management of ESET security solutions in a networked environment.
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ASUS announced the opening of Swap center to cater to ASUS Motherboard customers in United Arab Emirates. This will allow ASUS to deliver even better service to its Customers and make its service more efficient. The New Service Center will be located in the same location as ASUS notebook service center and the new facility will offer its customer Swap Service for the 3 Year Warranty coverage of the Motherboard. Read More…

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Jarir Bookstore, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s (KSA) market leader in office supplies, school supplies, IT products and books, reduced its monthly Internet costs by 43 percent by deploying SonicWALL’s NSA series to manage the company’s growing retail branch network and connectivity requirements. Jarir, like other progressive business enterprises, has become increasingly ‘distributed’ and employees often work on the move connecting to their business-critical data through laptops, smart-phones and tablets.Read More…

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HP Middle East appointed Salah Al Isawi as Country Managing Director of the Iraq and Levant. Salal will lead HP from front and provide HP an overall direction and strategy to strengthen its presence in Iraq and Levant region, which are key markets for HP. HP expects the new leadership in developing strategic partnerships with the Levant’s public and private sectors will further this growth. Read More…

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Leading security brand Sophos conducted a survey during Gitex 2011 and found out that 64% of respondents are not confident that data stored on a mobile device belonging to their organization would be secure in the event it was lost or stolen.

Unsurprisingly, 58% of those polled felt that viruses were still the biggest threat to their corporate network. Of the respondents, 34% rated device theft or loss as the biggest threat, not surprising either given that mobile device security was such a hot topic for Sophos at Gitex this year.Read More…

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Zservices, the provider of local Zscaler cloud security services in the Middle East partnered with the leading data communication and internet services providers, Zajil in Kuwait to offer Zservices’ cloud-delivered web security solution as a value-added service to its customers. Zservices web and email security SaaS cloud will be physically present at Zajil’s location and will interact with the global Zscalar Cloud infrastructure.Read More…

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SanDisk, the leaders in flash memory storage solutions, recognized its retailer partners at a dedicated awards ceremony yesterday which also witnessed the launch and live demonstrations of SanDisk’s new range of innovative products – the Extreme Pro SDXC UHS-I Card, Sansa Clip Zip, MP3 Player and the all new SanDisk Memory Vault. After yet another successful GITEX Shopper sixth time in the row,Read More…

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Leading security vendor, ESET recently announced the signing for a distribution agreement with FDC International which will promote the security products from ESET portfolio like NOD32 Antivirus & ESET Smart Security software products across the entire GCC region. Rohit Mathur, BU Manager (Value Business), FDC International, said, “We are excited to partner with one of the leading Security Software companies. Our partnership with ESET reinforces our objective to offer our partners Knowledge, Products & Support that they need, to become trusted business advisors with their customers in the security space. ”Read More…

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SAP, the world’s leading provider of business enterprise application software appointed State Informatics (SIL) as the first “service partner for large enterprise” in Mauritius. SIL will provide SAP implementation and consulting services throughout the Republic of Mauritius and the entire African region. “This agreement is a testimony of the trust relationship between SIL and SAP, the world’s leading provider of enterprise application software, with very stringent benchmarks. Read More…