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South Africa based leading distributor of networking products Duxbury Networking signed an distribution agreement with Axis Communications to distribute the Axis range of IP-based surveillance and remote monitoring camera offerings, targeting both small to medium-size businesses (SMEs) and the enterprise market across the Sub Saharan Africa. “The Axis range is an ideal complement to our portfolio. With the addition of management software, network integration and video data storage options, we are able to offer comprehensive surveillance solutions for a wide range of applications in small retail shops, large office environments and to customers in the education sector.” says Graham Duxbury, CEO, Duxbury Networking .Read More…

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Leading South African ICT solutions provider XON announced that it had partnered with Symantec to offer cloud services in South Africa. As a Symantec Gold Partner, XON has invested heavily in the creation of high-end skills in this area, making it one of the most qualified and experienced Symantec partners to offer such solutions. “Regardless of which industry they are in, customers want a managed service that comes with a guaranteed outcome for a predictable, monthly flat fee. It means that customers do not have to pay for costly on-site security resources, nor do they have to pay exorbitant licensing costs.Read More…

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Blue Coat announced that Lebanon’s leading Internet service provider, Lebanon Online S.A.R.L. has deployed the its CacheFlow 5000 appliance to substantially reduce its operational expenses by cutting bandwidth spend, manage sizeable increases in network traffic and subscriber growth, enhance Web security and optimize and enhance the delivery of rich Web 2.0 content, large files and video. Lebanon Online expects the return on its investment in CacheFlow appliances to be less than six months, based upon bandwidth savings alone. Read More…

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Kaspersky Lab today announced the availability of the 2012 versions of its home user products KIS and KAV for customers across the Middle East region to provides ultimate protection to PC’s from the rapid growth of threads. The all-new Kaspersky Internet Security 2012 and Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2012 incorporate the most advanced and effective protection technologies: a sandbox for launching suspicious applications, a program activity monitoring module, a script emulator, a cloud-based reputation database, a virtual keyboard plus many other features.

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Astaro, a Sophos company and leading Unified Threat Management (UTM) provider, today announced the availability of version 8.2 of the Astaro Security Gateway (ASG). Key enhancements in version 8.2 include Application Control (Next Generation Firewall), Interactive Web Reporting and a new authentication agent. These new features and enhancements dramatically improve network performance while providing increased visibility and control over the network which helps in meeting the ever-changing challenges of securing a business network. Read More…

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Data backup and protection specialist, NovaStor has expanded its international partner network and shown vast global growth. With new distribution partners in Middle East & Africa region, NovaStor strengthened its presence in these markets. NovaStor’s data protection software for small and medium businesses, enterprises, and heterogeneous networks, as well as its platforms for public and private cloud backup, convince resellers and distributors with its ease of use, high stability and excellent price-performance ratio. Read More…

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Leading IT and business skills training institute, Global Knowledge announced the relocation of its Cairo office and training center to a bigger space that offers a state of the art learning environment at Sheraton Heliopolis, reflecting Global Knowledge’s commitment in continually maximizing value for its customers. Global Knowledge’s investment in its Egypt operations comes at a time when recent political events have resulted in an uncertain economic climate, with other companies freezing or decreasing investment in the country.Read More…

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ComGuard, the value added distributors for leading wireless intrusion prevention (WIPS) products and services AirTight Networks in the Middle East region announced that recently Gartner AirTight with “Strong Positive” rating in its 2011 Marketscope Report for Wireless LAN Intrusion Prevention Systems. A “Strong Positive” is the highest possible rating in a Gartner Marketscope. Gartner, Inc. is the leading provider of research and analysis on the global information technology industry The July 2011 report was authored by John Girard, VP, Distinguished Analyst, John Pescatore, VP, Distinguished Analyst and Tim Zimmerman, Research Director at Gartner. Read More…

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Cyberoam, a division of Elitecore Technologies and the innovator of identity-based Unified Threat Management (UTM) solutions, announced the appointment of Lynton Lubbe as its Channel Manager for South Africa to manage the growing IT reseller channel in the country. Lubbe comes from Cyberoam distributor IndIT Technology Distribution and brings in the wealth of experience and local knowledge that will help the company to expand its network in the South African marketplace.Read More…

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Trend Micro announced the availability of Smart Surfing for Mac OS 10.7 or Lion. With Trend Micro Smart Surfing rated as the #1 best-selling product for Mac at retail in the U.S. and with Apple’s estimated global sales of more than 14 million machines, with the new version is expected to gain tremendously in market share. As Mac popularity and sales have grown, so has interest among cybercriminals in targeting those users. Recent outbreaks include Trojans and Fake AV like Mac Defender and MacGuard.
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Sophos published its Mid-Year 2011 Security Threat Report which revealed that fake anti-virus and search engine poisoning have become more commonplace and, since the beginning of 2011, Sophos has identified an average of 150,000 malware samples every day. This equates to a unique malware file being created every half-second, a 60 percent increase since 2010. In addition, around 19,000 malicious website addresses (URLs) are now identified daily, with 80 percent of those URLs being pages on legitimate websites that have been hacked or compromised. Read More…

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ESET Middle East recently announced a special exciting offer for organizations looking to secure their networks by providing ESET Mail Server protection free of cost with any purchase of 10 licenses or more of ‘ESET NOD 32 Business Edition’ licenses or ‘ESET Smart Security Business Edition’ in the Middle East region. The special offer is valid till 30th September 2011, and gives regional organizations with a great opportunity to deploy ESET’s comprehensive anti-virus and mail security technology at a cost-effective software license price.Read More…