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Riaan Leuschner is the Managing Director of Nology, a leading South African security-driven broadband, networking and communication hardware and solutions provider. As a result of recent investments into infrastructure, broadband is no longer a costly, exclusive commodity to be consumed sparingly. The opening up of the service provider market, along with several undersea cables that have landed, with more on the way, and fibre loops beginning to come into effect in metropolitan areas, have enabled bandwidth to become far more readily accessible, at higher speeds, with better quality, and at a reasonable cost.
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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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Leading South African distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC) recently introduced one of the thinnest 15-inch laptops Dell XPS 15z which
weighs just 2.54kg and is less than 24.68mm thin. Dell XPS 15z is all geared for both gamers and multimedia enthusiasts, as its ideal for watching the movies in high definition (HD) or playing games with its enhanced viewing features and graphics. The amazingly bright and vivid 15.6 inch display in optional HD is truly a movie lover and gamers’ paradise, giving you a distinct and remarkable experience. Every XPS 15z includes Stage software, an easy-to-use interface this gives you the ability to track your movies, games and music in just one easy step.Read More…

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Roelof Louw, is an expert on Cloud Computing and he works with leading South African ICT outsourcing service provider, T-Systems. The proliferation of cloud computing, in whichever form, had led to a change in the way organisations approach their outsourcing strategies. Indeed, it has effectively moved from services-based approach to include specific bundled products – cloud computing in essence represents the next evolution in outsourcing.
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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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NetEx recently signed agreement with Dell South Africa to reseller its HyperIP WAN optimization virtual appliance to keep pace with the growing demand in the region. “We are pleased to introduce HyperIP WAN optimization virtual appliances to South Africa for greater return on IT investment,” said Robert MacIntyre, Vice President, Business Development and Marketing at NetEx. “Dell South Africa is an ideal reseller for HyperIP as HyperIP has been proven to reduce replication, backup, and migration times in Dell storage environments by 60 to 90 percent.”
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Fujitsu announced that it has been awarded the contract to provide corporate performance management reporting, business intelligence and consulting services to Africa’s leading distance learning institution and the largest university in South Africa, the University of South Africa (UNISA), which teachs to approximately 3,00, 000 students in about 137 countries worldwide. UNISA’s Department of Information and Strategic Analysis (DISA) is responsible for business intelligence and institutional research in the university, and is currently located in the portfolio of the Vice-Principal Strategy, Planning and Partnerships. 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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Blue Turtle Technologies recently received two major awards from NetApp South Africa. The awards included Growth Partner of the Year and top honour for Partner of the Year. Blue Turtle, a NetApp software partner, who specialize in NetApp ONcommand suite of products, beat the more established heavyweight hardware partners to achieve these accolades. “NetApp is a 100% indirect organisation in South Africa, parenting is in our DNA. Partners such as Blue Turtle are like a diamond in a coal dump; very rare and hard to find.Read More…

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South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya will be the key players in the African ICT sector in the next five years. A survey conducted by Africa Business Panel among 800 business professionals involved with Africa shows that these 3 countries were earmarked as the continent’s favourites when it comes to the future of the ICT sector. Ghana, Egypt, Rwanda, Botswana, Angola, Uganda and Zimbabwe are the runners up and complete the top ten countries out of 53 economies on the African continent. Virtually all African economies show promising year-on-year growth.
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South Africa based VM Consulting, the master distributor of Appian BPM in Africa entered the West African market by securing its first client in Angola. “We are proud to be associated and representing Appian in South Africa and Africa. VM Consulting is excited to be embarking on our first Appian project in Angola. VM Consulting will be delivering the Appian BPM Solution to the largest insurance business in Angola, ENSA Seguros de Angola, SA.” said Vanessa Miller, Managing Director for VM Consulting.Read More…

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Fujitsu has launched its first annual SELECT Awards, designed to publicly recognise the successes of SELECT Partner Programme participants in South Africa. Business-oriented awards celebrate hard financial performance in each of the three SELECT Partner certification levels, from which the Fujitsu Channel Team in South Africa will select a national Partner of the Year. A further six individual national awards will celebrate important ‘softer’ measures of success, such as solution innovation and ambassadorship on behalf of Fujitsu.Read More…