Niche legal services grow in Africa

The offering of niche legal services in the field of technology, telecommunication and media in Africa is firmly set to become a trend in the coming years. As a result, legal firms in particular must diversify their portfolios in order to remain relevant in the...

Mimecast offers Large File Send for Outlook

Mimecast announced Large File Send for Outlook a new service that makes sending large files secure and easy for users but meets the governance and management needs of IT staff. The service will eliminate a common data security or “Shadow IT” threat caused...

E-mail security, compliance for SMBs

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the cornerstone of economic growth. According to a 2010 research report, 91% of formal business entities in South Africa are SMEs contributing between 52% and 57% to the country’s GDP, and about 61% to employment. They...

Magix Security, STEALTHbits partner up

STEALTHbits Technologies, a leading developer of data and access governance solutions and Magix Security (Magix), an IT risk and security consulting firm, announced a partnership to offer STEALTHbits’ Data & Access Governance solutions to South African enterprises...

Powertech consolidates domains

With help from its sister company, Bytes Systems Integration, Powertech has successfully completed an extensive project to consolidate multiple domains. The project is helping Powertech reduce its IT costs while improving security and boosting productivity. Powertech,...

Automate governance and compliance

As technology marches on, the reliance on human interaction is fast diminishing. This is something that now holds true with the automation of governance and compliance, provided by the BMC Server Automation suite from BMC, available locally through Quintica. According...