Fighting the insider threat

Apr 29, 2015

In the past, security efforts were largely focused on preventing cyber criminals from gaining access to the company network, says Anton Vukic, channel director, Phoenix Distribution. Today, although this threat continues to be a real danger, there has been a growing...

Acer launches new Chromebook

Apr 29, 2015

After launching the Acer Chromebook 15 line, the industry’s first Chromebook with a 15,6-inch display, Acer has expanded this line with a new model, the Acer CB3-531. The new Acer Chromebook 15 features 11.5 hours of battery life, the longest in the industry’s 15-inch Chromebook segment.

UPSes need dynamic battery life predictions

Apr 29, 2015

Beep! Beep! Beep! Anyone who has owned a UPS in the past decade knows, and probably dreads that noise; the sound of your UPS informing you that it needs a battery replacement – and if your luck is anything like mine, it probably happens at the most inconvenient times,...

VMware introduces new open source projects

Apr 29, 2015

VMware has announced two new open source projects built to enable enterprise adoption of cloud-native applications – Project Lightwave, an identity and access management project that will extend enterprise-scale and security to cloud-native applications; and Project...

Riverbed launches SteelCentral Portal

Apr 29, 2015

Riverbed Technology has announced the launch of Riverbed SteelCentral Portal, a breakthrough software solution for managing application performance in today’s hybrid IT environments. For the first time, companies are able to blend performance information from network,...

SA wine farm partners with Microsoft

Apr 28, 2015

With a recorded history dating back to 1692, Spier is one of the oldest wine farms in South Africa. The winery is also one of the most awarded in the country. The accounting environment of Spier was implemented more than a decade ago and was no longer fulfilling the...