South Africa stories - Page 7
DDoS attacks almost doubled in the last year - Kaspersky
Mon, 17th Feb 2020
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cybersecurity
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kaspersky
Kaspersky reports nearly double the number of DDoS attacks in Q4 2019 compared to the previous year, noting a surge in weekend and Sunday incidents.
NTT nabs two global partner awards at Cisco Summit
Tue, 19th Nov 2019
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partner programmes
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cisco
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partner awards
NTT has clinched two prestigious titles—APJC Partner of the Year and Software Partner of the Year—at Cisco's annual Global Partner Summit in Las Vegas.
Xero reports $1.3mil net profit, passes 2 million global subscribers
Thu, 14th Nov 2019
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fintech
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financial systems
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xero
While it took more than a decade to add Xero’s first million subscribers, it took two and a half years to add the next million.
Protiviti & Trintech team to deliver real time finance intelligence
Tue, 5th Nov 2019
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financial systems
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protiviti
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trintech
Protiviti and Trintech announce a strategic partnership to equip finance teams with real-time intelligence, aiming to boost efficiency and reduce risks.
AWS to launch new infrastructure region in Spain
Tue, 5th Nov 2019
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hyperscale
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public cloud
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cloud services
The AWS Europe (Spain) Region is expected to open late 2022 or 2023 and will consist of three Availability Zones at launch.
Aura InfoSec grows Wellington team
Mon, 14th Oct 2019
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cybersecurity
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aura information security
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banking
Christo Gouws joins Aura as a top security consultant, boosting their cyber defence prowess with his expertise.
AR 'Live View' navigation is coming to Google Maps
Thu, 29th Aug 2019
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ar, vr & metaverse
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google
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google maps
Live View will allow those travelling on foot around cities to navigate streets a little easier with turn-by-turn navigation.
Cambridge startup celebrates 10 years in the business
Tue, 27th Aug 2019
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martech
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hybrid & remote work
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software development
A student flat in leafy Waikato town of Cambridge started as the home of a software startup called Rocketspark.
Trintech financial solutions see strong growth across APAC
Mon, 26th Aug 2019
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financial systems
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risk & compliance
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healthtech
Financial software provider Trintech is expanding globally, with a 60% increase in sales for the first half of 2019.
Instalment service provider PartPay acquired by Australian player Zip
Tue, 20th Aug 2019
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martech
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commerce systems
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bnpl
The acquisition gives Zip exposure to four key geographies – New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States and South Africa.
Gartner names Automation Anywhere Leader in RPA
Tue, 23rd Jul 2019
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rpa
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healthtech
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gartner magic quadrant
Automation Anywhere named a Leader in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for RPA Software, highlighting its extensive reach and growing influence in the RPA market.
TIBCO recognised by Gartner, TrustRadius for data science
Thu, 13th Jun 2019
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data analytics
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cx
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data science
High customer satisfaction as TIBCO deepens commitment to data science projects that positively impact society.
SAS recognises global partner innovation and collaboration
Thu, 2nd May 2019
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partner programmes
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software development
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sas
SAS celebrates partners' innovation at awards; Alliance with Accord, ITOCHU & FACTS honoured for analytics excellence.
Developers use Intel AI to solve some of the world’s biggest challenges
Wed, 24th Apr 2019
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cameras
Risab Biswas developed a computer vision application to help farmers more easily detect pathological disease in their plants.
From 'fake' cloud to Netsuite: The Harcourts story
Thu, 11th Apr 2019
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fintech
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financial systems
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accounting systems
Harcourts, the 133-year-old real estate agency, transformed its global operations by adopting NetSuite, modernising from a 'fake' cloud solution.
Cloud application attacks in Q1 up by 65% - Proofpoint
Mon, 18th Mar 2019
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cloud security
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phishing
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email security
Proofpoint found that the education sector was the most targeted of both brute-force and sophisticated phishing attempts.
EMEA external storage market hits record high, Dell EMC on top
Thu, 14th Mar 2019
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storage
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hdd
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enterprise storage
The EMEA external storage market hit record highs in Q4 2018, growing 16.4% in USD, with Dell EMC leading the surge in flash-array deployments.
How cybercriminals are most likely to be caught
Thu, 7th Mar 2019
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firewalls
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network infrastructure
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network security
Fifteen per cent of IT managers at Australian companies who were victim to one or more cyber attacks last year can’t pinpoint how the attackers gained entry.
Microsoft launches its first data centres in Africa
Thu, 7th Mar 2019
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datacentre infrastructure
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hyperscale
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public cloud
In launching the two new facilities, Microsoft becomes the first global provider to deliver cloud services from data centres on the continent.
Huawei invests in cloud deployment for Singapore
Thu, 21st Feb 2019
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smartphones
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public cloud
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The company says its new strategic investment reflects growing demand for cloud service solutions across Asia Pacific.