Latest News - Software - South Africa

Protecting an organisation’s network from outside threats is no longer enough. ILP – information leak protection – protects the data from leaking out of the organisation, and offers companies more benefits than mere defence.

Layer 7 Technologies, represented locally by Blue Turtle Technologies, has announced the launch of SecureSpan Gateway Amazon Machine Image (AMI) to simplify integration of hybrid Enterprise / Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) applications.

GoPC.net the world's leading independent provider of Cloud Computing and TurboCASH Accounting, the leading Open Source Accounting package for SME have jumped in ahead of industry giants and announced the first entry level Cloud Accounting SaaS

ArcSight, represented locally by Blue Turtle Technologies, has released Enterprise Security Management (ESM) 4.5.

Tideway has announced the availability of Foundation™ 7.3. The software package takes the cost and risk out of data centre migration, consolidation and software license auditing projects.

Blue Turtle Technologies has signed a partnership agreement with US-based Fortify Software, the market leader in Software Security Assurance solutions, to distribute and support its suite of products.

Serena, represented locally by Blue Turtle Technologies, has developed a pragmatic alternative to traditional BPM solutions – Lean BPM with Serena Business Mashups, offering collaborative applications.

Blue Turtle Technologies, the local ArcSight representative, has added ArcSight Express to its offering. The software includes the correlation rules, dashboards, and reports that matter in the protection of business.

Tufin, represented locally by Blue Turtle Technologies, has announced the release of its Automatic Policy Generator (APG) which makes it possible for firewall administrators to automatically create a rule base for any firewall.

Quest Software, represented locally by Blue Turtle Technologies, makes the task of migrating from an existing software platform to a cost effective Microsoft platform viable, affordable and easy to accomplish.

Blue Turtle Technologies is now distributing and supporting Application ILM solutions from Informatica, a world leader in data integration software. The solutions ensures South African enterprises can manage and store data cost-effectively.

Compuscan Direct, a leading credit bureau solutions provider in Africa, has agreed to partner with CreditScan Nigeria by providing superior information technology that will form the backbone of its service infrastructure.

CDIS has formalized a contract with Compuscan Direct, a South African-based credit bureau operator and software developer. The contract brings CDIS access to proven, credit bureau software developed specifically for developing markets.

Tufin, represented locally by Blue Turtle Technologies, has joined the Juniper Networks J-Partner Program – that ensures partners are able to offer flexible and optimised solutions to end-users that extend the value of Juniper Networks’ solutions

ArcSight, represented locally by Blue Turtle Technologies, has positioned Gartner Inc.’s leaders quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for Security Information and Event Management. ArcSight is a provider of compliance and security management solutions.

BMC Software, represented locally by Blue Turtle Technologies, has announced that it has been positioned in the Leaders Quadrant of Gartner, Inc.’s recently released “Magic Quadrant for Job Scheduling” research report.

Tufin Technologies – security lifecycle management solution industry leaders, has won awards for solutions which enhance security, ensure business continuity and increase operational efficiency.

The Tufin Open Platform is an industry-wide alliance of leading security and networking vendors, as well as an open, multi-vendor Security Lifecycle Management platform.

BMC Software, locally represented by Blue Turtle Technologies, has announced their collaboration with Cisco to deliver a major management breakthrough for the new Cisco Unified Computing System.

Effective firewall management is essential in an organisation’s defence against hacking, Internet fraud and electronic intrusion, and is made easier through the use of a solution that unites the management process in a streamlined, automated way.

The Blue Turtle Technologies - Serena Software partnership has been extended to cover sub-Saharan Africa and the Serena reseller network. Blue Turtle will handle consolidation of the Serena partner network, and provide full support for Serena product

Deli Diet, a company that aims to deliver low calorie food door to door in the Gauteng region of South Africa, has launched a new website to enlarge it customer base and encourage healthy eating.

Compuscan South Africa announces the establishment of Compuscan Direct. Compuscan Direct’s value adding business proposition is to provide expert advice and software solutions to prospective Credit Bureau Operators.

The Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) and the Geographic Information Society of South Africa (GISSA) announce the 2008 Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) Conference Sept 29 - Oct 3, 2008 in Cape Town, South Africa.

Alliance Delivers Superior Access to Business Critical Information and Content

The treat of viruses and malicious software that can seriously harm your PC can be extinguished when people use safe game downloading software. The website launched by Kav Affiliates reviews the best programs available on the market.

For the first time SuperScheduler, the top South African school scheduler solution is release outside of South Africa. The product line is being rolled out in the major English speaking countries followed by other countries.