Fortinet Appoints Michelle Ong as Country Manager in Malaysia
May 26, 2014 (Mon): Fortinet, a world leader in high-performance network security − today announced that it has appointed a new country manager in Malaysia. Industry veteran Michelle Ong will now oversee Fortinet Malaysia’s overall operations and take responsibility for developing and growing the vendor’s business in the country. Ong assumes the reins from Dato’ Seri George Chang, who will relinquish his acting...
Kaspersky Lab Tops Competitors in Testing of Security Software in Virtual Environments
May 25, 2014 (Sun): Kaspersky Lab today announced the results of a comparative test intended to measure the overall efficiency of its new Kaspersky Security for Virtualization | Light Agent software in comparison with Symantec Endpoint Security and Trend Micro Deep Security running on a Hyper-V hypervisor. This is the first test of Kaspersky Lab’s new software, which was announced publicly in April 2014 at the annual Kaspersky...
Orange Launches the 4th Edition of the Orange African Social Venture Prize
May 23, 2014 (Fri): Following on from the success of the past three years, today Orange (www.orange.com) is launching the 2014 edition of the Orange African Social Venture Prize. A new category has been introduced for the fourth edition: the “Orange Partner” award will recognize the best project that integrates an Orange application. Encouraging innovation and the use of ICT for development The Orange African Social Venture...
Real-time Stats: Bringing the Cyberworld into Focus
May 23, 2014 (Fri): Kaspersky Lab has made a host of unique statistical data available that shows the real-time picture of the cyberworld and its inhabitants. The company’s new portal gathers together statistical information from all over the world on what people are doing on the web, what devices they use and what threats they face. The kaspersky-cyberstat.com site pays particular attention to cyber threats: what malware is currently...
Over 10 Million People Subscribe Spotify
May 23, 2014 (Fri): The global commercial music streaming service provider Spotify recently revealed that it has 10 million paying subscribers and more than 40 million active users across 56 markets. “We’ve had an amazing year, growing from 20 markets to 56 as people from around the world embrace streaming music. 10 million subscribers is an important milestone for both Spotify and the entire music industry,” said Daniel Ek, CEO and...
New Launched e-PZB Brings Zakat Payments Online
May 23, 2014 (Fri): Muslims residing in Perak now able to make zakat (tithe) payments online easily with the new launched e-PZB online system by the state Islamic Religious and Malay Customs Council. The online system allows people to pay zakat as low as RM10, according to the council’s chief executive officer Dr Amiruddin Muhamed.
4,000 Units Xiaomi Mi3 Sold Out Online Mi3 Within a Day After The Launch
May 22, 2014 (Thu): Xiaomi Inc., one of China’s biggest electronics company that designs, develops, and sells smartphones, mobile apps, and consumer electronics, has expanded its foot print into Malaysia after launched Xiaomi Malaysia on Tuesday. In conjunction with the launch, 4,000 units of the Xiaomi Mi3 smartphone offered for sale in Malaysia at http://www.mi.com/my/ but all has been sold out within the launch date....
Cyber Attack Hits eBay
May 22, 2014 (Thu): eBay Inc. yesterday issued a statement asking all eBay users to change their passwords due to a cyber attack that compromised an eBay database containing encrypted eBay passwords and other non-financial information. According to the statement, eBay will notify its user base directly within the next 24 hours with more details. However, the e-commerce giant also said no evidence of unauthorized access or compromise...
DHL Doubles its Press Release Distribution in Africa
May 22, 2014 (Thu): APO (African Press Organization), the sole press release newswire in Africa and the global leader in media relations relating to Africa, today announced its renewed and extended contract as exclusive supplier for press release wire distribution in Africa with DHL (www.dhl.com), the global market leader in the logistics industry with activities in 51 markets in Sub-Saharan Africa. Megan Collinicos, Head of...
Gemalto selected for Algerian ePassport
May 22, 2014 (Thu): Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, announces it has been chosen to provide the Algerian governmental agency “Hôtel des Monnaies de la Banque d’Algérie” with its Sealys eCover for ePassports and embedded eTravel software to support the country’s ambitious ePassport program, as well as to increase its production capacity. In this program Gemalto’s technology is reinforced by its advanced production and...
