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2010 has arrived with a bang. While most of South Africa are preparing for the World Cup and concentrating on this year only, Techtron Computers are planning their technology for the next few years. With the start of a new decade the inevitable change of technology has occurred. According to Gartner by the close of 2012, more than 50% of...

Purpose: Techtron staff has bravely signed up to ride the 110km cycle tour taking place on the 13th March 2010. The initial goal of each member of the team was to finish the tour within the cut off time. Subsequently we have been asked to help in a worthwhile initiative to assist in raising funds for the GCU programme (details...

Techtron Computers was recently awarded Gold Partner status with Secure Data in the Trend Micro range of products. Techtron has been working closely with Secure Data over the past year and our relationship has steadily grown. In addition to our strong working partnership the staff at Techtron all recently completed the Trend Micro training facilitated by Secure Data. The Trend...

Now you can also choose the Techtron Firewall Service. The combination of flexibility and scalability of this new alternative is designed to satisfy the security needs of any network. Features Firewall with stateful inspection The firewall is based on Stateful Inspection technology that identifies every incoming packet: by recognizing the source and contents of each packet, helping guard against unwanted...

Techtron Online Backup Suite is a comprehensive data protection system. Techtron offers an easy-to-use and reliable backup solution to ensure that important business and personal data is protected and is readily available when needed Techtron Online Backup Manager is a multi-platform, robust and secure client software that works with our server software, for offsite backup of critical databases and files....

Techtron Computers has been offering remote support to our server installations for the past few years. With our new offering we are able to Deliver instant support services to all our clients when you’re at the office, at home or on the road. Zero router configuration means that you can send and receive calls from Virtually anywhere in the world!...

Techtron Computers is pleased to announce effective the 1st of Sep­tember 2007 a merger with FoneIT, a supplier of IT equipment and services, specializing in Microsoft product technologies. For the past four years, our corporate mission has been to become the supplier of choice for business IT services.  Our merger with FoneIT brings us one step closer to the accomplishment...

Remote IT Support has become one of the standard services offered by almost all established IT support companies, due to the high demand coming from the marketplace, but at what point does remote support start negatively affecting you business when do you reach a tipping point? We all know the benefits of remote support: faster response time. better utilisation of...

Deep Security wins industry award at SC Magazine Awards Europe 2012 Marlow, UK – 25th April 2012 – Trend Micro, a global leader in cloud-based security software and services, has been recognized by SC Magazine as the company with the best secure virtualisation solution, Trend Micro Deep Security. The announcement was made on the 24th April at the annual SC Magazine...

Techtron has been offering Cloud Email Services through a partnership with Synaq (www.synaq.com) for a while now.  We thought we would share some information about what powers our Cloud Email Service. Techtron’s Cloud Email is run on VMware Zimbra which is an enterprise-class email, calendar and collaboration solution, built for the cloud, both public and private. With a redesigned browser-based...

Our clients often ask us about the difference between Capped vs Uncapped and why we always recommend capped accounts for our business clients.  I found this nice explanation from Johan Botha. When it comes to Capped vs Uncapped Internet, here’s a breakdown of the pros and cons, to help you decide which to choose: Let’s start with Shaping. This is...

What is the difference between a domain and a workgroup? Computers on a network can be part of a workgroup or a domain. The main difference between workgroups and domains is how resources on the network are managed. Computers on home networks are usually part of a workgroup, and computers on workplace networks are usually part of a domain. In...