Visitors to Futurex & Equip in Cape Town will get free hotspot access, thanks to a giveaway from Frogfoot Networks.

Compared with their low-performing peers, high-performing mid-sized companies attach greater importance to investments in IT integration, outsourcing, sales and marketing, and plant and equipment, arguing that technology is a growth enabler. 

People may believe that a full and rewarding digital lifestyle is restricted to a few super-rich techno-geeks but, in fact, just about anyone can enjoy quality entertainment that suits their pocket.

Convergence is ensuring that advances in information technology (IT) and networking drive new and improved security solutions. 

Panda Security will be launching its new 2008 consumer product line comprising Panda Antivirus 2008, Panda Antivirus+Firewall 2008 and Panda Internet Security 2008 in South Africa at Futurex Cape Town (26-28 September). The new solutions have a far greater detection and disinfection capacity as they are based on the new security model, megadetection, allowing them to detect and disinfect more than one million threats.

The Western Cape is enjoying a high-tech boom, an economic fact that will make the upcoming Futurex & Equip exhibition, which is co-located with Securex - the security, safety, fire and protection exhibition, a popular attraction for exhibitors and visitors. 

A new team of hackers - Spacenerve and Raw Banana - has joined the challenge to Capture the Flag by breaking into the secured network running in Hall 2 at Futurex & Equip. Visitors are invited to gather around to see who will triumph: the hackers or the five levels of system security that have been set up by the team at Capture the Flag.

Lenovo, Letlhaka Technology and SIM4Travel are the winners of this year's stand awards at Futurex & Equip.

Computer security is the biggest problem on most users' minds these days, as viruses and malicious attacks become the norm. Now, visitors to Futurex & Equip have the opportunity to learn all about the vulnerabilities they face and how to guard against them at the Networks Unlimited stand in Hall 2. There's also an iPod to be won.