Extracts from:  Q-KON Newsletter  March 2005

Q-KON SA, a newly formed subsidiary of Q-KON

Q-KON SA, a newly formed subsidiary of Q-KON, has commenced business on the 1st March 2005 and will be focussed on servicing the newly deregulated South African market. The Q-KON SA team will be lead by Tjaart de Wet (pictured left) who has accepted the position of Managing Director.
Q-KON SA’s exclusive access to Q-KON’s solutions & services product portfolio, backed by more than 15 years of corporate experience, gives them an unequalled lead into the SA market. “The deregulation of the South African market in February this year effectively means that Telkom’s monopoly w ill no longer be the dominating factor in the telecommunications industry. The liberalisation, for the first time, allows convergence of voice and data solutions, which with Q-KON’s solution and strategic partnership offerings, perfectly positions Q-KON SA to seize this in country opportunity…” – Tjaart de Wet, MD Q-KON SA

Policing the Information Age: Law and order in cyberspace

In the Telecommunications Age, information has become the most important commodity of all. Access to information has become a goal in itself for a new breed of criminals - hackers and virus pranksters - w hose aim is to break into other people's systems. There are many high-profile virus programmes that have silently attacked computers undetected, but wiping out all the data on a hard drive isn't all that can happen. Once a virus/worm is active on your system, it w ill spread by sending itself to IP addresses and ports, using a form of algorithm, causing a “flooding” of traffic resulting in “slow links”. Some viruses attack more devastatingly by corrupting data subtly, perhaps altering crucial financial data, which damages a company's ability to trade. Bandwidth usage and utilization is a critical part of any network system today. Q-KON’s advanced routing capabilities at our teleport facilities w ill monitor and protect your network. Helpful links: www.free-av.com  www.safer-networking.org   www.sygate.com

Q-KON now offers VoIP Termination

Q-KON offers Voice over Internet Protocol Termination (VoIP) to anywhere in the world using Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). In a nutshell, your unique 10-digit number will direct your calls to Q-KON’s VoIP connection which will allow us to forward your calls to your SIP termination point!…For more information contact enquiries@qkon.com . The training provided a detailed description of the Tsunami Point to Point family and Lynx products. Technical details, topologies, configurations were also included as well as hands on path analysis, practical link calculations etc.

End-to-end wireless product offerings available from the Proxim

Q-KON has the broadest end-to-end wireless product offerings available from the Proxim portfolio of wireless networking equipment, for secure connectivity within buildings as well as between locations. The award-winning ORiNOCO® wireless local area network products are Wi-Fi®-certified and provide unsurpassed network mobility and security. The Tsunami™ wireless wide area network bridges reliably connect networks up to 40 miles apart, at speeds up to 860 Mbps and the Lynx® line of microwave radios provide voice and data backhaul. - With this certification Q-KON stands in line to become a Proxim Gold Partner.

ND SatCom’s SkyWAN® leading Mesh MF-TDMA DAMA VSAT solution

Q-KON can help you save more than 30% of your operational costs with ND SatCom’s SkyWAN® leading Mesh MF-TDMA DAMA VSAT solution.

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