Leading South African distributor, Drive Control Corporation (DCC) recently introduced the new range of Scorpio Black and Scorpio Blue hard disk drives for Notebooks from Western Digital’s stable. WD Scorpio Black is a 2.5-inch SATA hard drive combines the class-leading 7200 RPM spin speed and 16 MB cache to deliver maximum notebook performance. Now available in capacities of up to 750 GB, the WD Scorpio Black hard drives provide creative professionals, gamers and PC enthusiasts with additional capacity they need to get their job done. Using Advanced Format (AF) technology, the WD Scorpio Black 750 GB hard drives also incorporate a variety of data-protection features to actively monitor and protect valuable data.Read More…

Leading South African distributor, Drive Control Corporation (DCC) recently expanded its team with the appointment of Robert Smyth as their new Western Digital (WD) Product Specialist and Sean Cocks as its new Symantec Consumer Product Specialist. Robert Smyth will be responsible for promoting the WD brand to the South African channel as well as providing support to resellers. He will also manage and develop sales, handle marketing, promote and drive training, manage all purchasing, sales and stock forecasts and keep abreast of market trends. He will also manage the vendor relationship and ensure that the WD products are supported by strong product skills and knowledge. Read More…

Robert Brandt is an power solutions expert who works with a leading South African IT distribution company Drive Control Corporation as a Product Specialist for UPS & Infrastructure. The importance of power management and backup solutions for South African businesses cannot be argued. After all, even though we have seemingly moved past the infamous load-shedding incidents of 2008 our power remains notoriously unstable, with spikes, surges and dips in voltage that can cause damage to expensive equipment as well as frequent power failures that can cause loss or corruption of data. Read More…

Leading South African distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC) recently introduced one of the thinnest 15-inch laptops Dell XPS 15z which
weighs just 2.54kg and is less than 24.68mm thin. Dell XPS 15z is all geared for both gamers and multimedia enthusiasts, as its ideal for watching the movies in high definition (HD) or playing games with its enhanced viewing features and graphics. The amazingly bright and vivid 15.6 inch display in optional HD is truly a movie lover and gamers’ paradise, giving you a distinct and remarkable experience. Every XPS 15z includes Stage software, an easy-to-use interface this gives you the ability to track your movies, games and music in just one easy step.Read More…

Leading South African distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC) today announced the launch of Verbatim’s latest innovation in music world, the Store n Go Audio USB and the Bluetooth Audio Cube. Drika Wilkins, Verbatim Product Specialist at DCC, says “The Store n Go Audio USB is the perfect size USB to take with you wherever you go. Designed to fit any USB port, this nifty little gadget was developed specifically to be used in your car. The Store n Go holds an incredible 8 Gigabytes (GB) of data, making it perfect for listening to all your favourite songs while on the road, for many hours. The Store n Go has the added benefit of its ability to be kept in any USB port for a long period of time due to its small footprint, delivering even more convenience.”Read More…

Drive Control Corporation (DCC) the distributors for HP in South Africa announced the launch of all new refreshed HP ProBook range of laptops. “This is a great deal for the end users, where the key feature is upgraded specs without any increased cost. The standard hard drive specification has been upgraded from 320GB to 640GB, giving users even more space to store their documents, music and multimedia files,” says Deon Botha, HP PSG Business Unit Manager at DCC.Read More…

Leading South African distributor, Drive Control Corporation’s (DCC) unveiled its new strategy to increase customer awareness and retail presence by reaching an agreement with Makro for the mass market retailer to stock a range of Hewlett Packard (HP) and Western Digital (WD) products. This agreement builds on DCC’s existing relationship with Makro, supplying additional products to the consumer market while leveraging Makro’s extensive customer base and nationwide footprint. Read More…

As the world becomes increasingly digitalised, organisations are storing more and more data electronically, much of which is mission critical and essential to running their business. The integral nature of this data to the business world, as well as events such as the Enron debacle, led governments around the world to begin passing various pieces of legislation around the protection of electronically stored information. Compliance with legislation in this regard has forced organisations around the world to examine their data policies and adopt new guidelines for the retention, processing and destruction of electronic records and communication. One of the most notable regulations not only for the United States where this law was passed but for organisations around the world, particularly those is the financial sector, was Sarbanes-Oxley, or SOX.
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South Africa based distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC) introduced the 2.5 TB and 3 TB versions to Western Digital AV-GP SATA hard drives, serving the audio-video (AV) market. The new 3.5-inch, WD AV-GP hard drives offer 24X7 reliability, low power consumption and unrivalled storage capacity for storage-intensive AV applications such as digital video recorders, video surveillance, single-drive media servers and external multimedia storage.
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