The cloud, IoT and even hyper-converged infrastructure require a robust and solid network to relay the information to and from the datacentre they are connected to. But an old, legacy network can severely hamper this and lead to downtime and sub-standard connections, which is why Netshield South Africa is offering businesses an alternative, to ripping...
For business to thrive in the digital age, it needs a future-proof digital foundation that empowers it to take advantage of the latest revolutionary technologies. For a lot of businesses aiming to become intelligent enterprises, this will mean leveraging the...
Ten years ago, business technologies had saturated to breaking point. The potential they offered were diminished by their deployment and maintenance costs. Then virtualisation, cloud and peer technologies emerged to offer new capacities and optimisation....
Global businesses continue to house ‘dark data’ within their organisations, creating a honeypot for cybercriminals, finds research from Veritas Technologies, a worldwide leader in enterprise data protection and software-defined storage. The Value of Data...
June 5, 2019 •
Cloud Computing •
Fundi Maseko •
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Over the past decade, the amount of data generated has exploded; data growth and sprawl is so rampant that by 2025 we will generate more than 175 Zettabytes of data each year, up almost two thirds from 2018. Organisations need to manage and protect this data...
June 5, 2019 •
Cloud Computing •
Fundi Maseko •
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At a time when so much attention is placed on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of the European Union and the Protection of Personal Information Act (Popia) in South Africa, companies must consider a plethora of permutations when it comes to the...
Schneider Electric has created ‘flexible standardisation’ for data centre operators that allows the company to support the different sized deployments that its customers require quickly, efficiently and cost-effectively, while eliminating inconsistencies...
Citrix has announced plans to extend Citrix Workspace to Google Cloud, expanding the flexibility and choice companies have in transitioning to the cloud by enabling them to quickly and efficiently deliver apps to Google devices and operating systems and...
Veeam Software has announced that it has exceeded $1 billion in annual bookings, joining an elite group of software companies to achieve this milestone. On its journey to the billion-dollar mark, Veeam has also surpassed 350,000 customers, adding new...
May 21, 2019 •
Cloud Computing •
Fundi Maseko •
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Most businesses are by now already at one or another stage of the enterprise cloud transformation journey and a staggering 93 per cent of business executives who participated in Deloitte’s 2018 global outsourcing survey, confirmed that their organisations...
Orange Services Group has selected Global energy company, Engie for the operation and maintenance of its data centre in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. This data centre of the latest generation, built by the Orange Service Group (GOS), is one of the few...
It seems as though each day brings another article about IoT, big data analytics and cloud architectures talking about the unlimited potential for companies trying to gain a competitive edge in an increasingly digital world. Early adopters, who are a bit...
May 20, 2019 •
Cloud Computing •
Fundi Maseko •
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F5 Networks is set to highlight its burgeoning multi-cloud and DevOps-facing capabilities at this week’s Kubecon Europe in Barcelona. The event represents the first time in EMEA F5, its service mesh arm Aspen Mesh, and the recently acquired NGINX...
Liquid Telecom Kenya has today launched a Microsoft Cloud service in East Africa that offers a step-change in cybersecurity for the region’s most sensitive databases. The new Azure Stack service will allow companies to run a private Microsoft cloud...
Centrify, provider of cloud-ready Zero Trust Privilege to secure modern enterprises, announced the company has hired Mark Oldemeyer as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Oldemeyer steps into the role previously held by current Centrify CEO, Tim Steinkopf,...
May 12, 2019 •
Cloud Computing •
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NetApp announced NetApp ONTAP 9.6, the new midrange, end-to-end NVMe AFF A320 storage system and an expanded portfolio of services to help businesses maximise the value of their data. NetApp’s cloud-connected flash solutions, an element of a Data Fabric...
