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Turrito Networks Extends SME Portfolio With Redstor Partnership
Turrito Networks is extending its cloud services portfolio for SMEs, by becoming a strategic partner for global enterprise cloud backup provider, Redstor. The partnership, according to both firms, comes at a time when SMEs are becoming increasingly vulnerable to ransomware…
Moving your business into the cloud – there are simply no more excuses
With Microsoft recently making the big announcement that it will be opening cloud data centres in South Africa next year, there has never been a better time for small businesses to take the plunge and take their business into the…
SEACOM acquires MacroLan to extend fibre reach in Western Cape
SEACOM, today announced that it has acquired Cape Town-based Internet service provider and managed services provider, MacroLan. The acquisition is in line with SEACOM’s strategy to extend the reach of its fibre network to more metropolitan areas across South Africa.…
Combating Cloud Sprawl: why it’s now a critical need for today’s enterprise
Not long ago, cloud was seen as a fad—something for start-ups to take a chance with, but hardly a serious choice for enterprise IT. Now, it’s increasingly the preferred method of accessing and delivering technology. This rapid rise has been…
Data management is the centre of IoT projects
Consulting firm IDC projects that the number of networked things worldwide will increase from the current 14.9 billion to 30.3 billion by 2020. The Internet of Things (IoT) offers many more opportunities than merely improving efficiency and reducing costs. With…
Arbor Cloud to increase DDoS attack mitigation capacity to 8Tbps
Arbor Networks Inc., the security division of NETSCOUT, has announced that it has more than doubled the capacity of Arbor Cloud from 2Tbps to 4Tbps, and will have quadrupled capacity to 8Tbps by the end of 2017. By distributing capacity…
New Multi-Cloud- ready application services launched in SA
The cloud and security solutions provider, F5 Networks last week announced the availability of new, multi-cloud-ready application services for the South African market. The applications are designed to provide consistency in multi-cloud environments, and aim to empower companies with greater…
Citrix, Google ink cloud partnership
Citrix today announced extensions to its long-term strategic relationship with Google. Customers will be able to use Citrix Cloud to provision and manage secure digital workspaces, including Citrix Workspace Service, on Google Cloud Platform. The two companies are working together…
African organisations to benefit from Rubrik’s integration with Pure Storage
Rubrik, a Cloud Data Management company, has announced its data protection solution for Pure Storage FlashBlade, along with new integration between Rubrik’s Cloud Data Management Products and Pure Storage’s FlashArray With this new collaboration, customers can achieve simplicity, performance and integrated…
How CIOs can disrupt their companies
Most sectors are facing disruption as a result of new technologies and digitalisation. In a new report, Forrester examines how leaders can take a blue-sky approach to digital innovation in order to re-invent their businesses. “Your customers’ expectations are not…
Machine Learning comes to Tour de France
Amaury Sport Organisation (A.S.O.), organisers of the Tour de France, and Dimension Data, the Official Technology Partner of the Tour de France, announced the introduction of machine learning technologies at this year’s Tour de France to give cycling fans across…
Arbor Networks further automates DDoS attack mitigation for MSSPs
Arbor Networks Inc., the security division of NETSCOUT, has announced a new version of its on-premise, always-on, inline distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) detection and mitigation platform for enterprise customers, Arbor Networks APS. Arbor APS v5.11 includes new features designed to ease…
Beware the hype around hybrid cloud computing
Everything-as-a-Service is where cloud services seem to be going and one of the main drivers of this is the emerging hybrid cloud. But, Andrew Cruise, managing director, Routed, a neutral cloud provider, says that true hybrid cloud solutions have not…
Availability to accelerate for rest of 2017
Following recent news that Microsoft will bring two Azure servers online in South Africa next year, the local market has been abuzz with excitement. Veeam® Software, the innovative provider of solutions that deliver Availability for the Always-On Enterprise™, believes that…
Networks Unlimited brings Rubrik’s award-winning remote Cloud backup to SA
Networks Unlimited, an African value-added distributor of converged technology, data centre, networking, and security technology solutions, has announced the availability of Rubrik Edge. Edge is an evolution of Rubrik’s award-winning Cloud-based data management platform – so remote offices can easily…
Oracle ERP named leader in Gartner’s 2017 cloud report
Oracle has been named as a Leader in Gartner’s 2017 “Magic Quadrant for Cloud Core Financial Management Suites for Midsize, Large and Global Enterprises” research report1. Out of 11 products evaluated, Oracle ERP Cloud is positioned the highest for both…
