At the Huawei network product launch event for Spring 2019 titled "A CloudEngine Built for the AI Era," Huawei revealed the industry's first data center switch built for Artificial Intelligence (AI) era –– CloudEngine 16800.
Huawei identifies three features of data center switches in the AI era: embedded AI chip,...
Secucloud has created “Elastic Cloud Security System” (ECS2) a cloud-based security framewor. Secucloud will also integrate Kaspersky Lab's technologies in its solutions, to provide improved security for Secucloud customers.
The current security modules such as multi-analyzer threat protection, SAND-SSL-Scan, and packet analyzer within Secucloud’s IABS engine have been combined to...
Africa Data Centres, part of the pan-African tecn group Cassava Technologies Group, has today announced that it is building a 30MW data centre facility in Accra, Ghana.
The new facility will lay the groundwork for the company’s hyper-scale partners to expand digital services and solutions to more countries in West...
For those following the #MonkeySelfie story, you will know that attorneys had recently settled a lawsuit around the actual copyright ownership of a monkey selfie that had taken the world by storm back in 2014. As the case drew to a close, the photographer agreed to donate 25 percent...
The value of data is something that has progressed from a technology discussion into a business imperative. No organisation can survive in the always-on environment without having access to data. Fortunately, better business resilience is to be had by leveraging the foundation put in place by IT.
For a long...
The “Global DataSphere” is exploding in size. IDC predicts that by 2026, the amount of data in the world will have doubled again. While most enterprises have digitised their operations, they continue to add more strategic workloads and create more and more data. So, as the amount of data...
VMware, has rolled out advancements to VMware Cloud that further the company’s vision for delivering the essential, ubiquitous Digital Foundation to support customers’ and partners’ digital transformation.
These advancements include updates to VMware Cloud Foundation, VMware vCloud Director, and CloudHealth by VMware, and increased access to Cloud Foundation-based services via new...
As an increasing number of organisations become more ambitious with their Cloud migration strategies – in some cases moving hundreds or thousands of applications to hosted platforms – the traditional role of the ICT outsourcer is rapidly evolving.
Contrary to what many in the industry are saying, ICT outsourcing is...
Ranging from on-body police cameras to 24/7 monitoring of major transportation hubs, video has undoubtedly become a strategic source of information, insights, and intelligence in combatting not only crime, but recording instances which would otherwise become a case of conflicting reports.
It appears that major cities throughout the world are...
One of the main drivers of cloud adoption is the multitude of business benefits offered by cloud services such as Microsoft’s Office 365. Organisations are attracted to the accessibility, flexibility, and ‘pay-per-user’ license offerings of cloud packages, as well as myriad of business-boosting applications which traditional platforms are unable...
Until now, our industry has spoken about innovative technologies somewhat theoretically, without providing a clear picture of how these powerful new innovations will be used.
This has left people without a solid understanding of how they will ultimately manifest in our work and personal lives.
That’s starting to change. The application...
Rectron, a South Africa distributor of IT products, has announced the addition of Microsoft’s Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) programme to its portfolio, enabling clients to drive their Microsoft cloud business.
“In a business environment where companies, big and small, are migrating to the cloud, it’s more important than ever for...
IBM has introduced a new range of services and solutions backed by a broad ecosystem of partners to help enterprises and telecommunications companies speed their transition to edge computing in the 5G era.
This effort combines IBM’s experience and expertise in multicloud environments with Red Hat’s industry-leading open source technology,...
International hyperscale data centre firm Vantage has opened its first data center facility in Africa with its new Johannesburg campus after breaking ground in 2021.
The two-story facility offers 16MW of critical IT capacity across 130,000 square feet (12,000 square meters). The project was delivered in 10 months, 10 days...
Africa Data Centres, the continent’s leading carrier-neutral co-location data centre provider, is strongly expanding in Nairobi.
The company has begun the development of a second data centre of up to 20MW of IT load and is securing land for a third facility. This $200 million plus investment will double the...
Businesses have become a lot more forward thinking when it comes to the cloud as we see companies starting to embrace this platform. Convenience, cost effectiveness and choice are just a few of the benefits proposed by cloud solutions today, and businesses are quickly turning to them for these...
