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Dell Technologies launches full APEX suite in South Africa
Dell Technologies has announced the availability of Dell APEX Data Storage Services in the country. Powered by Intel hardware, Dell’s APEX as-a-Service hyperconverged, storage, and data protection solutions deliver cutting-edge enterprise storage capabilities. A recent survey conducted by Enterprise Strategy…
Why 93% of Cyber Attacks Go After Backup Storage to Demand Ransom
The rise of ransomware attacks poses a significant threat to organizations of all sizes, as highlighted by the latest findings in the Veeam® 2023 Ransomware Trends Report. This report reveals that approximately one in seven organizations will experience the compromise…
Africa Data Centres announces that it will start construction on a new facility in Accra, Ghana
Africa Data Centres, the largest network of interconnected, carrier-and cloud-neutral data centre facilities on the continent, announces that it will shortly start construction on its newly acquired land in the Central Business District of Accra, Ghana. The new facility has…
What Is Cloud Storage Service And Why Should You Use It?
When it comes to owning and running your business, there’s nothing harder than data storage and management. Cloud storage is a fantastic solution for this problem, but many businesses still aren’t on board yet. Whether you’re a budding business looking…
Africa Data Centres deploys a cutting-edge Data Centre Infrastructure Management (DCIM) solution across its facilities
The solution will measure, monitor and manage all IT equipment and supporting infrastructure housed within its facilities; TechAccess will act as the solutions integrator for the project and will work with software and hardware providers EkkoSense and Assetspire; Having a DCIM…
DRC’s first open access, carrier-neutral data centre shortly to be operational
The initial phase of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)’s first open-access, carrier-neutral data centre, OADC Kinshasa; FIH1, will go live in Q2 2023. It is expected to boost the county’s digital ecosystem and economy by delivering converged open…
Vertiv Introduces New Prefabricated Modular Data Centre Solution to Allow Large Capacity Expansion
Vertiv, a global provider of critical digital infrastructure and continuity solutions, today introduced the Vertiv MegaMod and Vertiv MegaMod Plus, a turnkey prefabricated modular (PFM) data centre solution, deployable in expandable units of 0.5 or 1 megawatts for IT loads…
Data protection in the cloud: 3 best practices
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…
Nutanix Accelerates Kubernetes Adoption in the Enterprise
Nutanix, a leader in hybrid multicloud computing, today announced new features in its Cloud Platform to accelerate the adoption of Kubernetes running both at scale and cost-effectively. The company announced broad support for leading Kubernetes container platforms, built-in infrastructure as…
The cloud must prioritise the edge
A perfect storm is brewing: the number of IoT devices is doubling every five years, according to analyst firm Gartner, and cloud adoption is exploding. The sheer amount of data is mind boggling which is why organisations are now closer…
Minimise your data centre operational costs by choosing the right transceivers
According to SeaCom, which provides telecommunications to businesses across the African continent from undersea cables to an extensive fibre grid, South Africa is experiencing a data centre boom, and this growth in data centres is, in turn, good for the…
Top 4 Most Trending Stories – Week in Review
As this week comes to a close we take a look at the stories that resonated most with our readers. New features come to the highly popular Microsoft Teams platform, MTN South Africa once again sees itself at the top…
What are the Top Storage Trends for 2022?
With 2021 behind us, we look at the storage market to see an exciting 2022 ahead of us. Cyber resilience, AI, supercharged application and workload performance and availability, and reduction of OPEX and CAPEX in today’s world of hybrid cloud…
Nigeria’s Andela Achieves $1.5-Billion Valuation in Latest Series E Round
Andela, a global engineering talent outsourcing company launched in Nigeria in 2014 has secured a $200-million investment during a Series E funding round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, the venture capital arm of Japanese mega-corp SoftBank. This latest funding…
AI & Data Storage: Tintri & DDN Together Enable this Symbiotic Relationship
In the field of enterprise IT, artificial intelligence (AI) is a buzzword that we’ve seen used time and again over the past few years, with the promise of making every part of a business better. What does this mean specifically…
Machine Learning to Hybrid Cloud: 6 Key Trends Shaping Data Management
Digital transformation and the increase in remote working means that businesses are faced with unparalleled levels of data being generated daily. Businesses not only have to manage that data, but they also have to address the fact that much of…
