Recession – it’s a dirty word, no doubt about that, writes Glen Ansell, CEO of the i5 Group. But, where information technology is concerned, it may not be all bad, as it drives IT providers and consumers with the impetus to closely examine what they are using and, more importantly, how they are using it.

Successful new business bids will be dissected to identify the reasons for their success – and unsuccessful tenders will be examined to highlight why they failed – at an upcoming Association of Proposal Management Professionals South Africa (APMP) forum.

Hosting and cloud computing specialist Rackspace Hosting has launched new services for disaster recovery, managed storage and application-level hosting, to allow enterprises to respond quickly to market changes and decrease risky capital expenditure.

HP has introduced a solution for backing up and recovering the growing volume of information stored locally on notebook and desktop PCs, enabling businesses to increase employee productivity, lower technology costs, and reduce compliance and legal risks associated with data loss.

Intdev Internet Technologies is offering customrs complete data protection and recovery through its partnership with data continuity specialist Cibecs.

Data backup and recovery solutions company Cibecs has partnered with GijimaAst in a deal worth R250-million.