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NCSolutions brings Liquidware Labs and Kaviza to Africa
Wednesday, 01 September 2010, 11:43

NCSolutions has secured distribution rights for Liquidware Labs and Kaviza software, enabling the company to offer end-to-end virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI). Having been a pioneering force in the desktop virtualisation space since 2006, the company is now leading the way by bringing these two leading brands to South Africa, in order to broaden its virtual desktop offerings.

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Milestone for NComputing
Tuesday, 31 August 2010, 09:58

NComputing, a global player in desktop virtualisation, has expanded operations including international senior hires, country expansion, an aggressive channel expansion program, an enhanced OEM program, and integrated solutions with Microsoft, Citrix, and VMware.

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Citrix XenDesktop extends virtualisation to laptop users
Friday, 27 August 2010, 10:50

Citrix Systems has announced a new release of Citrix XenDesktop that extends the benefits of desktop virtualisation to millions of enterprise laptop users with the addition of two new technologies: Citrix XenClient and Citrix XenVault.

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A2Pay gets 24/7 uptime from virtualised solution
Tuesday, 24 August 2010, 10:38

A2Pay, a local vendor of virtual prepaid vouchers for essential services has announced its standardisation on Stratus Technologies infrastructure for the running of its mission critical line of business systems.

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Novell and VMware extend agreement
Friday, 13 August 2010, 10:02

The dedicated Novell division at Workgroup has announced that VMware and Novell have expanded their strategic partnership with an original equipment manufacture (OEM) agreement through which VMware will distribute and support the SUSE Linux enterprise Server operating systems.

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SAS Solutions OnDemand marks 10 years in the ‘cloud’
Friday, 30 July 2010, 07:53

A decade ago, when software-as-a-service was emerging, business analytics leader SAS recognised that some customers might prefer off-premise software alternatives.

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Trends and Analysis
Get your head around the cloud
Tuesday, 31 August 2010, 09:55

Cloud computing is one of those IT buzz phrases that you may think means nothing to you as a marketer. In reality, cloud computing can help you to leverage marketing automation technology at a low cost, roll it out quickly and start experiencing its benefits within weeks, writes Richard Mullins, director at Acceleration.

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Forgetting the host workhorse a threat to virtualisation security
Thursday, 26 August 2010, 10:22

With the complexity of virtualisation comes the ease of exploits. Hackers with malicious intent no longer have to compromise each server and system individually. Instead, they can hack into a single host and gain access to all the virtual machines running on it.

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Assessing the operational risks of virtualisation
Monday, 23 August 2010, 11:13

In a 2008 report on virtualisation, Gartner predicted, “virtualisation will be the highest-impact trend changing infrastructure and operations through 2012”. Today, virtualisation and the various benefits it offers to the enterprise are top of mind for business and IT leaders looking to optimise their operations.

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Cloud computing - public vs private
Wednesday, 18 August 2010, 11:31

It’s accepted that ‘cloud computing’ is one of the fastest growing Information Technology (IT) trends today, writes Martin May, regional director (Africa) of Enterasys Networks.

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Virtualising the desktop saves space, money, the environment
Friday, 18 June 2010, 11:03

Virtualisation and cloud computing have become IT buzzwords of late, and are often used interchangeably, writes Dawie Bloomberg, business services director at Webcom Technologies.

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JSE-listed companies look to the cloud
Friday, 21 May 2010, 10:28

The increasing pressure on financial companies to tighten up governance and compliance has created a rapid surge in the uptake of Software as a Service (SaaS) technology solutions that quickly and effectively address this. Many JSE-listed stock-broking companies, including Kagiso Securities, Afrifocus, Cadiz Financial Services Group and Barnard Jacob Mallet (BJM), have all adopted the cloud-based email management solution, Mimecast.

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