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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.