NetApp leads in magic quadrant

NetApp has been named a Leader in the 2016 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Solid-State Arrays, based on its ability to execute and its completeness of vision. According to Gartner, Leaders execute well against their current vision and are well positioned for tomorrow....

HDS offers all-flash solutions

Hitachi Data Systems has announced support for VMware NSX network virtualisation platform, which when combined with the trusted family of high-performance converged and hyperconverged infrastructure systems from Hitachi Data Systems provides a solid foundation for...

Transformation, innovation and the critic

Hywel Glyn-Jones, CEO, Opennetworks, examines how change management can enable the cultural shift that defines successful digital transformation in an organisation. In business the purpose of digital transformation is to create a culture of innovation thereby enabling...

VMware adds NFV solutions

VMware has announced new VMware Ready for NFV certified solutions, further demonstrating its ongoing commitment to supporting communications service providers (CSPs) in the adoption and production deployment of Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV). These new...

Drunk enough to be dismissed?

Hugo Pienaar and Elizabeth Sonnekus from Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr examine what the law says about work and drinking. One would think that if an employee is found to be under the influence of alcohol at work it is a straightforward dismissible offence. Recent case law has...

Red Hat powers virualisation

Red Hat has announced the general availability of Red Hat Virtualization 4, the newest release of its Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) -powered virtualisation platform. Red Hat Virtualization 4 challenges the economics and complexities of proprietary virtualisation...