IoT grows up in 2019

The addressable market opportunity for the Internet of Things (IoT) in South Africa is predicted to grow to R24,5-billion by 2021 according the IDC and although local businesses understand the value this emerging technology offers, they still tend to view it as a...

How do you make a start with HCI?

Once you understand what hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) is, and the benefits it offers to business, the next step is to ensure a successful HCI deployment, and how to attain the best from HCI. By Eugene Maritz, services director at First Technology National...

SD-WAN attractive to African organisations

Software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) is gaining increasing traction as enterprises boost their investment into open, flexible cloud solutions. An overlay architecture which works across multiple platforms, SD-WAN provides a networking foundation with easier...

It’s time to break up with ‘old faithful’

It’s the month of love. Everyone is looking to establish a relationship or keep the spark alive in their existing one. But when it comes to business relationships, it might be time to break up, particularly if the partnership doesn’t improve efficiencies,...

Scania improves system response, customer service with Nutanix

When Scania Southern Africa started experiencing problems with its IT infrastructure the company looked to Nutanix to help it deliver on its service mandate. The company’s slowed legacy systems were hindering its ability to deliver value added services such as...

IoT: the good, the bad and the ugly

Like any great Western, IoT is the new technology frontier and it brings its own fair share of challenges to the saloon, writes Andrew Heuvel, chief technology officer at SqwidNet The Internet of Things (IoT) has stepped out of the realm of possibility and conjecture...