Oct 6, 2015
As business continuity starts to take its rightful place on the boardroom agenda, companies need to ensure that they are taking advantage of the standards for business continuity management that have emerged in the past two years. “The development of robust...
Sep 30, 2015
There can be no doubt that a UPS is essential for the majority of businesses, especially given today’s power problems, writes Elrica Quick, APC product specialist at Drive Control Corporation. However, many businesses have already invested in UPS solutions for a...
Sep 30, 2015
South African-based companies know the impact that external factors can have on data centres all too well. Whether it be man-made such as load shedding or forces of nature like the frequent Highveld thunderstorms, companies can never take their business continuity...
Aug 26, 2015
Chief information officers (CIOs) are under enormous pressure to align IT with business strategy in the face of rapidly evolving and changing technology developments, says Saurabh Kumar, MD at In2IT Technologies South Africa. Technology has a significant impact on...
Aug 5, 2015
Always-on availability in the modern data centre has become a business imperative. Companies can ill afford not to have access to their data whether it is in the office or out in the field using a mobile device. But how does one go about creating such an environment...
May 29, 2015
In the heady times of recent years, when crude oil prices raced away to well over $100 per barrel, the world’s oil producers enjoyed a very profitable time. Now, the Oil and Gas industry is being forced to adapt to the ‘new normal’ of oil at a $50 to $70 price point....