Business continuity in an uncertain world

Considering current world events, a global scaling-back on all fronts can be clearly visible — with travel bans, sporting events postponed, and business meetings being reformatted or cancelled. By Ian Jansen van Rensburg, senior systems engineer at VMware...

Data recovery times versus business continuity

The ability to recover your entire IT environment following a disaster is absolutely imperative. Not only can it affect infrastructure and networks, but also often the most mission critical element, which is business data. By Hemant Harie, MD of Gabsten Technologies...

The business imperative of software asset management

Software asset management (SAM) is critically important to help organisations reduce spend on software, operations, and support. By Nicole Oliveira, software services business unit lead at Altron Karabina Yet, many decision-makers are reluctant to embrace these tools....

Arcserve unveils DR planning

Arcserve has unveiled new strategies to help organisations prepare for and respond to unplanned downtime – stressing active participation across business units to ensure all stakeholders understand both the data risks and expectations for recovery. Today’s...

DRaaS solutions are cost-effective and flexible

Cyber attacks are increasing in frequency and sophistication each year, which means that organisations of every type cannot underestimate their adversaries, or be lax when it comes to cyber security and their ability to recover in the event of a disaster. “This...

Engineering a new method for data destruction

Xperien is now able to professionally erase data on retired IT assets in compliance with the Protection of Personal Information Act (PoPIA). It offers safe and secure data destruction services and all its data destruction methods are accompanied by certificates that...