Data centres hyperscale Africa’s ability to transform

Digital transformation is reshaping every industry and sector, because of agile technologies like software defined data centres. By Sameer Cassim, R&D systems architect at Internet Solutions Companies are moving their workloads into the cloud due to aging...
The data centre of the future

The data centre of the future

Kathy Gibson is at Dell EMC Partner Summit in Cape Town – Adopting a modern data centre is less about technology, and more about a new way of thinking. This is the message from Ossama El Samadoni, regional director: modern data centre at Dell EMC, who points out...

Shift to the commodity data centre

Data is proliferating at a rapid rate. Technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT), smart devices and robotics are the driving force behind this surge, with thousands of devices transmitting and receiving valuable information every millisecond. Coupled with data...

Timing key in cyber incident response

When it comes to responding to a cyber security event, it’s all about timing. Responding as quickly as possible is key to minimising the fallout of a cyber attack. However, businesses still make several basic mistakes when these events occur. “Failure to...

Data centre management in a time of drought

Data centres are utility-hungry installations that require always-on supplies of power and cooling. This means electricity — possibly as much as 2% of the world’s energy – and often, it means water. As our demand for data, and the infrastructure in...

Mellanox InfiniBand central to CHPC growth

Almost two years have passed since the Centre for High Performance Computing (CHPC) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) chose Mellanox FDR InfiniBand to assist it in its goal of providing high-end computing resources to the South African...