New EMC range expands the data lake

EMC has announced the availability of a range of new products that can transform the way organisations store and use data. “We promised them in early 2016, and they’re already here: IsilonSD Edge, Isilon OneFS 8.0 and Isilon CloudPools are now available....

Larger drives make NAS perfect for SMEs

The challenge of storing ever-growing volumes of digital content is one that is familiar to both businesses and consumers. For the small to medium enterprise (SME) this challenge is compounded by the need not only to cater to high storage demand, but also provide...

Bridging multiple platforms

We live in an increasingly digital world and spend countless hours in front of the screen of a desktop or notebook in the office, writes Kalvin Subbadu, WD Storage Technology Sales Manager for South Africa. We eyeball our smartphones and tablets on the go and, when we...

Increased mobility drives backup, additional storage capacity

The evolution and proliferation of a vast array of mobile devices has resulted in the ‘mobile warrior’ becoming the stalwart of many businesses. From large multinationals with branch offices in multiple regions, to local entrepreneurs with their own...

Make sure it’s the right backup

Before upgrading from a standard local backup setup, it is necessary to weigh up the pros and cons between physical media based off-site backup and cloud backup solutions. Running a backup solution inevitably adds financial overheads to the balance sheet, but if done...

DAS storage is still a value proposition for the channel in 2015

We’re creating more digital content than ever before; both in terms of volume of files and actual file size. Ultra HD video, high-resolution audio and RAW image files are just three examples of formats that are filling up hard drives the world over. By Anamika...