Understanding the importance of data deduplication

Sep 15, 2015

Data deduplication might seem like a new thing but the reality is that the technology has been around for quite some time. Warren Olivier, regional  manager of Veeam South Africa, discusses the roles big data and the always-on business have played to bring it back...

Optical media is set to be archival standard

Sep 7, 2015

Since the emergence of flash storage such as USB thumb drives, the use of optical media including CDs and DVDs has seen a steady decline, writes Ruben Naicker, Verbatim product specialist at DCC.

Surveillance requires purpose-built NVR drives

Sep 4, 2015

When it comes to safety and security, video surveillance has become an essential component of many security systems. Digital solutions have made this easier and more affordable, and allowed for video surveillance to be installed in many more areas than ever before,...

Businesses boom with backup revolution

Aug 12, 2015

The evolution of technology used to perform mission-critical data backups and support disaster recovery means that any sized organisation can be effectively protected, despite increasing data volumes and the demands of digitisation. Specialists in data protection...

Learning from the MSP revolution

Aug 12, 2015

Global data growth is expanding at an incredible rate. In just the last two years, 90% of the world’s extant data has been created, says Bryan Balfe, enterprise account manager at CommVault. Given the explosion of low cost storage and mobile devices, there is every...

Cloud backups prevent the death of data

Aug 4, 2015

Over the past two years the uptake of pure cloud backup by smaller businesses has burgeoned as the idea of saving company data to the cloud has become easier for companies to digest, and bandwidth has become faster and cheaper. Securicom’s Richard Broeke says looking...