Feb 19, 2014
Our lives have become digital – always on, always connected, and always sharing. Smartphones, tablets and pocket-sized digital cameras have made taking photographs and videos so simple, something we take it for granted, says Ruben Naicker, WD product specialist at...
Feb 12, 2014
There is no doubt that data management and preservation are critically important to business. However, there may be misconceptions when it comes to the process around the differences between backup, archiving and records management, says Gareth Tudor, CEO of Altonet....
Jan 29, 2014
There can be no doubt that hard drives are essential in today’s digital world, and demand for even more storage capacity is driving technological innovation that provide more space, more speed and greater efficiency, says Kalvin Subbadu, sales manager – Components, WD...
Jan 29, 2014
A combination of many factors has necessitated the requirement for Archiving platforms in many larger corporates over the past 10 years. These factors include Legislative and Corporate Governance Requirements, massive volumes of e-mail and other unstructured data, as...
Jan 24, 2014
For many IT managers, storage has become too complex, hard to manage and expensive. According to IDC, businesses’ storage demands are growing in excess of 50 percent a year while their total available storage capacity is growing at half that rate. As a result of this,...
Dec 12, 2013
Jay Kidd, chief technology officer and senior VP at NetApp, looks at the key trends for 2014. Hybrid clouds become dominant The tension within IT on moving to the cloud will resolve as organisations recognise that a hybrid cloud model is needed to serve their...
