Delivering on the promise of HCI
Hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) has become an attractive option for organisations looking to simplify the increasing complexity of managing their IT and data in hybrid and multi-cloud environments. This can at least partly be attributed to the pandemic and...
Multi-cloud won the war – but multi-cloud isn’t easy
We aren't putting modern applications on mainframes. Nor should we be shirking one cloud provider because another says they don't believe in the multi-cloud. By Craigh Stuart, systems engineering manager: SADC & WECA at Nutanix If we have taken any lessons from...
Prevent a disaster from becoming a catastrophe
Every year, companies spend millions of rands mirroring their IT operations as a precaution against the possibility that their main data centre will fail. By Niël Malan, managing partner at Tangent Solutions The entire system is often replicated in a second physical...
With cross-platform enterprise innovation, work smarter not harder
Dolf Snyman, CA Southern Africa, BU Lead: Broadcom Mainframe Solutions, explains how mastering the increasingly complex hybrid and multi-cloud IT architecture - inclusive of the mainframe - is fundamental to business success. The difficulty lies in ensuring that all...
How to advance agility in your workplace
Recent events have forced CISOs across all industries to rethink and refine their business continuity plans, write Alain Sanchez and Joe Robertson, chief information security officers at Fortinet. Not only did the pandemic force organizations to transform their...
PaaS to breed new hyperscale competitors
As the users of software continue to dominate development, technology is taking more of a back seat. If we have learnt anything this year, says Andrew Cruise, MD of cloud infrastructure operator Routed, it's that usability and experience is what matters the most,...
Why choose a pure cloud software solution?
Many C-level executives and board members are looking to the CIO to define their technology strategies, and in particular, their cloud strategies. They will delve into what the available offerings are for the space in which they operate, as well as how these can be...
The CFO holds the key to a successful cloud migration
A recent Forbes survey found that around 70% of digital transformation projects failed to reach their goals, largely due to a lack of cross-functional teams and little involvement from the finance department. By Niël Malan, managing partner at Tangent Solutions The...
Pivotal Data deploys extensible cloud for contact centre
Pivotal Data, a specialist contact centre and customer experience solution provider, has leveraged the cloud-hosted environment of VMware Cloud Verified partner Silicon Sky to facilitate the expansion of its cloud-hosted contact centre environment to assist customers...
Lucid, Citrix find the silver lining in the remote working cloud
There's a silver lining in every cloud. And in the midst of the global pandemic, Lucid Technologies has found one. Long before remote work was a mandate, the leading IT consulting and business process services provider began working with Citrix Systems to enable a...
Trend Micro achieves AWS Outposts Ready designation
Trend Micro has announced that its hybrid cloud security offerings have received the AWS Outposts Ready designation, part of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Service Ready Program. This designation recognizes that Trend Micro has demonstrated successful integration with...
Making multi-cloud work for the mobile SME
Mobile working is now more than a progressive signifier of a modern business. By Greg McDonald Director, systems engineering at Dell Technologies South Africa It is a critical need, and it relies upon the cloud for continuity and productivity. Cloud strategies are...