Datacentrix launches backup-as-a-service
Datacentrix has launched a new backup and disaster recovery-as-a-service (DRaaS) offering, providing affordable off-site cloud backups with a high level of data protection and redundancy. Marius Redelinghuys, solution architect at Datacentrix explains that the new...
Internet Solutions adds DRaaS to SkyLight platform
Internet Solutions has added disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS) to its SkyLight platform. Brought to market with Continuity SA, which Internet Solutions has owned since 2014, the service offers recovery time objectives (RTO) - or the time required to restore...
Securing the enterprise cloud
Enterprises across the board are turning to the cloud to leverage the benefits. Reduced costs, speed, agility, pay-as-you-use, and on-demand, are all compelling reasons to jump on the cloud bandwagon. However, cloud security is still a major concern for organisations,...
Gemalto adds KeySecure to NetApp
Gemalto's SafeNet KeySecure has been validated for use with the latest release of NetApp Volume Encryption (NVE) data management solution. As a result, NetApp customers do not need to encrypt the entire disk drive; they can choose to encrypt granularly at the volume...
Oracle’s autonomous database automates key functions
Oracle has announced that Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse Cloud, the first service based on the new Oracle Autonomous Database, is available worldwide. A group of customers and partners who were given exclusive access to test-drive the new self-driving database,...
Time for broadcasters to adopt cloud
Cloud and virtualisation technologies have the potential to entirely reshape the local broadcast industry - changing how broadcasters create, distribute and monetise their video content. "In recent years, cloud computing architectures have shown clear value in so many...
Cloud brings application and process users together
The cloud has evolved and no longer defined by an air of silence between those who implement cloud systems and their customers, who are mostly business users. Today, as offerings evolve into more bespoke solutions, cloud vendors must deal directly with operations and...
Securicom brings Cloudistics to SA
Securicom has brought to South Africa Cloudistics, a cloud software appliance technology. Named "Cool Vendor in Cloud Infrastructure" by Gartner in 2017, Cloudistics delivers a premium private cloud experience. Its software-defined technology natively converges...
Remaining compliant in the cloud
High profile data breaches litter the headlines on a daily basis, forcing some of the world's most famous brands to disclose that millions of customer records have been exposed, and resulting in massive regulatory fines. This is why for CIOs of large organisations,...
First Technology first to Cloudamize
First Technology National has become the first IT services company to bring the Cloudamize cloud computing analytics platform to South Africa. The platform gives organisations the automation and in-depth insights to migrate to the public cloud with greater speed, less...
Cloud myths busted
There's so much to think about when you're launching or running your small business, but there's no doubt that building an effective technology solution is key to its success. However, technology evolves quickly -- and chances are that you can't keep track of what's...
Are you investing in sticky-tape cloud solutions?
Africa's only neutral cloud infrastructure business, Routed, says that while IDC predicts public cloud revenue to reach $236 billion by 2020, local companies are still making basic mistakes when investing in cloud infrastructure. "Cloud is more than a decade old now...