The short shift to cloud computing
It's all about the ecosystem, writes Kabelo Makwane, MD of Accenture South Africa's Cloud First business 'Lift-and-shift' -- the classic approach to cloud migration -- means this: take all your existing IT structures, procedures and applications and transfer them to...
Huawei launches cloudified video platform
Huawei has released its Envision Video Platform in Africa, aimed at assisting carriers develop and optimise video as a fundamental service with the best user experience. The cloudification architecture platform will support the latest 4K/Ultra High Definition, Virtual...
How trustworthy are local data backup providers?
Data is essential to the smooth operation of any business, and the protection and backing up of that data is just as critical. Most organisations have -- or should have - a data protection and business continuity policy in place. However, this needs to be underpinned...
BT announces evolution in ‘Cloud of Clouds’
BT today announced a strategic collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) in a move that reinforces its leadership position as a driving force in cloud services and will help customers fully reap the benefits of AWS in the UK and around the globe. The announcement...
CA boosts SecDevOps with Veracode buy
CA Technologies has acquired Veracode, a leader in securing web, mobile and third-party applications across the software development lifecycle, adding to its growing security and DevOps portfolio. The combination of CA's portfolio with Veracode will establish CA...
Cisco, Google partner on hybrid cloud
Cisco, Google partner on hybrid cloud Cisco and Google Cloud have announced a partnership to deliver a hybrid cloud solution that helps customers maximize their investments across cloud and on-premises environments.The companies will provide a unique and open hybrid...
EMEA’s top 50 cloud innovators named
The top 50 EMEA businesses innovating in the cloud have today been recognised in a new industry report. Spearheaded by thought-leadership innovators HotTopics.ht and sponsored by application security and cloud experts F5 Networks, the Top 50 EMEA Cloud Climbers Report...
Hitachi Vantara enables always-on availability
Hitachi Vantara, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, has introduced the latest version of its specialised data recovery platform, Hitachi Data Instance Director (HDID) v6, which significantly modernises IT environments and how data is protected. This newest version...
CA brings Automic products to SA
Following the acquisition of Automic by CA Technologies earlier this year, CA Southern Africa has announced that the company's products are now available in the South African market. Automic is a global leader in business automation with more than 2 000 clients...
Data protection, application performance with NetApp
NetApp has further enhanced the company's Data Fabric, already an integral part of over 300 000 systems and software deployments, with new software releases including for NetApp SolidFire Element OS, StorageGRID Webscale, ONTAP, and OnCommand Insight software. As key...
How the cloud works for you
An office that can't be taken with you isn't just stuck geographically, it's stuck in the past. Cloud computing is transforming the business landscape, and it's time you took the leap and digitised your office. Rob Lith, business development director at Telviva, gives...
Using cloud effectively for disaster recovery
Mike Rees, Commvault territory account manager for South Africa, examines what questions companies need to ask before delving into disaster recovery in the clud. Disaster recovery (DR) is synonymous with cost and layers of complexity but cloud -- together with a...