Is your cloud provider compliant?
Before investing in any new technology, an organisation must first establish whether that technology will meet the businesses’ needs. Similarly, the organisation must scrutinise the technology and its provider, to make sure it is up to standard with the company’s...
The mobile route to cloud convenience
Mobile devices today serve as the basis connection for developers wanting to store data in cloud environments, to run applications and link apps to facilitate and support the Internet of Things. It is a market enriched by innovation and is increasing in relevance to...
NetApp helps build hybrid cloud
NetApp has announced new software, services, and partnerships that simplify data management across clouds. The announcement included a powerful new version of the NetApp clustered Data ONTAP operating system, Cloud ONTAP, OnCommand Cloud Manager and NetApp Private...
Cloud offers competitive edge for business
As corporate, financial and human resources become strained, company executives are starting to look at more cost-effective ways of deploying and managing their phone systems. Cloud voice solutions are witnessing significant adoption, especially in the small to medium...
HDS expands cloud offerings
Hitachi Data Systems Corporation (HDS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, has announced three new ways for customers, providers and partners to gain the benefits of the cloud without compromising the control, flexibility or security of their data. First is Hitachi...
Global Micro, Microsoft aid SA enterprises
Global Micro, together with its long-term partner, Microsoft, today hosted a session with some of South Africa’s top enterprise clients. The partnership plans to support these companies in transitioning to a hybrid cloud solution, while leveraging the benefits of a...
Veeam Cloud Connect now in Azure Marketplace
Veeam Software, provider of solutions that deliver availability for the modern data centre, has announced the availability of Veeam Cloud Connect within the Azure Marketplace. Veeam Cloud Connect is available as a pre-configured Microsoft Azure Certified for Virtual...
Riverbed expands user conference
Riverbed Technology, the leader in application performance infrastructure, today announced that Riverbed FORCE 2014, the company’s new, expanded user conference, will premier November 3 – 6 at the San Jose Convention Centre. The theme of the conference is The Hybrid...
Embracing the cloud
The future of business is digital. Organisations, large and small, are embracing new technologies in our increasingly interconnected digital world. The mega-trends of social, mobile, analytics, and cloud are driving the digital future like never before and these...
Remote infrastructure management
For many South African firms, making the giant leap to a fully-hosted, fully-outsourced cloud environment is still a daunting idea. Compared with their peers in the US or Europe, local organisations are subject to generally poorer connectivity, longer asset renewal...
Five cloud misconceptions affecting business
In our developing economy, the potential benefits of cloud-based products, particularly for SMMEs, cannot be ignored. Yet for many a small business owner, the concept of “the cloud” is still a foggy haze.
How the cloud helps SMEs tidy up the IT mess
Cloud backup provider IronTree estimates that one in five South African small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) experience some form of data loss once a year, most commonly as a result of accidents and natural disasters, data corruption, or theft of computing...