Mimecast services enhance Office 365
Mimecast has launched a range of cloud services and service bundles designed to enhance the core capabilities of Microsoft Office 365 in the areas of archiving, continuity and security. Mimecast expects IT administrators currently on, or considering migrating to,...
Sage Pastel goes online
Accountants and bookkeepers who gathered at Sage Pastel’s offices in Johannesburg to learn more about My Business Online were surprised to discover that it is not just an end-user tool, but one which improves the efficiency of their own practices as it enhances the...
Pamoja links FlowCentric, Guideline BizTech
Advanced process technology, Rubi-Flow, from FlowCentric Technologies, a leading local provider of agile, robust, and easily-integrated business process management solutions is being used to automate and power the business process components of Guideline BizTech’s...
BI SaaS launched by Information Builders
Business intelligence (BI) and analytics company Information Builders has launched a software as a service (SaaS) offering addressing cloud computing. The company’s Cloud Hosting Services will be locally hosted to ensure that data is not stored outside the borders to...
Cloud makes tech accessible to SMBs
Software as a services (SaaS) is gaining momentum in South Africa, especially in the small and medium business sector where companies can now afford the same business systems previously only available to large organisations with big IT budgets. The cloud is here to...
Veeam expands Cloud Provider programme
Veeam Software, innovative provider of backup, replication and virtualisation management solutions for VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V, has expanded its Veeam Cloud Provider (VCP) programme with the addition of Veeam Backup Management Suite. The Veeam Cloud...
HP enhances Converged Cloud portfolio
HP has now delivered the next phase of a common OpenStack-based architecture for HP’s private, managed and public cloud offerings. In addition, the company announced new software and services to accelerate time to market for private cloud implementations, and unveiled...
A DIY cloud is no cloud at all
There’s a great deal of pride and enjoyment that the geeks in an organisation get from building servers from scratch, creating server rooms, and architecting an infrastructure that they can boast about to their peers, says Alexander Mehlhorn, CEO, Framework One. And...
VMware extends analytics capabilities
VMware, the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, has introduced VMware vCenter Log Insight, a new automated log management and analytics product for the cloud era. By extending analytics to logs, VMware enables IT organisations to gain real-time...
Fujitsu announces Long Lifecycle solutions
Fujitsu has announced a Long Lifecycle line of solutions aimed at taking the pressure off ICT managers who are racing to complete corporate migrations to new operating systems. As new PC and notebook chipsets arrive on the market that are no longer compatible with...
Huawei launches new CE switch
Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, launched the newest and most powerful member of its innovative CloudEngine (CE) series of switches, the CE12816, at Interop 2013. The CE12816 provides the largest switching...
A virtual business environment
Today’s business environment is defined by the strategic application of unified communications (UC) technology, underpinned by virtual and cloud applications, to establish and sustain operations, says Robert Sussman, joint CEO, Integr8 Group. It does not really...