NetApp strengthens cloud data services portfolio
NetApp has announced NetApp Cloud Volumes for Google Cloud Platform. NetApp Cloud Volumes offers customers a fully-managed, cloud-native file storage service that's integrated with Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This release is the first step in a partnership that...
Understanding the cloud’s value for SA
Cloud technologies are enabling African companies to compete faster and better, for much less cost. It is the business gamechanger of the 21st century. So how can businesses start taking advantage of the cloud? Africa is ready to unleash sharp growth. This is not only...
F5 debuts multi-cloud application services
F5 Networks has introduced BIG-IP Cloud Edition which enables customers to quickly deploy critical application services for every app and any environment. BIG-IP Cloud Editiob is offered as a per-app virtual Application Delivery Controller (ADC) that can apply and...
Vox launches cloud backup solution
Vox, has collaborated with cloud services brokerage First for Cloud and global software company, Veeam to bring a cloud-based backup solution to market. As companies digitise more of their operations, the data collected and stored becomes increasingly valuable to...
SA SMEs focus on cloud, security
SMEs are increasingly security conscious, and at the same time more inclined to move to the cloud, says IT specialist firm Executive Solutions. “We see this trend emerging particularly among our mid-sized and enterprise customers,” says co-founder and MD Richard...
SA continues to tippy-toe into the cloud
It's almost been a decade since global markets considered a phased approach to cloud migration. Having an increased amount of trust in cloud technology, the enterprise sector is leapfrogging traditional cloud entry points and moving both critical production workloads...
Africa benefits from late mover advantage in the cloud
Established information technology markets - like the UK, Europe and even South Africa - often take cloud computing for granted as the ideal platform for innovation and global expansion. One reason could be that these markets gradually adopted cloud computing as and...
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,...