One Channel upbeat about cloud prospects
Local cloud specialist One Channel is upbeat about the prospects of cloud computing in Africa, saying cloud platforms are enabling new, complex business models and orchestrating more globally-based integration networks. Cloud computing spending is growing at nearly...
Odek deploys Tintri cloud enterprise platform
Odek Technologies has replaced EMC platforms with Tintri, enhancing its enterprise cloud services. With Tintri, Odek can guarantee application performance for its customers, use automation to simplify management and access predictive analytics to inform decisions...
HP elite Slice available from DCC
HP’s Elite Slice, the company’s smallest desktop built for communication and collaboration, is now available to the South African channel from official distributor, Drive Control Corporation (DCC).The HP Elite Slice features a striking matte black design with copper...
Paratus introduces a new level of cloud services
Paratus Telecom, a privately-owned pan-African telecoms operator, is offering additional resilience solutions to its cloud customers. At a closed event in Windhoek, Paratus Namibia MD John D'Aton pointed to the term 'cloud' as all-encompassing and comprising various...
The opportunity for local presence of global solutions
Things are looking up for local cloud adoption - and home-grown content and services will only increase prospects for vendors and fuel demand in the market. This is the view of Kevin Hall, national sales manager at ICT services and solutions firm Elingo, focused on...
Why it’s critical to combat cloud sprawl
Not long ago, cloud was seen as a fad--something for start-ups to take a chance with, but hardly a serious choice for enterprise IT. Now, it's increasingly the preferred method of accessing and delivering technology, writes Brendan McAravey, country manager at Citrix...
Toshiba secure solutions make SysAdmins easier to work with
Last week, on 26 July, it was 'System Administrator Day' (SysAdmin). The indispensable helpers in a digital emergency are usually also responsible for managing the IT infrastructure of a company. Against the backdrop of the increasing shift of enterprise IT into the...
AWS users access global cellular for IoT devices
Eseye has announced details of a new, fully integrated, enhanced global cellular connectivity service, available on Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace and featured on the new Internet of Things (IoT) category landing page. AnyNet Secure Cellular Connectivity is a...
IaaS: easy when you know how
Migrating to cloud infrastructure is far easier than expected, according to the majority of experienced Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) users surveyed by Oracle. But like other cloud technologies before it, IaaS adoption has been held back in some quarters by...
Local cloud services: read the fine print
When your data is stored locally, within the data centre of a reputable cloud services partner, you might think that it's as safe as it could be. Not necessarily so, says Riaan Terblanche, solutions architect at First Technology Digital. Terblanche refers to a...
Citrix and Google align on secure cloud transformation
Businesses today must quickly adapt to the demands of a global economy and workforce. Success is increasingly defined by the ability to optimise and protect the information surrounding people, organisations and devices. To help businesses tackle these challenges and...
Securing the cloud when skills are scarce
The growing shift to the cloud for delivering better accessibility to company apps and resources presents new security challenges that require specific capabilities and skills. With the shift occurring quickly and often without strategy because employees are using a...