VMware introduces vCloud Air Network
VMware has announced the VMware vCloud Air Network to provide greater choice and flexibility to businesses looking to capitalise on the advantages of hybrid cloud. As the world’s largest network of validated cloud services based on VMware technologies with more than 3...
SMB customers can reach for the cloud
Local SMB customers looking to navigate into the cloud can now do so with ease with the launch of Microsoft’s robust cloud Platform Azure, now available to resellers from Westcon Southern Africa. The Microsoft Azure solution enables you to either assist, or deploy, on...
New Simpana Solution Sets from CommVault
CommVault has announced new Simpana cloud management capabilities and Simpana Solution Sets designed to transform how companies of all sizes protect, manage and maximise the value of business information amidst a rising tide of data and compliance requirements. As...
IS offers Mimecast solutions
Industry-leading information management company, Mimecast, continues to expand its reach into the South African and African market with their channel focused business model that was launched in May 2012. Since that time, it has consistently grown from strength to...
Is your critical data secure in the cloud?
Storing data in the cloud makes sense and uptake is growing as more solution providers offer this option. However, how secure is sensitive financial and client information when it is backed up to and stored in the cloud? The good news is that vendors are putting...
Mobile cloud and the software-defined future
The mobile-cloud era has business and IT under tremendous pressure. It faces a number of challenges as it juggles maintenance and renovation of existing systems, whilst looking to the future and implementing new technology to support growing business needs, says Ian...
Hybrid solutions ease SMMEs’ load
In today’s connected world, no SMME can afford to ignore the benefits of cloud services that can help it to boost productivity, increase efficiency and reduce costs. Such services can free you of many of the complexities of looking after computer systems so that you...
Sage ERP X3 expands into the cloud
The Sage Group now offers mid-market businesses even more usability and mobility with its announcement of Sage ERP X3 Online. Sage research shows that mid-market businesses have three clear priorities: winning new customers, reducing operating costs and growing...
Oracle announces news DaaS offerings
To help business users drive smarter, more informed decisions across the enterprise, Oracle has announced Oracle Data Cloud and two new DaaS offerings, Oracle DaaS for Marketing and Oracle DaaS for Social. Oracle Data Cloud is a DaaS platform that includes Oracle’s...
NetApp outlines unbound cloud vision
Today’s IT climate is all about freedom. Cloud computing has completely re-modelled the face of the modern enterprise with many businesses at least partly if not fully virtualised. To realise the full potential of the cloud, cloud solutions need to be tailor-made for...
Cloud on Demand enhances vDC features
Cloud On Demand, a local, channel only cloud provider that is part of the MB Technologies Group, has upgraded its infrastructure as a service (IaaS) control panel to the latest version of VMware vCloud Director in order to enhance the customer and partner experience. ...
Transitioning to hybridised IT
There is a significant amount of industry buzz around cloud. According to analysts, 2014 will be the year when a majority of enterprises begin to transform their IT operations from a “build-operate” model to a “broker-provider” of IT services, says Mark Ridley,...