Can your networking equipment deliver a competitive edge?
In our high-tech digital world where business is extremely fast-paced, the network has become central to maintaining a competitive advantage. By Jaco Erasmus, Dell Enterprise Division Manager at Drive Control Corporation. A robust, integrated, open network provides...
2016 – the year of XaaS and everything software-defined
The new year will offer up several opportunities to businesses that are ready to embrace transformation of infrastructure and whose CIOs are up to the challenge to help businesses use new technology effectively and truly rethink IT. IT professionals like Muggie van...
Innovating for outcomes …
Avaya's MD for South Africa, Danny Drew, believes that innovation should be towards a broader goal that can ensure inclusivity, development and growth for individuals and the community at large. If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make...
High-performance agile networking for the mid-market
Medium sized businesses require powerful enterprise-class networking functionality that meets often-constrained budgets and is simple to manage and maintain. The new Dell Networking N1500 Series of Gigabit Ethernet switches from distributor Drive Control Corporation...
Are you driving business value through your online presence?
Today it is not hard to launch a website, but to launch a website that reaches your target audience and drives business value is not that simple. It is important to tie your website strategy back to your business goals. "A website that purely shares information about...
Inside the mind of the CIO
It's been said many times over, but today's CIOs are facing the biggest challenge the role has seen in many years, writes Gary de Menezes, country manager southern Africa at NetApp. Data is growing at an exponential rate, while IT budgets are being spread even more...
The rise of the algorithm economy
Data has become the currency of the Always-On world. But on its own, it is not enough. Companies need to make sense of the wealth of data they have. This is where the algorithm economy comes in, says Warren Olivier, regional manager for Southern Africa at Veeam....
Maxim opts for mobile-first workplace
Maxim Integrated Products, a global leader of highly integrated analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, is upgrading its global infrastructure with a combination of Aruba's 802.11ac Wi-Fi solution and HPE switches. Using a suite of combined Aruba and HPE products,...
How M2M will revolutionise the automobile sector
The technology industry's love affair with the so-called Internet of Things (IoT) continues unabated, writes Michael Frans, head of business operations: automotive at T-Systems South Africa. Technologists in almost every industry are touting the future of connected...
IS connects through Teraco
Internet Solutions (IS) has connected at Teraco, enabling clients to have a secure connection and single point of access to Google, Amazon Web Services, Dimension Data Cloud and Microsoft Azure and Office 365 via IS's CloudConnect product. "Expanding our CloudConnect...
Signs your business model might be ripe for disruption
Disruption is the buzzword on everyone's lips at the moment with traditional brands in industries as diverse as telecoms, retail, transport, media and financial services facing competition from new entrants into their markets. These aggressive new players use digital...
HEVC: the future of video encoding
HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding or "H.265" as it has become known) is arguably one of the most significant advancements in video compression technology that has been made in the industry in the last ten years. Why? Think about how much video we consume, create and...