Switch market sees slight growth, routers decline
The worldwide Ethernet switch market (Layer 2/3) exceeded $6,1-billion in revenue in the third quarter of 2015 (3Q15), an increase of 2% year over year and a healthy increase of 6,1% quarter over quarter. Meanwhile, the worldwide total enterprise and service provider...
How Windows 10 can mobilise your small business
You may personally not have to deal with bureaucracy or red tape, but that doesn't mean big decisions come easily for any small business, writes Chris Buchanan, Dell Client Solutions Director for South Africa. Every corporate initiative, pilot project, new direction...
More network decomposition expected in 2016
While the last 10 year has seen network functions consolidated into a single physical appliance, the move from the physical to the virtual world is now producing the opposite effect that will accelerate further in 2016, according to KEMP Technologies. This...
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...