Riverbed renames products
Riverbed Technology, the leader in application performance infrastructure, has introduced new product names that better describe what each product does and reflect how together they deliver unique strategic value as part of an integrated solution, the Riverbed...
Video conferencing could overtake e-mail
There is a very good chance that the world is about to experience a mini-revolution in the video technology marketplace –an advancement in transforming an already amazing collaboration tool into something far more beneficial to businesses, says Nicolette Kruger,...
Ensuring effective e-mail communication
We all know that sinking feeling when you follow up on an outstanding deadline (that’s now overdue and urgent) and the person says, “I didn't receive the e-mail”. While e-mails are probably less likely to disappear into the ether than they are to be "lost" in a...
Multi-tenancy in the MSP arena
In the managed service provider (MSP) arena, multi-tenancy is becoming increasingly popular. More and more, MSPs are starting to use converged infrastructures to support multiple customers on one integrated platform, says Johan Scheepers, systems engineering manager...
CMH converges networks, cuts costs
Retail motor group CMH has cut its telecoms costs and increased its network capacity fourfold by migrating to a converged MPLS VPN network.Like most local companies, CMH was running separate voice and data networks. Telkom line infrastructure was in place for voice,...
Syngenta, BT extend partnership
BT has announced a seven-year extension to its global networked IT services contract with Syngenta, one of the world’s leading agribusiness companies. BT has worked with Syngenta since 2000, managing all aspects of communications including an integrated IP...
Dell advances open networking initiative
Dell has announced plans to advance its open networking initiative which redefines traditional networking switch models to help customers develop future-ready data centres. Dell announced a reseller agreement with software-defined networking (SDN) pioneer Big Switch...
Turning the innovation agenda inside out
In today’s digitally-driven economies, organisations’ entire operating models are popping up and disappearing, and being recreated again, almost overnight. The rise of mobility – weaved into almost every facet of the modern enterprises’ architecture – is emerging as a...
Netherlands sees first LTE broadcast trial
KPN is the first network operator in the Netherlands to conduct live tests with LTE broadcast, in collaboration with Amsterdam ArenA and communications technology and services provider Ericsson, Qualcomm Technologies, Samsung and IBM. The trial took place on Saturday...
The changing face of modern business
There is no escaping the changing face of modern business. The traditional picture of a company located in an "easy-to-travel" to building where employees physically work alongside each other, in a fixed and networked computing environment, no longer rings true,...
Riverbed announces SteelFusion 3.0
Riverbed Technology, the leader in application performance infrastructure, announced Riverbed SteelFusion 3.0 (formerly known as Riverbed Granite), the first branch converged infrastructure that centralises data in the data centre and delivers local performance and...
SA market buys into converged infrastructure
For the past few years, the cloud has been one of the fastest-growing technologies in the IT space, offering many benefits to organisations of all sizes, says Roelof Louw, senior sales consultant IT at T-Systems in South Africa. However, due to security concerns...