Business continuity in an uncertain world
Considering current world events, a global scaling-back on all fronts can be clearly visible -- with travel bans, sporting events postponed, and business meetings being reformatted or cancelled. By Ian Jansen van Rensburg, senior systems engineer at VMware Companies...
SAP signs up to circular economy network
SAP has joined the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's Circular Economy 100 (CE100) Network. The CE100 is a collaborative network of businesses, innovators, cities and governments, universities and thought leaders who work together to accelerate adoption of circular economy...
Data recovery times versus business continuity
The ability to recover your entire IT environment following a disaster is absolutely imperative. Not only can it affect infrastructure and networks, but also often the most mission critical element, which is business data. By Hemant Harie, MD of Gabsten Technologies...
The business imperative of software asset management
Software asset management (SAM) is critically important to help organisations reduce spend on software, operations, and support. By Nicole Oliveira, software services business unit lead at Altron Karabina Yet, many decision-makers are reluctant to embrace these tools....
Mobile shredding plant simplifies secure data destruction
Companies no longer need to take unnecessary risks when disposing of their IT assets, they can now destroy digital data before it leaves their premises. With increasing data breaches across the globe, onsite data destruction is fast becoming the preferred method for...
Arcserve unveils DR planning
Arcserve has unveiled new strategies to help organisations prepare for and respond to unplanned downtime - stressing active participation across business units to ensure all stakeholders understand both the data risks and expectations for recovery. Today's businesses...
VMware delivers disaster recovery
ACS, a division of Altron and a provider of secure electronic transaction solutions, has implemented VMware Cloud Director and VMware Cloud Availability for a failproof cloud-hosted disaster recovery (DR) environment for the business and its clients. Established in...
International accreditation reduces risk
Xperien has achieved British Standards Institution (BSI) accreditation to comply with international high quality standards and also to enhance its existing service offerings. The certification confirms that Xperien operates a Quality Management System (QMS) that...
DRaaS solutions are cost-effective and flexible
Cyber attacks are increasing in frequency and sophistication each year, which means that organisations of every type cannot underestimate their adversaries, or be lax when it comes to cyber security and their ability to recover in the event of a disaster. "This is one...
Engineering a new method for data destruction
Xperien is now able to professionally erase data on retired IT assets in compliance with the Protection of Personal Information Act (PoPIA). It offers safe and secure data destruction services and all its data destruction methods are accompanied by certificates that...
Orange Business Services enhances Visibility-as-a-Service
Orange Business Service is enhancing its Visibility-as-a-Service offer to help businesses take the guesswork out of their end-to-end application performance measurement. The solution ensures that the end-user experience is optimised with the rollout of new solutions,...
Tips for a business continuity plan that works
According to research conducted by the Business Continuity Institute in 2019, 71% of organisations activated their response plans at least once over the past year. "This finding is consistent with the previous year's survey, and indicates just how important it is to...