Data centres embrace interoperability
For many years, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) have dominated the data centre infrastructure industry and it is glaringly obvious to see how this has happened, writes Christian Rookes, vice-president of product management at ProLabs. One of the most...
Network Platforms ups service, solution delivery with Teraco
Network Platforms has dramatically transformed the quality of its services and solutions since moving its data environments across to Teraco. This change has allowed the company to now take control of, and implement, multiple transit services via a number of different...
SQL Server now available on Linux
Kicking off a wave of launch activities for SQL Server 2016, Microsoft has also revealed plans to bring SQL Server to Linux. The company says SQL Server 2016 is the most significant release of the product yet and that it has a number of new capabilities, including:...
Digital business needs software-defined data centres
Global big data revenues are expected to grow to just under $38-billion and cloud computing service revenues to more than $4-billion in 2016 resulting in local companies rethinking their data centre strategies. Matthew Lee, Regional Manager for Africa at SUSE, looks...
HDS offers big data hyper-convergence
Hitachi Data Systems has unveiled its next generation Hitachi Hyper Scale-Out Platform (HSP), offering native integration with the Pentaho Enterprise Platform to deliver a sophisticated, software-defined, hyper-converged platform for big data deployments. Modern...
Ensure ICT project success in developing nations
With the data boom in parts of Asia and much of Africa continuing to grow exponentially, business opportunities in the ICT sector have never been more exciting, writes Shalini Lagrutta, regional director: APAC at Flexenclosure. However, they have probably never been...
EMC offerings extend across platforms
EMC has announced RackHD, a platform-agnostic technology stack designed to solve an industry-wide challenge of managing and orchestrating server and network resources at hyper-scale. Additionally, the CoprHD Community announced the release of CoprHD 2.4 and new...
Dell advances, democratises high performance computing
Dell has unveiled sweeping advancements to its industry-leading high performance computing (HPC) portfolio. These advances include innovative new systems designed to simplify mainstream adoption of HPC and data analytics in research, manufacturing and genomics. Dell...
Balancing affordable IT with always-on business
The connected landscape has seen the success of the modern business largely determined by the effective application of technologies. Warren Olivier, regional manager of Veeam Southern Africa, looks at how companies need to balance customer and employee engagement with...
Siemon launches WheelHouse data centre solutions
Siemon, a leading global network infrastructure specialist, has launched WheelHouse in Africa; a complete portfolio of advanced data centre solutions. Aligning the company's established line of cable and connectivity systems, cabinets, cable management and power...
Dell disrupts Internet of Things
Dell recently announced the launch of the new Edge Gateway 5000 Series purpose-built for the building and factory automation sectors.
Network Platforms officially peers at LINX
As of September 2015, service-driven ICT solutions provider, Network Platforms, is officially peering at LINX, a London-based Internet exchange with an impressive 673 member ASNs across 65 countries. This investment provides Network Platforms' clients with faster and...