Software-defined application services
The agility and efficiency that organisations have already derived from virtualisation is just the beginning, says Martin Walshaw, senior engineer at F5 Networks. Enterprises and cloud service providers have made huge strides in virtualising core sections of their...
Dell expands four-socket server portfolio
Dell has announced an expansion of its 13th generation PowerEdge servers including the PowerEdge R930, Dell’s most powerful server specifically designed for the most demanding enterprise applications such as in-memory databases, customer relationship management (CRM)...
Dell introduces new PowerEdge server
Dell has announced an expansion of its 13th generation PowerEdge servers including the PowerEdge R930, Dell’s most powerful server specifically designed for the most demanding enterprise applications such as in-memory databases, customer relationship management (CRM) and enterprise resource planning (ERP). Once the domain of UNIX systems, these enterprise applications are increasingly shifting to x86 platforms for increased innovation, additional capabilities and lower total cost of ownership.
Dell boosts open networking data centre
Dell Networking has expanded its data center portfolio with the new Z9100, S4048, and the S3038, giving customers operating system choices with low latency and high density, flexible 1, 10, 25, 40, and 100GbE switching to address the shift to next-generation...
Lenovo strengthens server portfolio
Lenovo has debuted its ThinkServer family of products in South Africa, strengthening the company’s portfolio to offer a one-stop solution for enterprises and small and medium-sized business (SMB) clients. The ThinkServer product portfolio includes Rack Servers suited...
Netshield offers data centre in a box
Local ICT developer and innovator, Netshield, is challenging the way the industry approaches IT with its Data Centre in a Box, a self-contained IP 54 rated mobile unit that gives business the power to wheel in, plug and go an entire IT infrastructure that can be...
Modern data centres hinge on fast restore
The key to maintaining availability for the modern data centre is not whether you’ve protected your data by backing up - it’s how well you can recover, says Mark Perry, Aptronics business development director. Everyone loses data, all the time. The MD unthinkingly...
CA Technologies provides support for IBM z13
CA Southern Africa has revealed that CA Technologies has announced "Day One" support for IBM's z13, allowing customers to take full advantage of the z13’s advanced mobile, cloud and analytic capabilities. The new mainframe delivers unprecedented insight through secure...
Kemp LoadMaster free for local developers
The free version of Kemp Technologies’ popular LoadMaster application load balancer is now available for unlimited use, making it easy for IT developers and open source technology users to benefit from all the features of a full commercial-grade product at no cost. It...
Building systems for the always-on business
The always-on era is becoming a reality for every business: Globalisation is allowing companies to spread their operations across multiple time zones just as users are abandoning the old nine-to-five working day and want access to their e-mail and data anytime,...
The vital role of the data centre
The fundamental platform for the current rapid transformation to digitisation and convergence is the data centre. The data centre therefore has an increasingly important role to play in today’s engineering and construction industries, particularly with regard to...
Why SMBs don’t have to spend big on IT
Small business owners no longer need to see IT as a grudge purchase, says Brian Timperley from Cloudware Technologies. One of the key enablers to doing business in today’s world is technology - go into any small office, and the desktop computers and laptops on...