Schneider launches new Smart-UPS models
APC by Schneider Electric, a global leader in critical power and cooling services, has launched its new Smart-UPS uninterruptible power supply (UPS) units to the South African market, the SMC series models 1000I, 1000I-2U, 1500I and 1500I-2U. According to Gina Santos,...
Maximising efficiency in cloud data centres
Schneider Electric, a specialist in energy management, has accumulated a wealth of knowledge, research and expertise in providing high-density, scalable and efficient data centre physical infrastructure for virtualised environments, which are the foundation of cloud...
Nikon deploys Dell end-to-end solutions
Riding the wave of the African technology explosion, Nikon South Africa, the regional African centre of the leading global optic technology company, was experiencing rapid growth in demand for its digital technology and exploring the possibility of offering cloud...
Fujitsu releases new PRIMERGY systems
Fujitsu has enabled businesses of all sizes to thrive in an age of exploding demand for applications, data and digital content with the introduction of its new generation of Fujitsu Server PRIMERGY Systems. This intelligent server backbone is the cornerstone of...
Cisco, NetApp expand FlexPod portfolio
In a continuing move to make data centre infrastructures more responsive to applications’ dynamic needs, Cisco and NetApp have broadened the FlexPod portfolio with new validated designs across the range, highlighted by the introduction of FlexPod Select for dedicated...
CA enhances mainframe performance
CA Southern Africa has announced the release of significant product innovations aimed at performance enhancement in the mainframe environment. CA Cross-Enterprise Application Performance Management 3.0 (CA CE APM) helps IT administrators achieve greater reliability...
Nine essential data centre health checks
At present, vendors are designing servers that can demand over 40kW of cooling per rack. With most data centres designed to cool an average of no more than 2 kW per rack, innovative strategies must be used for proper cooling of high-density equipment. The Schneider...
Application delivery in modern data centres
Brent Lees, senior product manager at Riverbed Technology, explains how enabling businesses to manage their application delivery infrastructure in an "ADC as a service" model can translate into service agility, time-to-market improvements and enhanced user experience....
HP expands big data portfolio
According to research commissioned on behalf of HP, nearly 60% of companies surveyed will spend at least 10% of their innovation budget on big data this year. The study also found, however, that more than one in three organisations have failed with a big data...
Fujitsu introduces new mainframes
Fujitsu has significantly reduces losses in time and costs in the constant battle against IT downtime by introducing an expanded high availability concept for Fujitsu BS2000/OSD mainframes, at the Fujitsu Mainframe Summit in Fulda, Germany. In a world first, Fujitsu...
Dell unveils new data solutions
At its Dell Enterprise Forum customer and partner event, Dell unveiled new storage solutions and expanded analytics capabilities designed to help businesses improve their IT performance, support data insights and reduce overall costs. As businesses work to keep pace...
Four areas of focus for IT managers
Users all recognise the stereotypical IT manager sitting behind a desk in the company dungeon, wearing a t-shirt sporting an obscure geek reference, and sighing into the phone as he tries to convince the marketing manager to use a password other than "god', says...