Storage lies at the heart of effective XaaS delivery
Today's digital businesses run on data, and persistent storage of that data is at the heart of most service offerings. Yet many service providers spend unnecessary resources mitigating challenges that fundamentally stem from storage, including efficiency, integration...
Western Digital unveils new HDD, Flash solutions
At its What's Next Western Digital event yesterday, Western Digital detailed its mission to unlock the potential of data by harnessing the possibility to use it. In a series of keynotes delivered by company leaders, Western Digital also unveiled breakthrough HDD and...
Dell adds automation, security, multi-cloud to storage
Dell Technologies is enhancing software across its industry-leading1 storage portfolio, driving increased intelligence, automation, cyber resiliency and multi-cloud flexibility. "Organisations all over the world look to Dell to help them move faster while turning...
Storage AIOps adds predictive analytics and automation
In an ever-complex technology environment, artificial intelligence for IT operations (AIOps) is increasingly being used to enhance IT operations. By Lourens Sanders, solution architect at Infinidat Harnessing the power of deep machine learning, AIOps delivers the...
Many benefits to online backup
Global cyberattacks on corporate networks increased by 50% in 2021 compared to 2022¸ according to the Security Report 2022 prepared by Check Point Software Technologies. Online backups can help companies working in increasingly digital ways to protect their data -...
Welcome to the metaverse: is your data under control?
Welcome to the metaverse, the digital future we've been imagining for many years. A virtual world where we can meet, explore, shop, collaborate and create. Some fear this is the beginning of a dystopian future envisioned by the 1992 sci-fi novel Snow Crash, while many...
Help protect your data this world backup day
With the number of digital screens increasing in families, the demand for reliable storage and easy backups grows as well. Keeping precious files organised and safely backed up shouldn't be a hassle, it should be easy to store important files properly. Considering 21%...
Tips to avoid backup disaster
People now create and generate over 1.8 zettabytes of data per year, and nearly 21% of people have never backed up their data. That's a concern considering 29% of data loss cases are caused by accident and 30% of all computers are already infected with malware. Pixar...
Intelligent software stops storage from becoming a performance bottleneck
There is nothing worse than phoning a call centre and waiting while the consultant apologises for their system being slow. Or trying to complete a transaction online, only for it to fail at some point. By Lourens Sanders, solution architect at Infinidat What the...
The top storage trends for 2022
With 2021 behind us, we look at the storage market to see an exciting 2022 ahead of us. By Eric Herzog, chief marketing officer of Infinidat Cyber resilience, AI, supercharged application and workload performance and availability, and reduction of opex and capex in...
BidAir Cargo adds data backup from DMP SA
BidAir Cargo, a wholly owned subsidiary of the BidVest Group, offers an express cargo airline service from airport to airport to 37 destinations in Southern and Eastern Africa. When the company split off from BidAir Services, which was sold out of the Group in 2020,...
Solid state arrays outperform All-Flash on all fronts
All Flash Arrays (AFA) have received a lot of hype in recent years, but despite being touted as the best storage solution for everything, this is not strictly the case. By Lourens Sanders, solution architect at Infinidat Aside from being prohibitively expensive for...