IBM offers hybrid cloud data store
IBM is introducing a new cloud object storage service that redefines the security, availability and economics of storing, managing and accessing massive amounts of digital information across hybrid clouds. The company's new IBM Cloud Object Storage offering derives...
Digitisation, custom SaaS prove their worth in Africa
According to Gartner, SaaS shows no signs of decline, with even the smallest SaaS segment seeing a compound annual growth rate of 19,7% through 2019. Angus Herringer, joint Head of financial services at e4, says the trend is definitely growing in Africa. "We developed...
New features for Commvault Data Platform
Commvault has introduced new innovations in the Commvault Data Platform for Software Defined Data Services, enhanced orchestration and simplicity, extending its leadership in the backup, recovery and archive space. Launched at its inaugural customer conference,...
Fujitsu debuts all-flash storage
Fujitsu today changes the dynamics of primary storage in enterprise computing environments with the introduction of super-fast, all-flash storage systems. New Eternus AF all-flash models are Fujitsu's fastest-ever storage systems, bringing all-flash technology within...
NetApp software, flash systems simplify data management
"Hospitals produce a lot of data, from radiology images to patient records, and also email. We currently generate up to 6 petabytes of data that grows by more than 50% year-over-year," says Gary de Menezes, country manager at NetApp South Africa. "NetApp ONTAP...
Ster-Kinekor saves 50% with cloud backup
Ster-Kinekor Theatres is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Primedia Group, and the dominant player in the South African cinema industry. It operates 54 movie complexes nationwide - a total of over 400 screens and 63 000 seats. It also operates the art house Cinema...
SanDisk wireless mobile storage in stock at KOLOK
Recently appointed SanDisk distributor, KOLOK - a Bidvest company - has announced the immediate availability of the SanDisk Connect Wireless Stick to the South African channel. The device allows for easy sharing, transferring and accessing of files between mobile...
Dell EMC ScaleIO is flash-ready
Dell EMC has announced the Dell EMC ScaleIO Ready Node, a software-defined, all-flash offering running on Dell EMC PowerEdge x86 servers, designed to help customers transform and modernise their data centers by utilising Dell EMC ScaleIO. A key component of the Dell...
New additions to Netgear’s ReadyNas family
Netgear is refreshing its award-winning ReadyNas Network Attached Storage (NAS) family, which will soon be available from local distributor Duxbury Networking. The six-bay desktop models, ReadyNAS 526X and ReadyNAS 626X, are targeted at creative professionals and...
Dell EMC combines DSSD, PowerEdge for SAS analytics
Dell EMC has announced the new Dell EMC DSSD D5 Rack-Scale Flash solution leveraging Dell EMC PowerEdge R730 servers. This optimal solution for SAS applications delivers game-changing performance for SAS 9 analytics, enabling customers to take full advantage of new...
Flash: talk about service, not performance
There comes a time in the lifecycle of every technology when vendors need to give businesses more than benefits such as cost savings, increases in productivity and ease of management, writes Gary de Menezes, country manager at NetApp South Africa. Advantages such as...
From backup as a service to DR as a service
While some companies acknowledge that they need disaster recovery as a Service (DRaaS), many still think that backup as a service (BaaS) is sufficient to meet their data management needs, writes Iniel Dreyer, MD of Gabsten Technologies. Those that are convinced that...