Fujitsu launches highly available, secure PRIMERGY
Fujitsu has announced the immediate availability of PRIMERGY servers shipping with the newly-released Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (WS16) operating system. This winning combination brings customers both increased flexibility and enhanced security features while also...
Backup Exec 16 launches in SA
Official Veritas South African distributor, Drive Control Corporation (DCC) has announced the immediate availability of Veritas Technologies' unified backup and recovery solution, Backup Exec 16. With over 2,2-million customers, Backup Exec has over the last decade...
How to solve your storage nightmare
As organisations start to virtualise more of their data centre, they are faced with increasing complexity and latency issues, writes Mark Young, director of systems engineering: EMEA at Tintri. Virtualisation offers huge benefits, with promises of greater IOPS and...
NetApp debuts hybrid cloud solutions
NetApp has announced new data fabric solutions and services that maximize control and improve the secure movement of data across the hybrid cloud. The company also introduced new versions of NetApp AltaVault, StorageGRID Webscale, and SnapCenter technologies to help...
Why flash is poised to take over primary storage
Flash is now the only realistic choice for primary storage with the performance and bottom line benefits it brings. The historic concerns over cost and stability are now a thing of the past, meaning all-flash arrays are well on their way to becoming the dominant force...
Veeam aims to dominate Office 365 backup and availability
Last year, more than 205-billion emails were sent each day and this will rise by 5% in 2016, which proves that email remains a cornerstone of modern communications and its importance cannot be underestimated. With this, Veeam Software has announced that initial...
Western Digital redesigns iconic hard drives
Western Digital has introduced modern and innovative redesigns of its My Passport, My Passport for Mac, and My Book hard drive lines, which have been highly recognised leading sellers for more than a decade. In partnership with fuseproject, an award-winning industrial...
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...