HDS offers all-flash solutions
Hitachi Data Systems has announced support for VMware NSX network virtualisation platform, which when combined with the trusted family of high-performance converged and hyperconverged infrastructure systems from Hitachi Data Systems provides a solid foundation for...
First Technology debuts cloud storage offerings
Local IT specialists First Technology National has announced the release of Data Backup/Archiving as a Service, powered by Commvault and FirstNet Technology Services. This is one of the first offerings of its kind in Africa in partnership with Commvault. The solution...
Unitrans satisfied with Redstor’s cloud backup
Supply chain solutions provider Unitrans has implemented Redstor's backup solution to provide it with better redundancy and a more cost-effective way to manage its file server backups across 152 depots in South Africa and southern Africa. Part of KAP Industrial,...
Western Digital in 64-layer NAND first
Western Digital has successfully developed its next generation 3D NAND technology, BiCS3, with 64 layers of vertical storage capability. Pilot production of the new technology has commenced in the Yokkaichi, Japan joint venture facilities and initial output is...
NAS with personal cloud capability ideal for SMME s
Cloud storage is a technology that at the outset was typically viewed as something for the consumer market alone. However, in time more and more businesses began to realise the advantages of having centralised online storage solutions that could be accessed and shared...
Rethinking cloud storage
Growing acceptance of cloud computing and storage are seeing decision-makers refining their backup strategies to be even more efficient and cost effective. Danie Marais, founder of the software division at Redstor, feels that innovations in the market will herald...
PPS simplifies SAN environment, boosts performance
PPS, a mutual financial services company that focuses exclusively on graduate professionals, has successfully upgraded its storage area network (SAN) platform with Datacentrix, creating a redundant environment that is less complex, easy to use and high performing. PPS...
Stage2Data drives business continuity through Redstor
Canadian private cloud solution provider Stage2Data has been diversifying its client product offering in the Caribbean and Canada following its recent alliance with Redstor, a global provider of cloud backup service and data protection solutions. “Our approach to...
NASA protects critical data with NetApp
AltaVault enables NASA to protect mission-critical data, optimise cloud footprint and drive down cost. "With one of the largest cloud footprints of any U.S. federal government agency, NASA had very specific requirements for how to support its backup to the cloud...
NetApp ranked second for all-flash arrays
According to the IDC Q1 2016 Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Storage Systems Tracker, NetApp is growing much faster than the all flash array market as a whole and has gained market share versus the competition. Per IDC, NetApp all flash array revenue grew 238,2% year...
Affordable flash reshaping economics of enterprise storage
The advent of new flash drives based on triple level cell (TLC) 3D NAND technology promise to reshape the enterprise storage market by making solid-state drive (SSD) arrays more affordable than ever - positioning them for wider adoption in the mainstream market. With...
SanDisk mobile storage portfolio expanded
Western Digital has expanded its line of SanDisk-branded mobile storage solutions with the new SanDisk Ultra Dual Drive USB Type-C flash drive. The newest generation drive features a new retractable design, faster speeds and higher capacity, giving consumers the...