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...
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...