HDS redefines flash portfolio
As organisations digitise their businesses, the demand for immediate access to information has soared, forcing IT departments to focus on modernising their core IT infrastructures. As a result, companies large and small are increasingly moving to flash-based...
SUSE Enterprise Storage 2 offers Ceph-based solution
SUSE has announced the general availability of SUSE Enterprise Storage 2, the latest version of its self-managing, self-healing, distributed software-based storage solution for enterprise customers. SUSE Enterprise Storage 2 is the first and only Ceph-based solution...
Commvault partners with HDS to manage data
Commvault has announced new innovations in the Commvault Data Platform to extend hardware array support for replication to joint enterprise customers through integration with Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) enterprise storage arrays. Through the innovation of Commvault's...
Legacy backup is dead, long live availability
Backing up has become an archaic way of ensuring the continuity of an organisation. Instead, the Always-On business environment means companies have to embrace availability as a fundamental practice. So says Warren Olivier, regional manager for Southern Africa at...
New extensions for Commvault Data Platform
Commvault has announced new innovations in the Commvault Data Platform to extend snapshot management capabilities to joint enterprise customers through integration with Pure Storage. Through the innovation of Commvault's new software, joint Commvault and Pure Storage...
Veeam reduces hardware cost, improves management
Veeam Software's Veeam Availability Suite v9 will include a new storage capability that dramatically reduces the total cost of ownership (TCO) of backup storage, lowers hardware costs and radically simplifies backup storage management in complex enterprise...
Jasco helps e.tv implement digital archive
e.tv, South Africa's first private free-to-air television channel, is the largest English-medium channel in the country and the third largest overall, with a pan-African presence through e.tv Africa. When the organisation launched its multichannel offering in October...
Ster-Kinekor chooses Tintri for high performance
Ster-Kinekor is using Tintri VMstore to support its virtualised IT environment. Since implementing the Tintri solution, Ster-Kinekor has benefitted from increased performance and simplified management, significantly reducing the time and expertise required to manage...
Acer and WD bring BYOC to WD’s My Cloud NAS series
Acer and WD have announced that WD’s My Cloud NAS is now part of Acer’s BYOC (build your own cloud) ecosystem. Available immediately, Acer BYOC users can seamlessly access files on their My Cloud NAS from their PC or mobile device anywhere – using Acer’s abFiles app....
Choosing the right storage technology for different needs
Data growth continues at an exponential rate, and the value of data to both individuals and organisations is greater than ever before. By Ruben Naicker, Verbatim product specialist at DCC. Keeping all of your important information on your laptop or desktop is no...
WD Red Pro drives now available in 6Tb
WD, a Western Digital company, has announced the expansion of its award-winning WD Red Pro hard drive line with the release of 5Tb and 6Tb capacities. The WD Red Pro family is ideal for Network Attached Storage (NAS) systems having up to 16 drive bays and serving...
Understanding the importance of data deduplication
Data deduplication might seem like a new thing but the reality is that the technology has been around for quite some time. Warren Olivier, regional manager of Veeam South Africa, discusses the roles big data and the always-on business have played to bring it back...