Software AG wins IoT Evolution award
Software AG has announced that the Digital Business Platform has received a 2015 IoT Evolution Product of the Year Award from IoT Evolution magazine, the leading publication covering IoT technologies. Software AG’s Digital Business Platform helps users respond to...
Gartner names Commvault as a Leader
Commvault, a leader in enterprise data protection and information management, has announced it was positioned by Gartner in the Leaders quadrant of the recently released Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Backup Software and Integrated Appliances. The Gartner Magic...
Re-imagine storage with Seagate
Seagate Technology has announced that its popular award-winning Backup Plus family of external storage offerings will now include 200Gb of OneDrive cloud storage for two years. Seagate Backup Plus drives come equipped with Seagate Dashboard software for easy...
NetApp expands flash storage array
NetApp has expanded its all-flash storage array line with new models tailored for enterprise buyers. The All Flash FAS (AFF) 8000 series packs world-class performance and the industry’s best data management in a single solution. It ships with NetApp Data ONTAP...
OTG adds functionality to smart devices
One of the biggest problems with smart devices such as phones and tablets is their limited storage capacity, as well as limited interoperability with peripheral devices, says Ruben Naicker, Verbatim product specialist at Drive Control Corporation. USB OTG, short for...
Deduplication key to reducing storage costs
The growth of the always-on business means that companies are increasingly reliant on their data centres to deliver constant availability - and, says Veeam Southern African regional manager Warren Olivier, data deduplication is emerging as a critical way to manage the...
NetApp launches AltaVault
In today’s business environment, traditional backup is slow, risky, expensive, and complex. Users expect instant recovery and minimal data loss, but IT struggles to keep pace using legacy backup and recovery strategies. To meet these demands, NetApp has introduced...
Bidvest Steiner uses Attix5 backup solution
Attix5 has implemented its server backup solution at hygiene service provider Bidvest Steiner to automate its backups and give it an affordable and scalable off-site solution to meet growing organisational requirements. Bidvest Steiner, formally Steiner Services,...
Cloud-based backup strategy in 15 minutes
Cloud-based backup services are an easy way for IT service providers to help clients achieve availability of their data, says Warren Olivier, Southern Africa regional manager at Veeam Software -- as well as an excellent first step into becoming a cloud provider. “In...
Dell broadens storage portfolio
Dell has announced several new storage offerings designed to help businesses and organisations cost-effectively adapt and scale their data centres to keep pace with ever-increasing IT demands. Dell’s future-ready approach to IT solutions development continues to...
BTO launches BTOVault solution
BTO Solutions has launched BTOVault. BTOVault is delivered in partnership with CommVault, leveraging CommVault’s leading Simpana software, a core software platform that provides data analysis, replication, protection, archiving and search functionality in a flexible...
Five reasons to move to cloud backup
Today’s businesses generate more data than ever before, forcing them to back up their information more often, says Demetri Petropoulos, head of business development at Global Micro Solutions.While the weekly tape backup might have worked a decade ago for files and...