WD demos fastest 4Tb hybrid drive
WD, a Western Digital company, demonstrated the world’s fastest 4TB hybrid drive at the SATA-IO booth at Storage Visions 2015, 4 to 5 January in Las Vegas, Nevada. WD’s prototype drive utilises the SATA Express PCI-e interface, 4Tb 3.5-inch hybrid hard drive, and up...
SanDisk unveils Ultra Dual USB Drive 3.0
SanDisk Corporation has announced SanDisk Ultra Dual USB Drive 3.0, a USB flash drive featuring both a micro-USB and a high-speed USB 3.0 connector for super-fast file transfers between On The Go (OTG)-enabled Android devices, PC and Mac computers. Adding to its...
Attix5 receives Canadian investment
Algoma Financial Group has been guiding people in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario and surrounding areas since 1941 and is comprised of: Algoma Insurance Brokers Limited, Algoma Financial Services Limited, The Insurance Depot and Bruce Mines Insurance Brokers. Over the last...
Virtual NAS from QNAP, AMD
QNAP Systems has partnered with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and announced the release of the high-performance 10GbE-ready TVS-863+ and 4/6/8-bay TVS-x63 Turbo vNAS series, with an AMD Embedded G-Series quad-core 2.4GHs processor and a RAM module expandable to 16Gb....
Debunking the top three myths of flash storage
In this article, Servaas Venter, country manager of EMC Southern Africa, debunks the three common preconceptions around flash storage as businesses wake up to its potential to improve business performance, create competitive advantage, reduce risk and save them money....
Taneja report lauds Tintri solution
Tintri has announced the findings of a Taneja Group Field Report. The report, Massively Scalable, Intrinsically Simple: Tintri’s Low TCO for the Virtualised Data Centre, is based on in-depth interviews with Tintri customers across a broad range of industries. Customer...
Buy data with intent
Few people can afford to be as overindulgent as to buy something just for the sake of it, especially if it is a product or service that they have no or little use for themselves. Of course, some people will buy clothes that are a few sizes too small in the hopes of...
DCC offers Verbatim’s Nano USB
Distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC) recently introduced Verbatim’s Store ‘n Stay NANO USB drive to the local market. Available in 32Gb capacity, this drive is one of the smallest available – it’s unobtrusive, snag free and can even be left in a USB port...
CommVault named as leader by Gartner
CommVault has announced it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the “Leaders” quadrant of the “Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Information Archiving” for the second consecutive year. According to Gartner, “the Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Information Archiving...
Attix5 celebrates 15th anniversary
In November, Attix5 marked 15 years of operation and continued value added service to global markets. Executive leaders of the company joined members of staff in toasting the milestone, a fitting symbolic end to a challenging but successful year. “A lot has changed in...
NAS servers a good backup solution for SMEs
Like insurance, data backup is a necessary evil. You don't think you need it until something goes wrong and then you realise just how crucial it was in the first place. If you don't have it during the critical moment when it is required, it can cost you dearly in...
Data lakes as an enterprise resource
A data lake is an enterprise resource that gives business units, functions and departments unprecedented freedom and flexibility to gather, analyse, and use the data they most need. In essence, business data lakes hold the keys to meeting the fast-growing business...