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...
Samsung offers new SSD 850 PRO
Samsung Electronics, the world leader in advanced memory innovations, has announced the local availability of the 850 PRO, a new solid state drive (SSD) line-up. Featuring Samsung’s cutting-edge three-dimensional (3D) vertical NAND (V-NAND) flash memory technology, it...
SanDisk awarded 5 000th patent
SanDisk Corporation, a global leader in flash storage solutions, has celebrated its 5 000th patent, the latest milestone and achievement from a company whose innovations have transformed the consumer electronics market for more than a quarter century. The company was...
POPI could kickstart data optimisation
The Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Act will give businesses the opportunity to reinvent their enterprise data storage and management, says Hitachi Data Systems (HDS). Speaking at the Hitachi Information Forum in Johannesburg last week Friday, HDS experts...
Personal cloud headaches for IT
The simplicity of cloud-based solutions for personal storage has triggered rapid expansion of ‘shadow IT’ in the average organisation, in turn bringing a range of new threats and risks into the IT environment. That’s according to Oliver Potgieter, director of Alto...
Tintri releases VMstore T800 Series
Tintri has announced the availability of the Tintri VMstoreT800 series and Tintri OS 3.1. The new models support the highest VM densities in the industry. Expanded capabilities of the Tintri OS include integration with VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager (SRM) for...
Seagate expands NAS portfolio
Seagate Technology recently announced a new portfolio of networked attached storage (NAS) solutions specifically designed for today’s small businesses. The new portfolio includes five NAS products in a range of capacities from 2Tb to 30Tb and performance perfectly...
WD My Cloud app sees 4m downloads
WD, a Western Digital company and a world leader in connected storage solutions, has announced that its WD My Cloud mobile apps have been downloaded more than 4-million times, allowing users to remotely connect to their My Cloud personal clouds to view photos, stream...
WD expands Purple hard drive line
WD has announced the expansion of its award-winning WD Purple line of 3.5-inch hard drives for surveillance applications, with the release of the 6Tb capacity. Designed for video surveillance, a highly data-rich category within the Internet of Things (IoT), WD Purple...
DCC demonstrates Dell Compellent SAN
Distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC) is showcasing the features and functionality of the next-generation Dell Compellent SC8000 Storage Centre Controller at its Dell Proof of Concept (POC) centre. The Compellent SC8000 provides high-performance, efficient and...
Fujitsu launches Storage ETERNUS CD10000
As organisations continue to grapple with the problem of how to leverage Big Data as they cross the Petabyte divide, Fujitsu today introduces the world’s first storage system designed to grow as big and last as long as the online data it hosts.By creating a storage...