Fujitsu Eternus sets benchmark performance
Fujitsu has announced that its entry-level Eternus DX200 S3 flexible modular disk storage systems are able to deliver enterprise-class performance levels, taking the crown as the world’s fastest data retrieval and access speeds in the mid-range Dual Controller Storage...
Personal clouds make storage easy
Our lives have become digital – always on, always connected, and always sharing. Smartphones, tablets and pocket-sized digital cameras have made taking photographs and videos so simple, something we take it for granted, says Ruben Naicker, WD product specialist at...
Backup, archiving and records management
There is no doubt that data management and preservation are critically important to business. However, there may be misconceptions when it comes to the process around the differences between backup, archiving and records management, says Gareth Tudor, CEO of Altonet....
Attix5 rolls out backup services for SkyNet
Attix5, a global provider of data protection software and cloud solutions, has provided much-needed online backup services to one of its clients, SkyNet Worldwide Express. SkyNet is a global express courier network and services provider. The two companies forged a...
The hard drives of the future
There can be no doubt that hard drives are essential in today’s digital world, and demand for even more storage capacity is driving technological innovation that provide more space, more speed and greater efficiency, says Kalvin Subbadu, sales manager – Components, WD...
Effective archive data migrations
A combination of many factors has necessitated the requirement for Archiving platforms in many larger corporates over the past 10 years. These factors include Legislative and Corporate Governance Requirements, massive volumes of e-mail and other unstructured data, as...
Top storage trends automate, simplify IT
For many IT managers, storage has become too complex, hard to manage and expensive. According to IDC, businesses’ storage demands are growing in excess of 50 percent a year while their total available storage capacity is growing at half that rate. As a result of this,...
Quartile Capital protects critical data
Established in 2008, Quartile Capital is a Johannesburg-based boutique financial services company. It is 100% black-owned and has a Level One BBBEE Contributor rating by Empowerdex. Quartile Capital provides Corporate Finance, Treasury, Consulting and Investments...
Spectra Logic wins storage award
Spectra Logic has announced it was named the 2014 Storage Visions Awards' Visionary Company in Media and Entertainment Storage for its introduction of the Deep Simple Storage Service (DS3), the industry’s first native RESTful interface to robotic tape storage systems....
Exponential-e uses Attix5 for cloud backup
Attix5, a global provider of data protection software and cloud solutions, has played an instrumental role in helping its client, Exponential-e, bolster its business IT services through the implementation of a competitive, cost effective data backup and storage...
Attix5 launches Pro V7.0.3
Attix5, a global provider of data protection software and cloud solutions, has announced the launch of Attix5 Pro V7.0.3. The new, simplified networking feature allows all connections to be made through a single port. While most other backup solutions require multiple...
SanDisk SSDs achieve VMware certification
SanDisk has announced that its SAS enterprise solid state drives (SSDs), available in Dell PowerEdge R720 and PowerEdge T620 servers, have been certified by VMware as a supported flash tier of VMware Virtual SAN. VMware Virtual SAN is a new software-defined storage...