WD drives cover Mac storage needs
As users are offered increasing choice in the range and variety of computing devices, more and more people are adopting the Apple Mac range, whether they use the desktop, notebook or ultrabook versions. However, in today’s connected world where data is priceless and...
Huawei launches FCoE interface
Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, has announced the launch of a next-generation Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE, FC-BB-6) interface in Huawei’s portfolio of storage systems. Based on VN2VN technology, the...
Choosing the right hard drive with WD
In today’s digital world, hard disk drives (HDDs) have become a critical component of life, both for the business and consumer markets. Having a reliable HDD is essential for ensuring that data, photographs, music, movies and more are kept safe and accessible....
Huawei unveils OceanStor N9000
Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, unveiled the Big Data Storage System OceanStor N9000. Based on the innovative concept of "X-in-One", Huawei OceanStor N9000 converges storage, analysis, and archive, and...
MWEB Business simplifies data backup
The oft-repeated management platitude that people are a business’s most valuable asset is wrong: data is. That’s the view of Kris Desmet, head of Product at MWEB Business who says that while the consequences of lost data can be relatively minor (having to re-input a...
EMC Isilon NAS supports cloud, analytics
At EMC World 2013, EMC announced that it is preparing the next version of its EMC Isilon OneFS scale-out NAS operating system. Building on the successful late-2012 launch of OneFS 7.0 (“Mavericks”), the next version of Isilon’s industry-leading operating system will...
EMC unveils ViPR at EMC World 2013
At EMC World 2013, EMC has introduced EMC ViPR, the world’s first software-defined storage platform. As service provider and enterprise data centres grow to tens and hundreds of petabytes, the cost and complexity associated with managing them becomes untenable. By...
Simple backup and recovery for SMBs
Threats to data abound these days. Data loss caused by hardware or software failure is even more common than malware attacks, so backing up computer data is essential. With words like business continuity and disaster recovery being bandied about on a regular basis,...
Computer backup easy with Windows 8
Windows 8 - Microsoft’s latest PC operating system (OS) - is here, and with promises of greater flexibility for creating, sharing and enjoying content stored on PCs, many users are eager to upgrade, says Anamika Budree, sales manager: Branded Products at WD South...
Fujitsu, Quantum boost enterprise backup
Fujitsu has announced that enterprises will soon find it far easier to balance backup and recovery speed with the cost of flexibly storing virtually unlimited amounts of data on any combination of storage media. In an extended sales and technology agreement, Fujitsu...
Metalogix StoragePoint from Soarsoft
Soarsoft Africa, a specialist in archiving, migration, collaboration and messaging services,, has announced the release of Metalogix’ latest version of Metalogix StoragePoint that gives organisations the ability to store, access and backup files over 2Gb through...
Pros of Oracle’s Sun ZFS appliance
Oracle has highlighted the advantages of Oracle’s Sun ZFS Storage Appliances for Oracle’s new SPARC T5 and M5 servers running Oracle Solaris. Oracle’s new SPARC T5 midrange servers are based on the SPARC T5, the world’s fastest microprocessor. Engineered together, Sun...