Solid state arrays outperform All-Flash on all fronts
All Flash Arrays (AFA) have received a lot of hype in recent years, but despite being touted as the best storage solution for everything, this is not strictly the case. By Lourens Sanders, solution architect at Infinidat Aside from being prohibitively expensive for...
A strategic approach to backup and data protection
If there is one thing the past 18 months have taught us, it's that the future is by no means set in stone. When it comes to ensuring business continuity, it pays to be prepared. By Lourens Sanders, solution architect at Infinidat One of the most important aspects of...
Next-generation data backup eases the data burden
Work from Home (WFH) might be the 'new normal', but the technology surrounding it is still evolving. Aspects such as security, data loss prevention and data protection are key areas of concern. By Kate Mollett, regional director of Commvault Africa This has become...
Dell Technologies PowerStore is what’s best for your business
A business’s need for greater data storage is constantly increasing due to storage-hungry applications and data driven business components. As technology demands continue to evolve, how do you decide what is best for your organisation? Looking at IT professionals...
Data management key to surviving any disaster
South Africans have found out the hard way that you never know when or how disaster might strike. And many companies are now discovering that staying in business after a disaster is closely tied to how quickly they can restore their IT operations. Disasters take many...
When data backup goes wrong
Businesses know that they need to have backups as part of a data management and disaster recovery (DR) strategy. By Hemant Harie, MD of Gabsten Technologies But the reality is that backup failures are an all too common experience, and they happen for any number of...
Get the right infrastructure to leverage BaaS benefits
Data is a strategic business asset, and it needs to be protected from a multitude of threats. This includes ransomware and cybercrime activities as well as natural disaster, human error and, in South Africa's case, frequent load shedding. By Lourens Sanders, solution...
Consolidated workloads need intelligent storage architecture
Consolidating workloads is a tried and tested approach to improving operational efficiency. By Hayden Sadler, country manager for South Africa at Infinidat A successful consolidation strategy can have both economic and administrative benefits. However, it can also...
The importance of cloud-based data archiving
One of the most significant challenges facing organisations today is dealing with the exponential growth of data. By Barry Kemp, head of IaaS at Vox The entire digital universe was expected to reach 44 zettabytes at the end of last year - 40 times more bytes than...
The right infrastructure lets you leverage the benefits of BaaS
Data is a strategic business asset, and it needs to be protected from a multitude of threats. By Lourens Sanders, solution architect at Infinidat This includes ransomware and cybercrime activities as well as natural disaster, human error and, in South Africa's case,...
Data storage: the importance of protecting the device and not just the network
With data security such a big talking point of late, many of the discussions around protecting data have focused on securing the network. At a time of increased remote working and reliance on cloud technology, perhaps this is understandable. By Ruben Dennenwaldt,...
Beyond the datacentre: the benefits of all-flash storage in the intelligent age
While some executives would like to lower costs and increase efficiency, others want business growth and responsiveness. Flash technology is fast, efficient, and affordable. All-flash storage is hot news, and has been for some time. Its initial explosive growth was...