Elastic pricing for storage capacity when you need it
In recent years, storage pricing models have undergone a significant shift. By Eran Brown, chief technology officer: EMEA at Infinidat To give customers more choice, vendors have introduced cloud-like, pay-as-you-go models as alternatives to their tried-and-true,...
Commvault, Microsoft deliver SaaS, cloud technology
Commvault has entered into a multi-year agreement with Microsoft that tightly integrates go-to-market, engineering, and sales of Commvault's Metallic Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) data protection portfolio with Microsoft Azure. Commvault and Microsoft are bringing...
Fujitsu enhances storage portfolio
Fujitsu is enabling customers to tackle increasingly complex needs for data management as a foundation stone for digital transformation, with a focus on online storage and data protection. Spearheaded by its deep relationship with NetApp, Fujitsu is incorporating...
Benefit from All-Flash Storage at the same cost as Hybrid
If you have yet to make the transition from Hybrid Storage to All-Flash Storage, now is the time. For a number of companies, the main aspect holding them back from transitioning to All-Flash storage was the cost. Until 31 December 2020, Huawei and Pinnacle ICT are...
Dell storage solutions for unstructured data
Dell Technologies has launched Dell EMC PowerScale, a new family of storage systems that help organisations capture and capitalise on unstructured data, such as documents, images, videos and social media content. "The amount of unstructured data enterprises store as...
Fujitsu debuts scale-out software-defined storage
Fujitsu has announced the launch of Fujitsu Storage Eternus DSP (Data Services Platform), a high-volume data management solution for enterprises that rely on vast amounts for data for success. The new Eternus DSP enables organizations to keep control of fast-growing...
Cost-effective IT strategy key to navigating uncertain times
Midsize enterprises are at a crossroads. To innovate and thrive in the current economy, they need to be able to rely on sound data management. But data storage solutions can be costly, says Theo Odendaal, pre-sales manager for Hitachi Vantara, South Africa. It's tough...
Huawei OceanStor Dorado: an all-flash storage solution critical to your business
How often do you make a decision without analysing some form of data? Hopefully never. In a world where we rely on data to assist us with the most basic day-to-day tasks, how can we not ensure that our data is protected by a top-of-the-range storage solution?...
Dealing with dark data in financial services
Data is widely acknowledged to be one of a business’ most valuable assets. Yet even data can depreciate in value, writes Jasmit Sagoo, senior director: Northern Europe at Veritas Technologies. Like currency itself, it is always changing and evolving with new types...
New Dell EMC PowerStore debuts
Dell Technologies has launched the Dell EMC PowerStore, a modern infrastructure platform built from the ground up with superior technology and expertise to address the challenges of the data era. "Customers tell us a main obstacle keeping them from achieving their...
ContinuitySA launches cloud-based backup, replication for SMEs
ContinuitySA is launching Cloud Connect, a cloud-based backup and replication service for the small and medium enterprise (SME). The offering is particularly relevant now as companies of all sizes move aggressively onto digital platforms to adapt to the Covid-19...
Can your backup solution handle present and future needs?
With the accelerating growth of data continuing unabated, many organisations are faced with backup solutions that are unable to keep pace. By Modeen Malick, senior systems engineer at Commvault South Africa The result is the creation of gaps in the backup and recovery...