Preparing foundations for the cloud

Bandwidth availability, speed and quality are continually improving in South Africa and prices have become more and more reasonable for large broadband connections. As a result, the cloud is becoming an increasingly viable option and is now an attractive proposition...

Disaster recovery key in the cloud

The advent of cloud services and hybrid cloud infrastructure has fuelled the roll out of enterprise-ready DRaaS (disaster recovery as a service) offerings. The view of technology experts is that these offerings will continue to enter the mainstream and favourably...

VMware introduces vCloud Air Network

VMware has announced the VMware vCloud Air Network to provide greater choice and flexibility to businesses looking to capitalise on the advantages of hybrid cloud. As the world’s largest network of validated cloud services based on VMware technologies with more than 3...

SMB customers can reach for the cloud

Local SMB customers looking to navigate into the cloud can now do so with ease with the launch of Microsoft’s robust cloud Platform Azure, now available to resellers from Westcon Southern Africa. The Microsoft Azure solution enables you to either assist, or deploy, on...

New Simpana Solution Sets from CommVault

CommVault has announced new Simpana cloud management capabilities and Simpana Solution Sets designed to transform how companies of all sizes protect, manage and maximise the value of business information amidst a rising tide of data and compliance requirements. As...