Making room for the Internet of Things

The Internet of Things promises to deliver many benefits and opportunities to businesses and consumers alike. But one thing that has not been fully considered is the massive explosion it will create in the amount of data being generated worldwide, says Sofocles...

Commvault delivers cloud solution sets

CommVault, a leader in enterprise data protection and information management, has announced numerous additions to its product suite to enable organisations to better leverage existing investments and accelerate enterprise wide cloud adoption. Public and Hybrid Cloud...

Cloud-based call centres on the rise

As local networks improve and become more affordable – including cloud computing – more and more call centres will move to the cloud, says Andrew van Niekerk, a director of Teleforge Communications, a specialised call centre solutions provider. “Cloud-based computing...

Cloud is not dead at HP

Forrester expects HP to focus on its strengths – private and hybrid cloud. This is despite its senior vice-president of Helion product management, Bill Hilf, telling The New York Times that it doesn’t make sense for HP to go against Amazon Web Services (AWS),...

Strong outlook for cloud security services

Technology market research firm Infonetics Research reports that the cloud security services market grew 13,5% in 2014 to $7,2-billion worldwide, up from $6,3-billion the previous year.“Our long-term outlook for the already very large cloud and CPE managed security...