Tintri raises $125-million in financing

Tintri, a leading producer of VM-aware storage (VAS) for virtualisation and cloud environments, has announced the close of a $125-million Series F round led by Silver Lake Kraftwerk. Tintri’s existing investors – Insight Venture Partners, Lightspeed Ventures,...

SA company joins Silicon Valley start-ups

Silicon Valley-based venture capital fund and start-up accelerator, 500 Start-ups, has announced its 14th batch of start-ups, which includes the South African home cleaning service SweepSouth. This is the first time a local company has been selected by 500 Start-ups,...

BYOD can save money for companies

Bring your own device (BYOD) is fast becoming a pivotal part of the modern workspace. But an increase in connectivity and a diversity of devices – and a concomitant increase in productivity – brings with it a whole new set of challenges, says Derick Roberts, CEO of...

How to become globally competitive

Kathy Gibson reports from CeBIT, Hanover – Huawei considers itself as a global company, with about 30% of its revenues currently coming from outside its home market of China. Zheng Yelai, president of the IT product line at Huawei, told media yesterday that...

Ricoh named most ethical company again

Ricoh has been recognised, for the sixth time, by the Ethisphere Institute, the global organisation that defines and advances the standards of ethical business practices, as a 2015 World’s Most Ethical Company. The World’s Most Ethical Companies designation recognises...