Controlling the data risk of BYOD

Data protection has always been a challenge, even when data flow was, more or less, confined to a closed network system, says Bryan Balfe, enterprise account manager at CommVault. Now, we have the bring your own device (BYOD) era in which your employees and...

Improving control of virtual machines

Server virtualisation is a darling of IT administrators for a number of reasons such as delivering more efficiency and cost control than adding physical servers to accommodate the data explosion. It also offers savings due to server consolidation, at the same time...

Give consumers control of their information

If retailers empower consumers with maximal control over the gathering and use of their personal and behavioural information, they will be able to create mutually beneficial relationships. This is according to Christie Koorts, University of Stellenbosch Business...

MCD Group buys control of OTEL network

The MCD Group is to acquire a controlling stake in OTEL Telecom’s national network. Under the terms of the agreement, MCD Group will purchase substantial shareholding in order to provide additional resources and experience to OTEL’s ever growing wholesale and reseller...

Metacom solution boosts visibility, control

Industrial and commercial communications operator Metacom has launched its web-based Metacom Management Centre to clients, allowing them unprecedented insight into network performance. “We solve difficult communications problems for banks, retailers and utilities,”...