Dell reduces enterprise flash storage costs

Dell is the first storage array provider to announce adoption of the industry’s newest, highest-density and lowest-cost-for-performance enterprise flash drives, helping organisations of all sizes to significantly reduce costs associated with storing and managing their...

Transforming data from expense to asset

CIOs today are increasingly being asked to extract greater value from the data residing within the organisation – transforming information into a valuable asset that the organisation can use as the springboard to future success. This issue was explored in depth by...

Taking cybercrime seriously

According to a cybercrime report compiled by global Internet security firm, Norton, South Africa lost R3,7-billion in 2012 as a result of cybercrime. This number is sure continue to rise in parallel to the continued rapid expansion of the Internet – the technological...

The rising cost of a security breach

The average consolidated total cost of a data breach is $3,8-million, representing a 23% increase since 2013. This is one of the findings of the Ponemon Institute’s annual Cost of Data Breach Study: Global Analysis, sponsored by IBM. The study also found that the...

Cost of compliance set to rise in 2015

Regulatory fatigue, resource challenges and personal liability are expected to increase throughout 2015. These are among the finding of Thomson Reuters’ sixth annual Cost of Compliance survey. This reflects the sheer volume of regulatory change that continues to be...