Multiple platform data sharing with NAS

The world we live in has become ever more connected. From notebooks and desktops to tablets and smartphones, we are always tapped in to the digital realm at work, at home and on the go, says Kalvin Subbadu, Components sales manager, WD South Africa. Practically every...

61% of malware victims lose data forever

When malware strikes, the impact on data can be disastrous and, to make matters worse, there’s no guarantee of getting that valuable information back. Only 39% of users were able to retrieve all the data they lost in a malware attack, according to a 2013 survey...

IDC ranks data protection vendors

CommVault, EMC, and Symantec are leaders in the European data protection and recovery software market, according to a new International Data Corporation (IDC) vendor assessment and market analysis study profiling and ranking the leading providers in the data...

Companies are losing their grip on data

Companies are losing their grip on their data. The reason why boils down to them applying 20th century mindsets and methodologies in 21st century mobile world. “The old ways of managing and protecting information just don’t cut it anymore and that’s why companies are...

Data virtualisation is about business

Data virtualisation is not about IT – it’s about giving decision-makers immediate access to all the relevant information and only the relevant information, says Chris O’Connell, MD at BITanium. Information has become the strategic business advantage; hence how...