Planned versus unplanned downtime

Apr 2, 2015

In the age of the always-on business, downtime is increasingly unacceptable — even when it’s planned and announced in advance, says Veeam regional manager for southern African, Warren Olivier. “In 2015 any business that has any kind of online component must...

Issues keeping CIOs awake at night

Feb 11, 2015

Key issues keeping CIOs and IT professionals up at night in 2015 include downtime, security and IT talent acquisition. The findings from a recent survey by Sungard AS are particularly relevant to the South African market, and local ICT specialist Quintica warns that socio-economic issues such as load shedding, a less than buoyant local economy and the increasing brain drain, are not providing much solace to our own CIOs.

Facebook back up …

Jan 27, 2015

South Africans woke up this morning to the discovery that Facebook and Instagram have crashed – and they’ve turned to Twitter to talk about it. With #facebookdown trending on Twitter, users took to the social media platform to share their frustration, and often...

How to keep motivated during downtime

Nov 26, 2014

One of the realities of today’s market is that business is a 24/7/365 challenge. During rare quieter periods, when companies rely on ‘skeleton staff’, it falls on the shoulders of those at the office to stay connected, remain focused and maintain momentum. Hands on...

Decreasing the cost of downtime

Jul 11, 2014

While IT managers dread system downtime, the harsh reality is that even the best plans and preparation cannot prepare for every circumstance. Pieter van der Merwe, Availability Solutions Architect, Africa & Middle East at Stratus Technologies, says here it is...