A DIY cloud is no cloud at all

There’s a great deal of pride and enjoyment that the geeks in an organisation get from building servers from scratch, creating server rooms, and architecting an infrastructure that they can boast about to their peers, says Alexander Mehlhorn, CEO, Framework One. And...

Master Drilling optimises infrastructure

Triple4 has created a highly available infrastructure and stable, user-friendly wireless environment for the global provider of specialist drilling solutions for the mining industry. Founded in 1986, Master Drilling provides specialist drilling services to the mining...

Infrastructure limits African opportunities

Companies doing business on the African continent have identified transport and logistics infrastructure as the most challenging constraint to business operations, followed closely by bribery and corruption.  According to Hennie Heymans, MD of DHL Express South...

The real cost of infrastructure theft

On the last day of January this year, two trains collided outside of Pretoria, the administrative heart of South Africa. Two people were fatally injured, 19 critically and about 300 – many of whom school children – suffered minor injuries. Passenger Rail...
Infrastructure spend on the up

Infrastructure spend on the up

The Middle East & Africa IT infrastructure market, comprising of servers, storage and networking equipment, is forecast to reach $3,9-billion in 2013, a 4% increase from 2012, according to Gartner. “IT leaders in the Gulf region are focused on business solutions...