Microsoft's Project Natick, which sees data centres being placed in bodies of water, has marked a new milestone. FULL STORY >

Teraco today announced that it has raised a medium term funding facility from Absa amounting to R1.2 billion. FULL STORY >

Anglo American plc has consolidated three separate data rooms into one smaller, more efficient and easier to monitor data centre. This project has allowed the globally diversified mining business to reduce floor space... FULL STORY >

the power of computing is moving to the cloud. You don’t need a powerful, clunky machine anymore because data is being accessed through even more powerful infrastructure built around the incredible processing power that now exists... FULL STORY >

Systems integrator BT-SA is revolutionising the Data Centre environment by offering a truly integrated end-to-end solution. From a small cabling company 30 years ago, BT-SA has evolved as a full-service provider that is now able to install and maintain all aspects... FULL STORY >

Designed to aid with all transactional and analytical-driven workloads, Hitachi Data Systems unveils its new line-up of software-defined infrastructure solutions. FULL STORY >

Hosted data centres have become an increasingly appealing option given the rapidly expanding volumes of data organisations are expected to store and process, as well as the cost associated with procuring,... FULL STORY >

As a new digital world emerges from the dual impact of the Nexus of Forces and the Internet of Things, the personality, structure and role of data centres will need to be changed or business agility and competitive strength will be... FULL STORY >

As enterprises digitise their businesses and adopt technologies such as social media, mobility, analytics including big data, cloud and machine learning along with an increasing amount of open source, their computing needs have evolved. FULL STORY >

Detailing cloud workload growth rates across the globe, Cisco's 2014 Cloud Index predicts that the Middle East and Africa region will be the second largest worldwide by 2018. FULL STORY >

While the enterprise looks to disruptive trends such as cloud, mobility and big data to drive business innovation and greater revenues, the IT department is well aware that traditional networks and data centres may not be up to the challenge of... FULL STORY >

South African data centres are starting to embrace green technologies in an effort to boost operational efficiencies. Lance Harris looks into the new trends. FULL STORY >

The challenges of virtualised data centres is but one of the topics up for discussion at the 3rd annual Cloud and Virtualisation Africa Summit. FULL STORY >