Hitachi Vantara appoints new General Manager and Sales Director for South Africa
By Press Release 11 June 2020Hitachi Vantara, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd, has appointed Dennis Naidoo as General Manager and Sales Director of Hitachi Vantara in South Africa. FULL STORY >
Industry Insight - Investing in cyber resilience is key to succeed in the age of digital transformation
By Industry Contributor 10 June 2020In today’s always-on, always-connected economy, businesses are under pressure to enhance their cybersecurity strategy and prove to their customers that data protection is critical to their... FULL STORY >
Vodacom, Wits team up to keep students' 2020 momentum alive
By Ryan Noik 5 June 2020Amid the massive disruption caused by the pandemic and the lockdown, Vodacom announced this week that it has partnered with the University of the Witwatersrand (WITS) in Johannesburg to keep students connected to higher learning... FULL STORY >
Industry Insight: The more data, the more problems?
By Industry Contributor 4 June 2020Duncan McKay discusses the importance of addressing quality management as an integral part of the overall Data and Analytics (DnA) processes in an organisation and how data quality and master data management should be seen as key strategic... FULL STORY >
Kaspersky: These are the personal costs of data breaches
By Staff Writer 28 May 202028% of IT security managers missed important family dates because of data breaches, according to Kaspersky, begging the question whether companies care about their employee's wellbeing as well as the company's reputation. FULL STORY >
COVID-19 is disrupting smartphone sales and supply chains
By Staff Writer 27 May 2020GlobalData notes consumer spending in the telecom sector will remain inhibited. FULL STORY >
MTN offers data usage rate service to help data transparency for customers
By Staff Writer 22 May 2020MTN today implemented the data usage rate service which enables both prepaid and contract customers to monitor their usage history. FULL STORY >
Interview with F5: The cybersecurity imperative in an uncertain age
By Ryan Noik 8 May 2020Amid the turmoil produced by the current pandemic, two technological considerations are rising to the fore: remote working, and with it, cybersecurity. Recently we had the opportunity to speak to F5 Network’s Alain Tshal on... FULL STORY >
Hitachi caters to midsize enterprises with new virtual storage platform
By Staff Writer 7 May 2020Midsize enterprises are receiving some love this month, with Hitachi Vantara recently introducing a Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) E990 for them specifically. FULL STORY >
Teraco going ahead with a second data centre in Cape Town
By Staff Writer 6 May 2020The current Corona crises might be playing havoc with the economy, but some companies are still seeing the value of investing in the future. FULL STORY >
Industry Insight - Making sense out of big data through visualisation
By Industry Contributor 5 May 2020With a proliferation of data emerging from the Covid-19 pandemic, data visualisation offers a fantastic opportunity to present all this information in an easy-to-digest format, and its applications are broad. SAS Senior... FULL STORY >
Explore Data Science Academy opens applications for its data science learnership
By Staff Writer 17 April 2020Africa’s largest institution devoted to data science, The Explore Data Science Academy (EDSA) has opened registrations for the July 1 intake of its 12 month, full-time data science learnership as well as its... FULL STORY >
Vodacom slashes data prices
By Staff Writer 1 April 2020Vodacom has cut data prices by up to 40% and will provide free data to access essential services through Vodacom’s zero-rated platform ConnectU with immediate effect. FULL STORY >
Veritas: Significant security risks for local businesses as dark data grows
By Staff Writer 24 March 2020A new report by Veritas has found that Cloud adoption is on the rise as businesses aim to reduce data protection costs, but many miss this benefit as they use cloud as a dumping ground for ‘dark’ and redundant,... FULL STORY >
Industry Insight - Data operations to ensure your data is protected
By Industry Contributor 24 March 2020Alasdair Parsonson, Technical Expert: Data Intelligence at Hitachi Vantara explains why protection of data is complicated, but needed and the solutions available for data protection. Alasdair Parsonson, Technical Expert: Data... FULL STORY >
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