Data Centres - What to look for in a partner
By Staff Writer 13 February 2015As 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 >
Big data, big challenges: a new approach to processing systems
By Staff Writer 12 February 2015Data analytics are driving enterprise growth, but sifting through vast amounts of unstructured data calls for an advanced server technology. FULL STORY >
Cloud and Data Analytics Challenges
By Staff Writer 9 February 2015As data analytics and the cloud become essential business drivers, enterprises need to be able to cope with significant volumes of data. Business Connexion’s Sakkie Burger and Kamal Ravjee, discuss how data centres can meet the growing demands of these... FULL STORY >
Free mobile data for OpenWeb premium clients
By Staff Writer 28 January 2015OpenWeb is now offering free mobile data with its Premium Home Uncapped ADSL packages, specially designed for its discerned customers who need Internet away from home. FULL STORY >
Geek News Highlights - The Bag of Tricks Edition
By Robin-Leigh Chetty 21 January 2015This week's Geek News has a little bit of everything, with a new short film from Adidas, a rumoured X Files return to TV and a scientifically designed tattoo. FULL STORY >
Securing the new era of big data
By Staff Writer 20 January 2015In the digital age, information is the new currency. And in order to get information, enterprises are mining data – and lots of it – for the knowledge that it can yield. On the scale of Internet commerce or social networks, the amount of data can be pretty... FULL STORY >
Managing data centres for a 21st century Africa
By Staff Writer 8 December 2014Peter Greaves, expertise leader for Data and ICT facilities at Aurecon, provides insight on how enterprises can better manage data centres within a technologically relevant African context. FULL STORY >
Metacom boosts core network as data use grows
By Staff Writer 20 November 2014Industrial and commercial communications operator Metacom has invested significantly in upgrading its core network to meet increasing customer needs, says MD Réan van Niekerk. FULL STORY >
Getting past nosey neighbours and data theft in the cloud
By Staff Writer 11 November 2014With its cost and efficiency benefits, the cloud is here to stay. But overcoming noisy neighbours and security risks are still top of mind concerns for CIOs, says Networks Unlimited. FULL STORY >
Cisco Global Cloud Index forecasts massive growth for MEA region
By Robin-Leigh Chetty 5 November 2014Detailing 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 >
Hitachi Information Forum: Big data ‘challenges compliance’
By Staff Writer 5 November 2014Johannesburg, SA, November 04, 2014 – Hitachi Data Systems Corporation (HDS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501) believes that the exponential growth in the amount of data in circulation is challenging... FULL STORY >
NetApp Insight 2014 charts the course ahead
By Ryan Noik 5 November 2014NetApp's Insight 2014 conference held in Las Vegas, Nevada not only offered up some eye-opening perspectives on IT, but its ambitious announcements addressed a key concern with hybrid cloud adoption. FULL STORY >
Optimising Virtual Application Delivery Controllers with Network Automation
By Staff Writer 16 October 2014With the growing number of applications in use in today’s enterprises, network administrators are surely noticing some new challenges. Many IT professionals responsible for supporting applications in datacenter and... FULL STORY >
Next-gen networking to enable Megatrends
By Staff Writer 10 October 2014While 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 >
Big data drives SA’s CIOs to SDN
By Staff Writer 29 September 2014In a fast-changing environment with new applications daily and a surge of data to manage, CIOs are looking to software defined networking to give them a competitive advantage, says Networks Unlimited FULL STORY >
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