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The road to safe and smart cities

Jan 30, 2017

The idea of smart cities is top of the agenda for most countries: technology has the potential to make cities operate smarter, more efficiently and – most importantly of all – more safely. This is why the trend to smart cities is starting with the implementation of...

Xmas wishes: what the channel really wants

Dec 2, 2016

Storage in the age of digitalisation and the technology behind physical security, as well as a reportback from the Gartner Symposium, VMWorld, and Huawei Safe Cities.

Affordable flash reshaping economics of enterprise storage

Oct 10, 2016

The advent of new flash drives based on triple level cell (TLC) 3D NAND technology promise to reshape the enterprise storage market by making solid-state drive (SSD) arrays more affordable than ever – positioning them for wider adoption in the mainstream market. With...

Reports of tape’s demise are greatly exaggerated

Oct 10, 2016

As with most things vintage or old, tape storage has through the years been the highlight of many technology obituary pages. The basic thinking is that current technologies like disk storage and cloud offer more advantages like faster throughput and reliability....

Rethinking cloud storage

Sep 7, 2016

The growing acceptance of cloud computing and storage are seeing decision-makers refining their backup strategies to be even more efficient and cost effective. Danie Marais, founder of the software division at Redstor, feels that innovations in the market will herald...

NAS with personal cloud ideal for SMMEs

Sep 7, 2016

Cloud storage is a technology that at the outset was typically viewed as something for the consumer market alone. However, in time more and more businesses began to realise the advantages of having centralised online storage solutions that could be accessed and shared...

5G: who’s in the driver’s seat?

Aug 23, 2016

The race is on to establish the next generation of mobile networks. Each generational change in wireless networks has been prompted by a different force. New service demand sparked the move from 1G to 2G, regulation and licensing were the triggers for the migration to...

5G could bridge the digital divide

Aug 23, 2016

The advent of technology forces such as big data, analysis, the Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud computing to support digitisation in business brought about next generation connectivity infrastructure. Experts in ICT managed services have described the imminence of...

Adding value to the ARUBA opportunity

Aug 1, 2016

Hewlett Packard Enterprise, which acquired ARUBA Networking last year, has been busy merging the wireless networking specialist’s products with its own offerings to provide a complete solution stack. Within the next few months, the two channel operations will merge as...

Connect with intelligent ARUBA mobility

Aug 1, 2016

When Hewlett Packard Enterprise acquired ARUBA last year, it was looking beyond simply bolting the ARUBA products on to its existing networking line-up. Instead, the best features of both product sets have been incorporated into a new set of campus and edge solutions....

SA organisations face a huge cyber risk

Jun 29, 2016

Organisations that invest in detection and response technologies, rather than perimeter-based solutions, are better poised to defend against cyber incidents. The second annual RSA Cybersecurity Poverty Index by RSA, the Security Division of EMC, which compiles survey...

Why security matters when it comes to PoPI

Jun 29, 2016

The Protection of Personal Information (PoPI) Act has been signed into law and will soon be implemented. This particular piece of legislation has been on the horizon for some time, and most companies have started to put in place processes to ensure they are...

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