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Fiji's new eCentre station is under construction
Hyperscale

Fiji's new eCentre station is under construction

Flexenclosure has been instrumental in the deployment of prefabricated data center technology into many developing nations.

By Jacques-Pierre (JP) Dumas • 3 min read • Tue, 23rd Jan 2018
Commvault's Owen Taraniuk on his new role and becoming a 'Made in China' company
Cloud Services

Commvault's Owen Taraniuk on his new role and becoming a 'Made in China' company

Commvault has announced the appointment of Owen Taraniuk as head of worldwide partnerships and market development.

By Julia Gabel • 5 min read • Mon, 22nd Jan 2018
APAC to be the fastest-growing region for security assessment services
DevOps

APAC to be the fastest-growing region for security assessment services

Asia Pacific will be a hotspot for security assessment vendors as it becomes the fastest growing region in the world between 2017-2022.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Mon, 22nd Jan 2018
Australia & New Zealand named innovation champions by U.S association
Drones

Australia & New Zealand named innovation champions by U.S association

Australia, New Zealand, Finland and the United Kingdom have been named the most innovative countries, according to the Consumer Technology Association.

By Julia Gabel • 3 min read • Tue, 16th Jan 2018
Neustar invests in DDoS defense as attack rates climb
Artificial Intelligence

Neustar invests in DDoS defense as attack rates climb

Neustar launches its latest DDoS mitigation solution, SiteProtect NG, amid rising attack rates, betting on large-scale nodes for enhanced defence.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Mon, 11th Dec 2017
Vertiv discusses how to optimise UPS performance in modern data centres
DataCentre infrastructure

Vertiv discusses how to optimise UPS performance in modern data centres

Hundreds of questions surround the power supply of data centres - Vertiv attempts to answer them in an upcoming webinar.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Thu, 7th Dec 2017
Vertiv releases its top 5 data centre trends for 2018
Hyperscale

Vertiv releases its top 5 data centre trends for 2018

Vertiv has put together a report of the five trends the company expects to impact the data centre ecosystem in 2018.

By Ashton Young • 5 min read • Tue, 5th Dec 2017
Japanese telco giant opens new data center in Johannesburg
Hyperscale

Japanese telco giant opens new data center in Johannesburg

Japanese telecommunications giant NTT Communications and Internet Solutions of South Africa have launched the Nexcenter Parklands Data Center in Johannesburg.

By Julia Gabel • 2 min read • Thu, 30th Nov 2017
What happens when your domain name is taken? The benefit of using a unique TLD
Marketing Technologies

What happens when your domain name is taken? The benefit of using a unique TLD

.com or .co.za allows for a blank slate when it comes to marketing and can be used and understood in any language across the globe.

By Andri Johnston • 4 min read • Thu, 23rd Nov 2017
SAP and Huawei partnership leverages analytics for customer success
Internet of Things

SAP and Huawei partnership leverages analytics for customer success

SAP and Huawei are highly compatible, with SAP as a provider of enterprise applications and Huawei as a provider of IT infrastructure.

By Martijn Ras • 5 min read • Thu, 23rd Nov 2017
ANZ businesses still consider IoT & public cloud too risky
Data Analytics

ANZ businesses still consider IoT & public cloud too risky

Only 53% of ANZ business leaders are digitally literate, according to ISACA's Digital Transformation Barometer research.

By Julia Gabel • 3 min read • Fri, 17th Nov 2017
Datatec to 'streamline' Westcon International business
Synnex

Datatec to 'streamline' Westcon International business

Westcon International's operations are to be streamlined as parent company Datatec focuses on improving the disties financial performance.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 14th Nov 2017
Enterprise database security the answer to complying with the POPI Act
Microsoft

Enterprise database security the answer to complying with the POPI Act

Over 30 million South Africans have had their personal information leaked online, in the biggest breach of its kind in the country's history.

By Andri Johnston • 4 min read • Thu, 9th Nov 2017
Scale or fail: Manufacturing companies must leverage cloud and interconnection
Manufacturing

Scale or fail: Manufacturing companies must leverage cloud and interconnection

The rise of IoT has resulted in unprecedented data demands, and the Internet's current infrastructure is struggling to keep up.

By Kai Ping Lew • 4 min read • Thu, 9th Nov 2017
Open Access brings in 5 years of expanding Africa's Internet ecosystem
Unified Communications

Open Access brings in 5 years of expanding Africa's Internet ecosystem

One of Africa's largest ICT events, Open Access, is celebrating its fifth year of connecting people and technology to build Africa's Internet ecosystem.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Tue, 7th Nov 2017
New brand, new name: Aranz Geo says goodbye...
Clean technologies

New brand, new name: Aranz Geo says goodbye...

Seequent's chief executive Shaun Maloney says the new brand reflects the company's evolving purpose and vision for the future.

By Julia Gabel • 3 min read • Tue, 7th Nov 2017

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Mimecast doubles down on cyber resilience
Risk & Compliance

Mimecast doubles down on cyber resilience

Mimecast enhances its cyber resilience strategy with key hires: Janet Levesque as SVP of Systems, Risk and Security, and Marc French as Chief Trust Officer.

By Jacques-Pierre (JP) Dumas • 2 min read • Wed, 24th Jan 2018