Kyndryl, one of the world’s largest IT infrastructure services providers, has announced the expansion of its partnership with UK Power Networks. After a successful IT modernisation, the partnership has been extended for four years. Additionally, the scope has expanded to include UK Power Networks new functions as a Distribution System Operator (DSO). UK Power Networks, […]
TelCables South Africa, a subsidiary of Angola Cables, a leading International Telecommunications and ICT solutions provider and one of Africa’s most interconnected operators, has announced the opening of a new Point-of-Presence (PoP) at the Teraco Riverhorse DB1 facility in Durban, South Africa. The PoP, which is now live, will strengthen and support East to West […]
Quantum has announced the Scalar i7 RAPTOR, the latest in tape innovation to support growing AI use cases. Built to handle advanced AI workflows for hyperscale customers, MSPs and large enterprises, the Scalar i7 RAPTOR is engineered to deliver the densest, most scalable tape solution on the market. As organisations look to retain more data […]
Ahead of World Backup Day on 31 March, Melyssa Banda, VP of Seagate Systems & Lyve Services, explains why businesses must implement robust data backup strategies to fortify against cybersecurity defences and avert potential data loss incidents. Data is an invaluable asset for businesses as it drives growth, fuels innovation and improves the customer experience. […]
Chris Rogers, Senior Technology Evangelist at Zerto, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, discusses the differences between on-premises and cloud infrastructure and how they impact companies longterm. The rapid expansion of the cloud infrastructure and services sector has sparked widespread debate about its long-term impact, including what its success means for the traditional on-premises approach to […]
Scale Computing, a market leader in Edge Computing, virtualisation and hyperconverged solutions, and RackTop Systems, a leading and innovative provider of data security solutions in the cyberstorage market, have announced the availability of RackTop BrickStor Security Platform (SP) on Scale Computing Platform (SC//Platform). The solution offers comprehensive, real-time defence against live ransomware attacks, insider threats and […]
According to the new AI Networks for AI Workloads report by Dell’Oro Group – a trusted source for market information about the telecommunications, security, networks and data centre industries – spending on switches deployed in AI back-end networks is forecast to expand the data centre switch market by 50%. Current data centre switch market spending […]
Cerio has announced an industry breakthrough in composable infrastructure that moves PCIe systems beyond a single domain, delivering new ‘scale economics’ for AI and Cloud data centres. A game-changer for availability and sustainability, this patent-pending technology provides an open, agile environment at the scale of the data centre for more efficient, dynamic access to any […]
After a successful first event in Joburg in May, Dalebrook Media will be bringing the Data Festival to Cape Town from 7 -9 November 2023 at the Old Biscuit Mill. DataFest is a one of a kind conference experience for any and all data lovers, and we have some pretty epic things planned to make […]
In this interview, Arrey Bate speaks to Jon Pettitt, Chief Executive Officer of Excool. Jon talks about his journey starting afresh in the data centre industry, his predictions on the future of data centres, important components every data centre infrastructure should have and a snippet into Data Centre World 2023. Questions:
