Infortrend Technology, an industry leading enterprise storage provider, has announced that it has installed all-flash array storage solutions at e-shelter, one of the largest data centres in Europe. The partnership with e-shelter’s innovation lab is for end-users and partners to evaluate Infortrend’s leading Edge technologies together with other innovations from hardware and cloud technology providers. From October 2019, […]

Injazat Data Systems, headquartered in Abu Dhabi, is a well-respected organisation in the UAE, having worked with government organisations to initiate technology projects that have delivered real-world benefits for citizens. It now hopes to replicate these successes on a broader scale. Mohamed Al Qubaisi, Chief Technology Officer, tells us how Injazat has bold plans to […]

Schneider Electric has announced its collaboration with NetApp to deliver the pre-validated Optimized Edge for NetApp HCI solution, which is built on NetApp’s hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) platform and designed for enterprise, remote/branch offices and small to medium-sized business (SMB) spaces. Optimized Edge for NetApp HCI combines Edge Computing infrastructure with an open and scalable on-premise […]

Super Micro Computer, a global leader in enterprise computing, storage, networking solutions and green computing technology, expanded its EMEA Operations Park in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, with the acquisition of a new multi-purpose facility.   Supermicro has added a major facility to its existing EMEA headquarters. The expanded site will encompass several organisations, augment the Cloud Center […]

The latest Global Interconnection Index (GXI), an annual market study published by Equinix, predicts private connectivity at the Edge will grow by 51% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) and exceed a total bandwidth capacity of more than 13,300 Tbps, equivalent to 53 zettabytes of data exchanged annually. This is enough to support every person on […]

The data centre is under pressure to transform from a mere resource of hardware and software to a trusted partner helping business to compete in the digital marketplace, explains Sachin Bhardwaj, Director Marketing and Business Development, eHosting DataFort. In the past, the on-premises, enterprise data centre was the heart of the IT organisation. Today its […]

Old Mutual Limited has selected Amazon Web Services (AWS) as its preferred cloud provider and will migrate its digital customer platforms, core insurance applications, and product administration systems to the cloud. With the help of AWS’s expert professional services organisation, the company will migrate over 1,000 applications to AWS, shutting down its data centres by […]

The Software-Defined Data Centre (SDDC) combines exceptional performance with unprecedented flexibility, enabling IT assets and IT organisations to operate and change at the speed of business. Accelerating business demands are driving rapid Digital Transformation in organisations across the globe, there is a massive push for business and IT to align around applications that deliver modern […]

Globally, 85% of enterprises are operating in a multi-cloud environment with most of the balance planning on embracing this methodology by 2021. Trent Odgers, Cloud and Hosting Manager, Africa, at Veeam, says that, in South Africa, the recent arrival of multinational data centres, as well as carrier and cloud neutral data centres, means that expectations […]

FireEye, the intelligence-led security company, has introduced new cloud security capabilities, including a strategic partnership with iboss and availability on Amazon Web Services Marketplace. “The rapid adoption of cloud services has provided organisations with a world of new opportunities. But with new opportunities come new cyberthreats. These days, more than half of the breaches we […]