NetApp, the data authority for hybrid cloud, has announced NetApp Memory Accelerated Data (MAX Data) 1.3 supporting the Intel Optane DC persistent memory. The combination of Max Data and Intel Optane DC persistent memory enables organisations to stay competitive by doing more with their data so they can do more for their customers. Companies are […]

EkkoSense, a leading M&E capacity planning, monitoring and simulation specialist for critical live environments, has appointed data centre sector business development leader, Adrian Barker, as its Key Account Director. Barker joins EkkoSense from global critical infrastructure solutions firm, Vertiv, where, as Senior Director for Business Development, he was responsible for executing the company’s solutions strategy […]

A growing number of South African businesses are looking to move their operations to the cloud, and integrated ICT and infrastructure provider Vox is looking to take advantage of the opportunity by helping them make the shift by using a variety of Microsoft applications and technologies. The Cloud Africa 2018 Report, by World Wide Worx, […]

Chris Fielding, CIO, Sungard Availability Services, talks about the predicted evolution of the data centre landscape and the benefits of colocation. For many organisations, it’s just not feasible to fund, build and staff a state-of-the-art data centre facility, complete with heating, cooling, power and network connectivity. For one, a data centre needs to be as […]

AMD and HOSTKEY, a leading cloud solutions company representing clients across Europe, Russia and North America, has announced the release of AMD EPYCTM processor-based servers across HOSTKEY’s infrastructure. This new deployment of AMD EPYC CPUs offers differentiated features, core-count, connectivity and memory bandwidth to HOSTKEY customers running virtualised environments and high-performance computing workloads. The new […]

Schneider Electric, a leader in Digital Transformation of energy management and automation, has announced new solutions for micro data centres that couple APC by Schneider Electric physical infrastructure with Cisco’s HyperFlex Edge, hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) solutions for quick and efficient deployment in edge environments. Together, Schneider Electric and Cisco can now offer IT global channel […]

Lenovo Data Center Group has partnered with Nutanix and Intel to the uncover latest Blockchain technologies at leading industry event. Lenovo Data Center Group (DCG), a global technology leader, has announced its first participation at The Future Blockchain Summit 2019, the region’s most influential Blockchain event, hosted at the Dubai World Trade Centre. During the […]

Liquid Telecom Kenya, part of the leading pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom, and Nokia have announced a two-year partnership to upgrade their existing fibre network to support OTN/DWDM technology with an initial network capacity of 500G. This will result in a faster and more reliable connection along the route from the Indian Ocean to data […]

With the Middle East expected to show the most public cloud growth over the next two years, we spoke to Aaron White, Regional Director – Middle East at Nutanix, at the company’s .NEXT On event in Dubai about the potential for cloud and the future for data centres in the region. What are the key […]

Ricky Pereira, Dell Enterprise Business Unit Manager at Pinnacle ICT, looks at the benefits of hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) and what VxRail brings to the market. Aligning IT with business objectives has been top of the CIO’s agenda for many years, and in an era of disruption, HCI has become more crucial than ever. In today’s […]