flydubai deployed its global booking platform on Platform Equinix, placing the Dubai-based airline in a stronger position to drive Digital Transformation. The customer From its home in Dubai, flydubai has created a network of more than 90 destinations. Over the next decade, the airline will see its fleet grow by up to 237 aircraft. Since commencing operations in June 2009, flydubai has been committed to removing […]
Businesses are progressively embracing a multi-cloud strategy to drive increased innovation, speed to market and to optimise cost. However, Trent Odgers, Cloud and Hosting Manager for Southern Africa at Veeam, says the new challenge for organisations is creating an integrated data management strategy. The cloud is being used as a second home for data, as […]
VIVA Bahrain and Etisalat have signed a partnership to utilise Etisalat’s state-of-the-art communication hub SmartHub in establishing global connectivity that will further expand VIVA’s reach globally. Mohammed Al Khushail, Acting CEO of VIVA Bahrain and Ali Amiri, Etisalat Group Chief Carrier and Wholesale Officer, signed the agreement at the Capacity Middle East 2019, the largest […]
Norsk Hydro, a global aluminium and renewable energy company based in Norway, has been hit by an extensive cyberattack. IT-systems in most business areas have been impacted and the company has switched to manual operations and procedures as far as possible. In a statement, the company said its technical team, with external support, has succeeded […]
Microsoft’s announcement that it has launched its first cloud data centres in Africa – one in Cape Town, another in Johannesburg – has been a cause for celebration among South Africa’s business sector. And as Mikey Molfessis, cybersecurity expert at Mimecast South Africa explains, as we hurtle into the Fourth Industrial Revolution, access to cloud […]
A leading Kuwaiti bank has partnered with Dell Technologies to increase performance and simplify overall data management in line with their efforts to embrace data-driven banking. Gulf Bank, one of the leading financial institutions in Kuwait, has announced its strategic agreement with Dell Technologies for a digitally transformative project. Taking significant steps towards sustaining Business […]
Ian Jansen van Rensburg, VMware EMEA Senior Systems Engineer, looks at the rise of Artificial Intelligence and the birth of the next generation data centre. Artificial Intelligence has rapidly become a leading driver of innovation, creating competitive advantages and new business opportunities. The proliferation of data is enabling breakthroughs across disparate industries, from transportation and […]
Ian Jansen van Rensburg, VMware EMEA Senior Systems Engineer, says you need to avoid four common problems in order to have a successful AIOps integration. The explosion in operational data and Machine Learning compute capacity is finally enabling AIOps – Artificial Intelligence for Operations. But like many other technologies, AIOps fits within a larger organisational […]
Bitdefender, a leading global cybersecurity company protecting more than 500 million systems worldwide, has announced interoperability between Bitdefender GravityZone Security for Virtualized Environments (SVE) and VMware NSX-T Data Center. With this support, Bitdefender delivers an agentless security solution for customers that works with VMware NSX-T Data Center. As organisations embrace new technologies, data centre environments […]
Microsoft’s first data centres in Africa are now open to customers, with the general availability of Microsoft Azure from new cloud regions in Johannesburg and Cape Town. The investment will drive significant growth, in line with both the continent’s Digital Transformation objectives and the realisation of new economic opportunities. The launch also makes Microsoft the […]
