Flash changes everything

Wednesday, 20 March 2013 00:00 Written by Laurence James

Born in a cross fire Hurricane? Well you might just as well be! The emergence of flash memory technology as a viable enterprise storage option has seen a meteoric rise in the last couple of years, and is widely touted to be one of the big ticket items in IT for 2013. But are we seeing the beginning of the demise of the venerable mechanical hard disk drive?

Flash for data storage systems: what’s all the fuss about?

Wednesday, 06 March 2013 09:26 Written by Laurence James

Flash has rocketed in popularity for data storage systems in the past two years and is tipped to be an even bigger trend for 2013.

Data will outlive infrastructure

Wednesday, 06 March 2013 09:17 Written by Patricia Pieterse

Data is immortal, and it is important for data infrastructure to be agile enough to accommodate that, says Mike Styer, NetApp South Africa country manager. “Data is now everlasting.”

Transforming IT for business impact

Wednesday, 03 October 2012 00:00 Written by Staff writer

Cloud computing is transforming IT by delivering measurable benefits which positively impact the business. As a result, CIOs are able to focus on strategic issues and outsource some operational aspects of technology to a cloud service provider.