Africa stories - Page 35
Commvault’s Owen Taraniuk on his new role and becoming a 'Made in China' company
Mon, 22nd Jan 2018
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cloud services
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commvault
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data management
Commvault has announced the appointment of Owen Taraniuk as head of worldwide partnerships and market development.
APAC to be the fastest-growing region for security assessment services
Mon, 22nd Jan 2018
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devops
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apm
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software development
Asia Pacific will be a hotspot for security assessment vendors as it becomes the fastest growing region in the world between 2017-2022.
Australia & New Zealand named innovation champions by U.S association
Tue, 16th Jan 2018
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drones
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consumer technology association
Australia, New Zealand, Finland and the United Kingdom have been named the most innovative countries, according to the Consumer Technology Association.
Neustar invests in DDoS defense as attack rates climb
Mon, 11th Dec 2017
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ddos
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ml
Neustar launches its latest DDoS mitigation solution, SiteProtect NG, amid rising attack rates, betting on large-scale nodes for enhanced defence.
Vertiv discusses how to optimise UPS performance in modern data centres
Thu, 7th Dec 2017
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datacentre infrastructure
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hyperscale
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dc
Hundreds of questions surround the power supply of data centres - Vertiv attempts to answer them in an upcoming webinar.
Vertiv releases its top 5 data centre trends for 2018
Tue, 5th Dec 2017
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hyperscale
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edge computing
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dc
Vertiv has put together a report of the five trends the company expects to impact the data centre ecosystem in 2018.
Japanese telco giant opens new data center in Johannesburg
Thu, 30th Nov 2017
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hyperscale
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dc
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cloud services
Japanese telecommunications giant NTT Communications and Internet Solutions of South Africa have launched the Nexcenter Parklands Data Center in Johannesburg.
What happens when your domain name is taken? The benefit of using a unique TLD
Thu, 23rd Nov 2017
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martech
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software development
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google
.com or .co.za allows for a blank slate when it comes to marketing and can be used and understood in any language across the globe.
SAP and Huawei partnership leverages analytics for customer success
Thu, 23rd Nov 2017
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iot
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partner programmes
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open source
SAP and Huawei are highly compatible, with SAP as a provider of enterprise applications and Huawei as a provider of IT infrastructure.
ANZ businesses still consider IoT & public cloud too risky
Fri, 17th Nov 2017
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data analytics
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public cloud
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blockchain
Only 53% of ANZ business leaders are digitally literate, according to ISACA's Digital Transformation Barometer research.
Datatec to 'streamline' Westcon International business
Tue, 14th Nov 2017
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synnex
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westcon-comstor
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financial results
Westcon International's operations are to be streamlined as parent company Datatec focuses on improving the disties financial performance.
Enterprise database security the answer to complying with the POPI Act
Thu, 9th Nov 2017
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microsoft
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windows
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cyber attacks
Over 30 million South Africans have had their personal information leaked online, in the biggest breach of its kind in the country's history.
Scale or fail: Manufacturing companies must leverage cloud and interconnection
Thu, 9th Nov 2017
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it in manufacturing
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datacentre infrastructure
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digital transformation
The rise of IoT has resulted in unprecedented data demands, and the Internet’s current infrastructure is struggling to keep up.
Open Access brings in 5 years of expanding Africa’s Internet ecosystem
Tue, 7th Nov 2017
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uc
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telco
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teraco
One of Africa's largest ICT events, Open Access, is celebrating its fifth year of connecting people and technology to build Africa's Internet ecosystem.
New brand, new name: Aranz Geo says goodbye...
Tue, 7th Nov 2017
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cleantech
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sustainability
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aranz geo
Seequent's chief executive Shaun Maloney says the new brand reflects the company’s evolving purpose and vision for the future.
Dimension Data scoops 24 award wins with Cisco
Fri, 3rd Nov 2017
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cisco
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awards
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dimension data
Dimension Data has secured 24 Cisco awards, including Global Awards for Architectural Excellence Partner of the Year, Security, and Marketing Innovation.
Uber, Airbnb and the problem with South Africa's sharing economy
Thu, 2nd Nov 2017
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uber
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airbnb
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sharing economy
In September 2017, it was announced that Uber’s private hire licence as a ride-hauling app would not be renewed in London.
PCCW Global launches service to connect MPLS networks to Microsoft Azure
Thu, 2nd Nov 2017
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network infrastructure
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public cloud
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sdn
The Network-as-a-Service product that extends a customer’s MPLS network service to both Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Office 365.
Cisco taps ex-Microsoft talent for APJ vice-president role
Wed, 1st Nov 2017
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martech
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microsoft
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cisco
Cisco appoints Mark Phibbs, ex-Microsoft and Adobe veteran, as VP of marketing for Asia Pacific and Japan to drive digital transformation efforts.
Chinese Govt approves patent for secure document management system
Mon, 30th Oct 2017
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document management
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ecm
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martech
The Chinese Government has approved an additional patent for Publishing Data Management, which provides ProofPlus electronic document systems.