While the enterprise looks to disruptive trends such as cloud, mobility and big data to drive business innovation and greater revenues, the IT department is well aware that traditional networks and data centres may not be up to the challenge of... FULL STORY >

In a fast-changing environment with new applications daily and a surge of data to manage, CIOs are looking to software defined networking to give them a competitive advantage, says Networks Unlimited FULL STORY >

Protecting customers’ personal information against loss or damage is just as important for companies considering the Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Act as protecting it against theft and unauthorised access, says Jos Floor,... FULL STORY >

IT technology analysts, Gartner, have weighed in on data lakes, cautioning users against being swallowed up by hype. FULL STORY >

As businesses continue to deal with more data on a daily basis, how many organisations are actually focusing on true Data Quality? FULL STORY >

The storage segment of the IT industry used to be a tad, well, boring, but big data and cloud computing are spurring innovation. Lance Harris investigates. FULL STORY >

With the African ICT sector viewed as a vehicle for economic growth, TechSmart Business spoke to Dimension Data’s Basha Pillay about the challenges and opportunities facing enterprises in the coming years. FULL STORY >

As the pace of data growth and market change picks up, information solutions systems need to stay a step ahead – because what happened last week is old news, says HDS’ Shaun Barendsen. FULL STORY >

Stuart Cheverton from Hitachi Data Systems South Africa comments on the changing role of IT vendors. IT vendors are well placed to play a role in bridging the gap between business and IT, says Stuart Cheverton, business development consultant –... FULL STORY >

With Hitachi’s new technology, customers gain the most available, automated and agile IT infrastructure for today’s dynamic business needs. This is what Continuous Cloud Infrastructure offers businesses. FULL STORY >

Many companies are finding themselves swamped in a quagmire of data, wondering how to manage this effectively. Hitachi Data Systems recently launched its Continues Cloud Infrastructure, which address a number of key issues surrounding storage.... FULL STORY >

The paradigm shift in enterprise computing presents an ideal opportunity for enterprises across Africa to innovate and gain competitive advantage, says IBM. FULL STORY >

It should come as no surprise that the biggest technological impacts on IT departments in 2013 were Mobile and Big Data. Both issues also dominated conversations in the storage arena last year and with employees now increasingly working... FULL STORY >

With data monetisation raising growing interest among enterprises (and their FDs), Ayanda Dlamini of LGR Telecommunications points out that making more of data does not require a big investment upfront. FULL STORY >

New Hitachi data systems technology delivers a business-defined approach for IT infrastructure. FULL STORY >