There has been a strong movement towards using flash for storing all of the organisation's primary data.
The UCS Cloud service enables companies to host their business-critical systems in a hosted enterprise IT environment.
The cloud computing service can support around 100 million users, according to Polaris.
NetApp awarded the company the titles of Growth Partner of the Year and Partner of the Year.
PaperPort enables consumers to access their content via any mobile or desktop device.
With virtual servers, if a disaster takes place, a company's critical systems can be retrieved in tact, says an expert.
The rate of growth is about 40% annually, which is eight times faster than IT spending, says Jane Thomson, MD of Softworx.
As long as data exists in digital format and is stored somewhere on a server, it is available to anyone, says ConVista Consulting.
The company claims it can now provide large-scale data centre solutions to the mid-size market.
In today's technology roundup: Skype for iPad debuts, Apple's iCloud.com goes live, Nokia unveils Symbian smartphone, and recession causes greener data centres.
The EMC Forum 2011 will take place at Vodaworld, in Midrand, on 4 August.
The cloud is where customers are choosing to work, says Patrick Hastings, divisional MD, ATS at Bytes Systems Integration.