Only companies with recently built data centres take advantage of some major trends, the rest retrofit as applicable to minimise costs.
Cloud technology has evolved to the extent that there are platforms with the necessary level of security features to maximise security, the company says.
SA must move towards data centres that are services-oriented and economically efficient using cloud-based software, says TechnoChange Solutions.
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Companies should modernise their data centre infrastructure and consider emerging challenges that can be used with existing data centre investments, says Bertie Strydom, MD of BT-SA.
The health ministry has improved the delivery of critical medical supplies by implementing an electronic logistics management information system.
Clients on this data platform will no longer receive security updates after 12 April 2016 and will need to upgrade to SQL Server 2014, Azure SQL Database.
Server virtualisation has become a powerful change agent for backup and recovery.
"Industrialisation" perfectly describes the mechanisation and sophistication of highly-organised cyber criminals, says Cisco.
The tale of big and open data is growing exponentially, to become an epic saga.
Businesses should accelerate the journey to build the data centre of the future, says Lion of Africa Insurance.
The velocity at which humans are creating data is unprecedented and continues to grow exponentially, says SumAll.