Dion Gerrans, storage brand manager for Africa at Computer Associates, examines how smaller companies can optimise their storage solutions.
The Altiris Recovery Solution 5.7 has been released, says local Altiris distributor First Technology.
Tony Maddison, a director of Realyst Software, believes contract risk management should form a key component of companies` overall risk management strategies.
Operational risk has become more costly than many companies realise, says Wilhelm Hamman, business technologist at Computer Associates Africa.
Up to a third of companies have not tested their disaster recovery systems within the last year, says Hitachi Data Systems. [Local Hitachi rep: Shoden Data Systems]
Latitude IT believes that the local adoption rate of disaster recovery solutions has been low.
International Data Corporation research shows that HP has maintained its top position in the total worldwide disk storage systems market for the second quarter of this year, says HP.
Datacentrix has provided the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) with ADIC Scalar 1000 tape libraries and HP storage area networking equipment and data management software.
Square One Power Solutions has implemented an American Power Conversion uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system at the data centre of Metrorail Durban's suburban train service.
The State IT Agency has implemented a disaster management system for the Western Cape Provincial Government.
Dion Gerrans, brand manager for storage at Computer Associates Africa, discusses the different issues surrounding storage resource management.
Bytes Technology Group`s acquisition of Cape-based storage companies Optitek and Excalibur will be grown in Johannesburg and the UK through the acquisition of extra skills and relocation of key staff and training of in-house staff.
Comparex Africa and Stratus Technologies have partnered to help their respective clients reduce the costs associated with downtime.