How relevant are global trends in SA?

IT research giant Gartner’s recently announced top 10 strategic technology trends for 2015 highlighted three main themes: the merging of the real and virtual worlds; the advent of intelligence everywhere; and the technology impact of the digital business shift....

Data centre structures are changing

A new forecast from International Data Corporation (IDC) shows that the transition to the 3rd Platform is having a direct impact on data centre construction and remodelling. IDC expects the total number of data centres (all types) deployed worldwide will peak at...

Bimodal IT will drive business success

CIOs need to create business operations that are both rock-solid and fluid if they want to succeed in digital business, according to Gartner. At the same time, the IT organisation will need bimodal IT to help CIOs efficiently develop the speed and agility their...

Small growth for personal storage market

The worldwide personal and entry-level storage (PELS) market was up by 4,8% year-over-year with almost 19-million units shipped in the third quarter of 2014 (3Q14), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Personal and Entry Level Storage...