New Web traffic pricing from Afrihost

Afrihost has announced another price drop for their hosting clients. Having won the ISP of the Year for a third year in a row at this year’s MyBroadband conference, Afrihost will now be focusing their attention on making their cloud and dedicated hosting products even...

Digital content drives storage demand

The rapid growth of digital content in the media and entertainment (M&E) industry has fuelled an increased demand for storage. According to new research from International Data Corporation (IDC), this growing relationship between the M&E and storage industries...

St Stithians programme grows entrepreneurs

South Africa is crying out for entrepreneurs to grow the economy and, if the results of a recently undertaken programme at St Stithians Boys’ College are taken into account, 21 Grade 10 learners at the school could soon be providing the nation with a future crop of...

NetApp being acquired? Not likely!

By Mark Davison at NetApp Insight, Dublin – NetApp has continually been touted as a prime acquisition target in the storage arena, but at least one senior executive feels it’s not something that’s going to happen in the near future. “I’ve been at NetApp for nine...

Virtual security misses the mark

Research has revealed a worrying skills gap, legacy security systems, poor tools and infrastructure and a lack of understanding as to securing a virtual environment effectively, as inhibitors to IT security of virtualised infrastructures today. This is according to...

Seacom to increase IP investment in 2014

Seacom will focus on renewing its IP network in 2014, upgrading to new equipment to ensure that its enterprise customers have the best possible network experience. CEO Mark Simpson says that, although Seacom is probably best known for its undersea fibre cable...