NetApp gets head start with new flash array

By Mark Davison at NetApp Insight, Dublin – With the launch of its new EF 550 flash array, NetApp looks to have caught traditional storage competitors on the hop – and it could have a significant head start in this potentially lucrative market. Matt Watts, director of...

Neotel launches usage-based services

Neotel has launched the first enterprise usage-based wide area network (WAN) services in the South African market. Abid Qadiri, chief of business solutions and excellence at Neotel, says: “We are excited to be the first service provider to make available this...

Who’s who on the Twiplomacy front?

All leading international organisations have a Twitter account, and half of their leaders have active personal accounts on Twitter, now a new Bursob-Marsteller study “Twiplomacy” has measured how well they are followed. The findings indicate that the United Nations...

Consumerisation grows business IT complexity

The “consumerisation” movement is shifting the sales process out of the control of the seller as enterprise buyers begin to mimic consumer shopping behaviours. With this shift, the value of the customer experience is now more important than cost to business and IT...

First Technology launches online store

First Technology has launched an online store, www.firstshop.co.za, that offers companies a range of branded products – from printers and peripherals to tablets and accessories – under one virtual roof at some of the best prices in South Africa. Backed by First...

Customer intimacy essential, says Dreamforce

Reporting from Dreamforce, Quinton Pienaar says that, as expected, Marc Benioff’s keynote address was packed with announcements. Kicking off, Benioff said that Salesforce’s growth will continue with the company reporting its first quarter (2014) to generate more than...