Microsoft enables the hybrid cloud

Microsoft TechEd, Durban – The hosted cloud environment received a boost last night with the announcement that Microsoft has expanded its Windows Azure platform. Speaking at the TechEd keynote yesterday evening, Clifford de Wit said of the launch of Windows...

Telkom to pay R449m Competition fine

Telkom has reached an agreement with the Competition Commission to pay a fine of R449-million that was awarded by the Competition Tribunal in August 2012. The agreement was reached following discussions between Telkom and the Competition Commission aimed at arriving...

Big data drives storage demand

As demand for big data technology and services continues to escalate, all levels of the big data technology stack will experience significant growth. Storage is a critical piece of the infrastructure component, increasing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 53%...

Move to protect trademarks online

The Trademark Clearinghouse, which came into effect on 26 March 2013, could significantly benefit trade mark owners by granting them preferential rights to domain names and alerting trademark owners to any third party applications to register the same trade mark. ...

Datacentrix invests in skills for growth

Datacentrix has made substantial investments in the skills capacity and related delivery infrastructure needed to take the company into its next growth phase.  Announcing its annual results for the year ended 28 February 2013, the Group showed R1,919-billion in...

Hybrid apps come to the fore

Gartner says that hybrid apps, which offer a balance between HTML5-based Web apps and native apps, will be used in more than 50% of mobile apps by 2016.  While native application development offers the ultimate user experience and performance for mobile applications,...