EMC unveils ViPR at EMC World 2013

At EMC World 2013, EMC has introduced EMC ViPR, the world’s first software-defined storage platform. As service provider and enterprise data centres grow to tens and hundreds of petabytes, the cost and complexity associated with managing them becomes untenable.  By...

Simple backup and recovery for SMBs

Threats to data abound these days. Data loss caused by hardware or software failure is even more common than malware attacks, so backing up computer data is essential. With words like business continuity and disaster recovery being bandied about on a regular basis,...

Metalogix StoragePoint from Soarsoft

Soarsoft Africa, a specialist in archiving, migration, collaboration and messaging services,, has announced the release of Metalogix’ latest version of Metalogix StoragePoint that gives organisations the ability to store, access and backup files over 2Gb through...

Pros of Oracle’s Sun ZFS appliance

Oracle has highlighted the advantages of Oracle’s Sun ZFS Storage Appliances for Oracle’s new SPARC T5 and M5 servers running Oracle Solaris. Oracle’s new SPARC T5 midrange servers are based on the SPARC T5, the world’s fastest microprocessor. Engineered together, Sun...