While the global economic problems of 2009 probably forced some IT managers to stretch the shelf-life of their ERP systems …
The supercomputer on your desktop
One reason is that processing that took an hour on a standard PC about eight years ago now takes six …
Solving the puzzle
There is no doubt that business process management (BPM), when bring right, can bring immense benefits to an organisation. “Business …
A datacentre with that server?
Faced with the continued commoditisation of servers, IT vendors this year will try to differentiate their offerings by moving toward …
A perfect fit
It would seem obvious that for the effective functioning of an enterprise data centre it is imperative that both IT …
Solutions for transformation
Today, IT organisations face unprecedented challenges. The move to next-generation data centers entails a fundamental shift in perspective. Your organisation …
Building the region
“Last year was a challenging environment,” Balall Yaqub says with some understatement. As group CEO of Emitac, he takes a …
Silo state
It is here. Information explosion and excess data are realities that we as individuals, and as members of larger organisations, have …
Building smart
Sahara Petrochemicals, based in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), prides itself on maintaining the highest in quality standards and …
IHG selects Avaya
The framework agreement calls for Avaya to deploy its portfolio of innovative communications solutions for the hospitality industry, including in-room …
Unmasking DLP
If you have been following the security technologies landscape, chances are that you have already heard of Data Loss Prevention. …
The quest for the data centre crown
Last month, on the sidelines of Brocade’s Annual Tech Day event in New York, I’d the opportunity to talk to …
Optimising oil exploration
By incorporating flash memory as intelligent cache in its unified storage systems, NetApp helps customers optimize performance without adding complexity, …
Streamlined data management
In both exploration and enhanced recovery, massive amounts of data are critical to the decision-making processes that lead to explorative …
The Czar of Efficiency
What exactly is the new title “storage efficiency czar”? Dave: My job is to make sure that we solve our …
Cisco to pay up to $112 million in Power-over-Ethernet patent case
The litigation was initiated in February 2008 by Network-1 against Cisco and its Linksys division, Foundry Networks (now Brocade), Extreme …
The renaissance netbook
Like most manufacturers in the netbook space, Toshiba has gone and refreshed its knockout netbook with Intel’s Atom Pine Trail …
Brocade appoints Alberto Soto as head of EMEA sales
Previous to Brocade, Soto was VP and GM of HP ProCurve EMEA, a position he assumed in late 2006. At …
Brocade to grow its IP business
Networking solutions vendor Brocade is aware that competition in the networking arena is getting tougher by the day. It is …
Security lesson
Education has, at its core, a belief that information is meant to be shared and learned. And this is exactly …