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Fifteen major SA financial institutions migrate to Teraco, Africa’s top data centre
Banking enabler Direct Transact achieves seamless migration to Teraco data centre for 15 major financial institutions, ensuring no downtime or disruptions in the SA payments system and that the entire financial ecosystem gains a major boost in scalability, reliability and global competitiveness Fifteen major South African financial institutions have successfully migrated all their sensitive busine...
Arthur D. Little report examines key challenges to effective business sustainability
Arthur D. Little (ADL) has released an exclusive report exploring the state of sustainability and the challenges to adoption. With insights from Prof. Tima Bansal of Ivey Business School, the report, titled Overcoming the Challenges to Sustainability, is based on a global survey conducted by ADL which identifies the dynamic variables that are shaping business sustainability worldwide, including th...
Siemon unveils innovative toolless LightWays fibre routing system
Leading global network infrastructure specialist Siemon has announced its new LightWays fibre routing system in the Middle East. LightWays is a fully enclosed, flexible ducting system ideal for protecting, segregating and managing fibre optic cables in the data centre environment. Each component has been specifically designed to protect fibre cabling from dirt and dust and to maintain proper bend ...
Airedale Appoints Adrian Trevelyan as Data Centre Lead
Airedale has announced the appointment of Adrian Trevelyan as Director of its Cloud Services Business Unit. Responsible for one of Airedale’s most significant commercial operations, Adrian will be accountable for a worldwide territory (excluding US), leading the data centre cooling arm of the Airedale by Modine business as it accelerates its growth strategy. Adrian, who has achieved an MBA and Cha...
Infinidat Expands Guarantees Program with Industry’s First Cyber Storage Guarantee on Primary Storage
Infinidat, a provider of enterprise storage solutions, has announced an expansion of its guaranteed Service Level Agreement (SLA) program. Infinidat is making available the industry’s first cyber storage guarantee for recovery on primary storage – the InfiniSafe Cyber Storage guarantee. This ensures that enterprises and service providers recover and restore their data at near-instantaneous speed i...
DataVita expands partnership with FNT Software to deliver new value-added services
FNT Software, a leading provider of software solutions for the integrated management of IT, data center, and telecommunication infrastructures worldwide, has announced its extended partnership with DataVita, a Tier III certified data center and multi-cloud provider for public and private sector organizations. Through the partnership, FNT provides data center infrastructure management (DCIM) and en...
Juniper Networks Chosen by Pakistan based Jazz to Build Fully-Automated Data Center Infrastructure
Juniper Networks has announced that it has been selected by Jazz, Pakistan’s number one 4G operator and the largest internet and leading digital service provider, to create a transformative, expanded and upgraded data center network to underpin Jazz’s services delivery platform for its 74.9 million subscribers. Jazz’s objective was to reimagine its architectural approach by leveraging continuous a...
Fortinet unveils World’s Fastest Compact Firewall for Hyperscale Data Centers and 5G Networks
Fortinet has announced the FortiGate 4800F series of hyperscale firewalls, which sets new standards for security, scale, performance, and innovation to meet the requirements of hyperscale customers and 5G mobile network operators (MNOs). Powered by 16 of Fortinet’s seventh generation network processors (NP7), FortiGate 4800F offers the highest performance figures of any compact firewall, with Secu...
Seagate Addresses Hyperscale Workloads with New Enterprise-Class Nytro SSDs
Seagate Technology Holdings has announced two additions to its Nytro portfolio, the Nytro 5550 SSD and Nytro 5350 SSD. Engineered with Phison technology for high performance, efficiency, and increased storage density in data centers, the new products comprise the Seagate Nytro 5050 NVMe SSD series. Designed to offer more computing with less energy consumption, they provide a cost-effective solutio...
Macquarie acquires minority stake in Virtus Data Centres
ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (ST Telemedia) has reached an agreement for Macquarie Asset Management, via Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund 7, to acquire a significant minority stake in leading data centre provider VIRTUS Data Centres (VIRTUS). VIRTUS provides colocation and cloud connectivity services to blue-chip clients, including global technology companies and enterprise clients. Its ...
Capgemini and Unity to help organizations leverage the business value of metaverse experiences
Capgemini and Unity, a leading platform for creating and operating real-time 3D (RT3D) content, are joining forces to help organizations everywhere explore and seize business opportunities and benefits of immersive and metaverse experiences across industries. Over the years, Capgemini and Unity have delivered together numerous value-creating projects for major global companies such as building an ...
Digital Realty Completes Acquisition of Teraco
Digital Realty, the largest global provider of cloud- and carrier-neutral data center, colocation and interconnection solutions, has announced the successful completion of its previously announced agreement to acquire a majority interest in Teraco, a leading carrier-neutral data center and interconnection services provider in South Africa, from a consortium of investors, including Berkshire Partne...