On 22 September 2016Yahoo! released a statementand the full extent of the2014 Yahoo! data breach was revealed. With at least 500 million Yahoo! accoun…
Continue readingOn 22 September 2016Yahoo! released a statementand the full extent of the2014 Yahoo! data breach was revealed. With at least 500 million Yahoo! accoun…
Continue readingGartnerhas predicteda compound annual growth rate of 36.4% incloud storage(from 2011 to 2016). Storage remains one of the top 10 growing subsegments i…
Continue readingBYODis on the rise. We know this. You need a Bring Your Own Device Policy to make sure your employees don’t destroy your network. We know this too. …
Continue readingData Managementis a bit of a vague and awkward term. Data management andbig dataare entangled, you cannot mention the one without considering the othe…
Continue readingIt used to be expensive to keep backups but we use low-cost disk now. So low, in fact, that the world is able to store as much as2.5 quintillion bytes…
Continue readingMicrosoft buys LinkedIn for over 26 billion dollars (US). Let’s pause for a moment and ponder what that means… it’s a lot to take in. With the m…
Continue readingInternationally, every day,2.5 quintillion bytes of datais produced. It’s hard to wrap the brain around that idea, right? And how about this: 90% of…
Continue readingIt’s easy to get confused by all the technical jargon when choosing acloud storage service provider. And when the world is moving towards cloud back…
Continue readingCrash testing has gone virtual. We’re talking about cars. We all know and value the results from tests performed by NCAP (the New Car Assessment Progr…
Continue readingWhen it comes todisaster recovery, how does one avoid becoming a statistic? By staying informed about the statistics of course. But the problem is tha…
Continue readingData loss– the dreaded. Give me anything but data loss. We’ve just had a power failure and I forgot to click Save. Sure, I lost only 15 minutes bu…
Continue readingCountries like Nigeria are changing the face of African colocation data centre services. It recently produced a state-of-the-art facility in Lagos, un…
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