T-Systems debuts SA-based public cloud

T-Systems debuts SA-based public cloud

Kathy Gibson reports from Huawei Eco-Connect in Sandton – T-Systems and Huawei are partnering to offer public cloud infrastructure and services in South Africa, with SAP as one of the core offerings. The agreement was signed this morning by T-Systems CEO Gert...
Huawei invests in SA with OpenLab

Huawei invests in SA with OpenLab

Kathy Gibson reports from Huawei Eco-Connect in Sandton – Huawei this morning (20 April 2017) officially launched a new OpenLab in Johannesburg focused on jointly developing solutions that are relevant to the local market. The initial focus for the new OpenLab will be...
Edward Snowden: Individual rights on the line

Edward Snowden: Individual rights on the line

Kathy Gibson reports from CeBit in Hannover – Don’t be lulled into a sense of false security because laws and behaviours in the US may be aimed at curtailing abuses pertaining to data collection about individuals. Edward Snowden, the world’s best-known whistle-blower,...
Huawei brings SDN into the cloud

Huawei brings SDN into the cloud

Kathy Gibson reports from CeBit in Hannover, March 2017 – The increasing “cloudification” of the IT environment continues with Huawei’s introduction today of an all-cloud network architecture, plus cloud-based SDN-WAN. The All-Cloud Network for enterprise spans the...
IBM partners get access to VMware

IBM partners get access to VMware

By Mark Davison at IBM PartnerWorld, Las Vegas In what’s been described as a “one of a kind” agreement, IBM yesterday (14 February 2017 announced that its channel partners will now be able to sell VMware subscription-based solutions running on the IBM Cloud. IBM...
IBM takes partners into the digital world

IBM takes partners into the digital world

By Mark Davison at IBM PartnerWorld, Las Vegas Like it or loathe it, digital transformation is the way the world and its traditional businesses and industries are moving – and they’re moving fast. As one seasoned business partner quipped here in Las Vegas: “There’s...