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Scale Computing expert on VDI and Edge Computing as the IT dream team

Alan Conboy, Office of the CTO at Scale Computing, discusses why Edge Computing and VDI have emerged as a perfect pairing, and what this could mean for businesses. Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) has peaked and troughed in popularity since it came into existence in 2006. But it is a...

AMD announces launch of 2nd Gen AMD EPYC processors

AMD has introduced its 2nd Generation AMD EPYC family of processors that deliver across a broad number of enterprise, cloud and high-performance computing (HPC) workloads. 2nd Gen AMD EPYC processors feature up to 64 “Zen 2” cores in leading-edge 7nm process technology to deliver record-setting...

Opportunities abound in South African cloud market

The recent launch of multinational data centres in South Africa and the pipeline of new ones arriving in the next few years will fundamentally change the cloud market in the country. Ralph Berndt, Sales and Marketing Director at Syrex, believes organisations who have been previously undecided...

Why the cloud hasn’t had a big impact on BI

Although the notion of network-based computing stems back to the 1960s, the modern term ‘cloud computing’ arose in the 2000s. Yet, almost two decades later, South Africa still lags in both its adoption, and its use for critical functions like business intelligence (BI). While many believe that...