Image sourced from Notebook Check. At the 18th Huawei Global Analyst Summit held in Shenzhen from April 12 to 14, Huawei announced the latest innovations and developments in its Intelligent Cloud-Network Solution. At this annual event, Steven Zhao, Vice President of Huawei’s Data Communication Product Line, delivered a keynote speech entitled “Go Digital Faster with the Intelligent Cloud-Network”. In the speech, Zhao shared how the Intelligent Cloud-Network Solution accelerates digital transformation across industries in four major scenarios: cloud campus network, cloud WAN, hyper-converged data centre network, and cyber security. Cloud migration is the key path for digital transformation. According to IDC statistics, 80% of enterprises will speed up their cloudification by the end of 2021...
Image sourced from Herald Live. Huawei CloudEngine 16800 — the industry’s first data centre switch in the AI era — won the Best of Show Award Grand Prize at Interop Tokyo 2020, Japan’s largest ICT exhibition. The award recognized the product’s cloud infrastructure and series of differentiators, such as super capacity, intelligent experience, and autonomous driving, as well as features such as the highest density 400GE, AI-powered iLossless algorithm, and millisecond-level Telemetry (data collection technology). This is the second time that Huawei data centre network has won the highest honour in the ICT industry, having also won Best of Show Award Grand Prize at Interop Tokyo 2018. Huawei CloudEngine 16800 wins Best of Show Award Grand Prize at Interop Tokyo 2020. With the rapid developmen...
South Africa’s MTN Group yesterday announced the appointment of Burak Akinci as CEO of Simfy (ayoba), reporting to the MTN Group Chief Digital and Fintech Officer Serigne Dioum. Akinci will also be in charge of the company’s ayoba super app. Effective 1 September 2021, Burak joins MTN from Turkcell, a converged telecommunication and technology services provider, founded and headquartered in Turkey, where he was CEO of BiP, an instant messaging platform with millions of users across 192 countries. Burak, with over 20 years of experience in marketing, digital businesses and technologies, led the build-out of the BiP platform, which has more than 30 million users. In his new role, he will be based in Cape Town. “We are thrilled that an executive of Burak’s calibre is joining us. His appointme...
Ozone Information Technology Distribution [Ozone] has developed a comprehensive portfolio designed to provide organisations with robust cybersecurity, file sharing, digital forensics, and business continuity. This solutions-driven portfolio includes Neverfail, Nuix, WhatsUp Gold, MoveIT, Kerio Control, GFI Languard, and Keeper Password Management, among others. “The current cybersecurity climate is extremely challenging for local organisations,” says Henk Olivier, MD at Ozone Information Technology Distribution.” “Companies need better tools and solutions to help protect them from the increasingly complex and intelligent threat actors that put their data and employees at risk. This complex environment, and the rigorous compliance requirements now mandated by the Protection of Personal Info...