Author name: Chris Lotz

In today’s expanding digitised society, we seldom hesitate to part with personal information. Whether registering to vote, opening a bank account, or purchasing goods online, we happily provide our details to one of the almost seventy data centres currently operating in South Africa. Some are housed locally in brick-and-mortar or concrete buildings, while others operate

While there were many less effective predecessors, the first genuinely viable PC was released by IBM in 1981, a few years before the most disruptive of all IT Infrastructures: Tim Berners-Lee’s World Wide Web, or, as most people know it, the internet. The newfound ability to access and exchange information instantaneously from anywhere in the

Operating a small- to medium-sized enterprise poses many challenges, one of the most notable being stiff competition. If a company is to compete and thrive in a predominately digitised business world, robust and scalable IT network solutions are crucial. Ensuring one adopts the proper network infrastructure will ensure its smooth operation and provide the necessary

Choosing WiFi Installers for Home or Business Installations Local area networks (LANs) or, in larger organisations with multiple branches, wide-area networks WANs), have long replaced fax machines and postal services in the business world. Similarly, email, posting on social media, online banking, online shopping, and online entertainment have become the norm in most households. However,

Data Centres and How to Optimise Their Performance Many people tend to believe that the use of technology to capture, store, process, and retrieve data is a relatively new option and perhaps originated with the release of IBM’s first mass-produced personal computer in the early ‘80s. However, in practice, the oldest form of data storage

Technological Advances Will Transform the Future of the Generator While the introduction of steam power in the early 1800s certainly sparked an industrial revolution, it had limitations. Apart from the first railways and “horseless carriages”, this new technology offered little benefit to the general public. This shortfall prompted Michael Faraday to search for a more