scholarly journals Virtualization Footprint: Why Re-Invest?

10.28945/3922 ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 06
Author(s):  
Marc Thomas ◽  
Jean-Paul Van Belle
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Maintenance Period ◽  
Future Growth ◽  
Telecommunications Company

Mark Dumas, a Systems Specialist at a Telecommunications Company located in South Africa needed to make decisions regarding the current virtualized infrastructure platform. These decisions also involved the renewal of hardware that had reached the end of its maintenance period and the latest virtualization platform software. Dumas further needed to formulate a plan to ensure that there was enough capacity for systems to meet current and future growth.

scholarly journals Virtualization Footprint: Why Re-Invest?

10.28945/3910 ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 001-035 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Virtual Machines ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Maintenance Period ◽  
South Africans ◽  
Voice Messaging ◽  
Cloud Technologies ◽  
Best Fit ◽  
Future Growth ◽  
Telecommunications Company

Mark Dumas, a Systems Specialist at a Telecommunications Company located in South Africa needed to make decisions regarding the current virtualized infrastructure platform. These decisions also involved the renewal of hardware that had reached the end of its maintenance period and the latest virtualization platform software. Dumas further needed to formulate a plan to ensure that there was enough capacity for systems to meet current and future growth. As part of this process, Dumas had started analyzing the costs of infrastructure and virtualization products, and the newer features available with the newest technologies which could be beneficial to business. At the time of the case, South Africa had four major cellular companies that offered mobile voice, messaging and data to millions of South Africans: Vodacom SA, MTN, Cell C and Telkom Mobile (see Exhibit 1). A particular challenge that Dumas faced was an existing collection of physical servers that hosted numerous virtual machines. The maintenance contract on these machines had reached the end of their lifespan, because the hardware was more than 5 years old. These many virtual machines needed to be hosted elsewhere, presumably through the purchase of new servers; otherwise the maintenance contracts on the legacy hardware would need to be extended and compute resources needed to be upgraded to align with the existing servers. Another challenge was analyzing whether the current virtualization products remained the best fit for the company’s needs, or whether other virtualization products could potentially be more cost effective and could deliver the same, or improved, functionality. In considering how to address these decisions, Dumas had conducted research on a variety of virtualization products, comparing them to the current virtualization solution. He had conducted similar research on server environment options, including the purchase of new servers, migrating virtual machines within the existing server environment, and moving towards cloud technologies. Now he needed to prepare his recommendations. Abbreviations and technological jargon have been categorized in a table (see Exhibit 2).

FUTURE GROWTH PATTERNS IN SOUTH AFRICA—A COMMENT

1969 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 252-259
Author(s):  
T. A. PLESSIS ◽  
P. D. F. STRYDOM
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Growth Patterns ◽  
Future Growth

FUTURE GROWTH PATTERNS IN SOUTH AFRICA

1969 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 237-251
Author(s):  
DUNCAN M. BAILEY ◽  
TIMOYHY D. HOGAN
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Growth Patterns ◽  
Future Growth

scholarly journals Potential influence of social and technological developments on direct marketing in South Africa

1998 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 306-321
Author(s):  
Yolanda Jordaan
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Direct Marketing ◽  
Information Age ◽  
Post Office ◽  
Economic Progress ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
Future Growth

This article argues that social and technological events in South Africa are leading to the development of the direct marketing industry. The article reviews various social and technological aspects as well as the influence that government intervention has on the direct marketing industry, especially in terms of legislation regarding privacy. The role of the South African Post Office is put under the spotlight since the direct marketing industry is very reliant on the Post Office. The opportunities presented by the information age are discussed and future growth areas highlighted. Although this paper mainly concentrates on direct marketing, it also tries to explain the potential role of direct marketing in an economic system approach, as a driving force of economic progress in developing countries.

Time and Latitude in South Africa

1972 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 27-38
Author(s):  
J. Hers
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Cape Town ◽  
Astronomical Observations ◽  
Royal Observatory ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Astronomical Determination ◽  
Limited Accuracy ◽  
Better Than

In South Africa the modern outlook towards time may be said to have started in 1948. Both the two major observatories, The Royal Observatory in Cape Town and the Union Observatory (now known as the Republic Observatory) in Johannesburg had, of course, been involved in the astronomical determination of time almost from their inception, and the Johannesburg Observatory has been responsible for the official time of South Africa since 1908. However the pendulum clocks then in use could not be relied on to provide an accuracy better than about 1/10 second, which was of the same order as that of the astronomical observations. It is doubtful if much use was made of even this limited accuracy outside the two observatories, and although there may – occasionally have been a demand for more accurate time, it was certainly not voiced.

Combining Professional Interests and Travel: People to People Citizen Ambassador Program

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 47-54
Author(s):  
Alex Johnson ◽  
Amanda Hitchins
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Communication Disorders ◽  
Social Conditions ◽  
Speech Language Pathologists ◽  
Exchange Program

Abstract This article summarizes a series of trips sponsored by People to People, a professional exchange program. The trips described in this report were led by the first author of this article and include trips to South Africa, Russia, Vietnam and Cambodia, and Israel. Each of these trips included delegations of 25 to 50 speech-language pathologists and audiologists who participated in professional visits to learn of the health, education, and social conditions in each country. Additionally, opportunities to meet with communication disorders professionals, students, and persons with speech, language, or hearing disabilities were included. People to People, partnered with the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), provides a meaningful and interesting way to learn and travel with colleagues.

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