NEWS
Sequel Support
launches
Hyperion
to monitor
databases
Young Africans benefit from
US$500k scholarship funding
S
equel Support, a Cape Town-based
database support specialist, has launched
an innovative tool called Hyperion to
automate the monitoring of databases.
Hyperion was developed in-house and is
already integrated into the company’s
managed services offering. Now, however,
organisations that perform their own
monitoring can buy the tool for a monthly
fee per server. “In today’s world, data is
the true competitive differentiator and so
database performance has become even
more important than it ever was,” said
Richard Hart, Technical Manager at Sequel
Support. “Hyperion allows organisations of
any size to manage all their databases more
effectively and reliably, while reducing the
number of database administrators and
consequently, their costs. The monthly per-
server billing model is attractive because it is
an operating rather than a capital expense,
something CFOs generally prefer.”
Clients can also purchase support tickets
so that particularly difficult support issues
get escalated to Sequel Support’s remote
support desk for expert, quick resolution.
Hart says the tool has been designed to
alert administrators to potential issues,
enabling them to have a proactive approach
to problem resolution. Typically, database
monitoring requires logs to be scanned
manually – a highly time-consuming task
that is also extremely error-prone.
“Moreover, it includes the auditing of data
definition language (DDL) statements
for enterprise environments,” said Hart.
“Hyperion makes monitoring organisations’
precious databases both easier and more
accurate – something that makes good
business sense.”
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INTELLIGENTCIO
G
eneral Electric (GE) and the Africa
Leadership University (ALU) have
announced the kick-off of the third
cohort of the Africa Industrial Internet
Programme (AIIP) which is aimed at
equipping young Africans with skills that
will enable them to take part in the Fourth
Industrial Revolution.
The 2020 cohort has enrolled 35 students
from eight countries across Africa, drawn
from oil and gas, transportation, power,
energy, manufacturing, healthcare,
telecoms and aviation industries. Over
the last two years, the rigorous training
programme has graduated 64 students,
of which 50 were fully sponsored by
GE from a scholarship fund totalling
US$500k. GE will give 10 full scholarships
for the current cohort.
Launched in 2018, the programme has
empowered participants with essential
skills for building applications for the
Industrial Internet, which enables
machine-to-machine communication
that results in systems that can collect,
analyse and deliver data in real-time.
“As a digital industrial company, it’s
exciting to see how over the last two
years the AIIP has developed an
ecosystem of digital engineers that utilise
data science as an enabler for their work
across industries, developing solutions for
the most pressing challenges,” said Farid
Fezoua, President and CEO for GE Africa.
“Our partnership with ALU for the AIIP
is a testament of our commitment to
develop the next generation of leaders
that will drive solutions made in Africa for
Africa in this transformative digital age.”
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