G-Core Labs opens Joburg PoP

G-Core Labs, an international provider of cloud and edge solutions, has opened a new point of presence of its network infrastructure in Johannesburg. “The African continent is showing fairly good dynamics in the development of Internet technologies,” says...

Even the world’s most popular games thrive in Azure

Azure and Azure Storage can handle multiple data types, like the hugely popular Rainbow Six Siege from Ubisoft. Thanks to Azure, Ubisoft has the elastic scalability to deliver play to 3-million players a day engaged in hundreds of thousands of concurrent games....

How Azure helps Reckitt Benckiser unlock the power of data

Reckitt Benckiser (RB) makes a wide range of popular consumer health, hygiene, and home products. To empower its staff to make data-based decisions, RB replaced its existing business intelligence (BI) solution with Microsoft Power BI and Azure. RB is a global consumer...

HPE launches edge-to-cloud as a service

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has announced that it is delivering its entire edge-to-cloud portfolio as a service, with the launch of HPE GreenLake Central. This is a software platform that provides customers with a consistent cloud experience for all their...

Azure Blob Storage for unstructured data

Azure Blob Storage is massively scalable object storage designed specifically for unstructured data. With scalable, cost-effective cloud storage, you pay only for what you use, and save money compared with on-premises storage options. In addition, organisations can...

Telkom forces customers to move to the cloud

Telkom is shutting down its ADSL copper network and is ultimately forcing its business customers to move to the cloud. This is part of Telkom’s strategy to migrate customers to a more stable network and similarly-priced products, according to Euphoria Telecom...