Outsourcing could help with software developer skill shortage

Continued economic instability and the normalisation of remote working are pressuring South African organisations to find more effective ways of overcoming the scarcity of in-house software development resources. This is according to specialised software development...

Next phase of Kubernetes education will drive simpler deployment

Globally, Kubernetes is still in its early educational phase as a technology. On Gartner’s Hype Cycle, container management currently sits on top of the peak of inflated expectations. By Chris Norton, regional director: Africa at Veeam Software If Kubernetes and...

Pillars of a well-architected framework

Regardless of the individual technologies, cloud strategies, or data-driven insights that have become key for today’s organisational success, a well-architected framework is the foundation on which any IT environment must be built. By Constant Kannenberg,...

Unlocking the value of Kubernetes

According to research, Kubernetes is predominantly for people who build platforms with almost a quarter of respondents citing that they are DevOps engineers. By Muggie van Staden, CEO of Obsidian Systems This is hardly surprising given how it has become an integral...

Should you build or buy software?

For IT teams to deliver the best portal solutions for their customers, partners, agents, and employees, they have to carefully consider how to structure the best solution by asking: do we build an in-house portal or buy portal software from a vendor? By Greg Gatherer,...

Look out for these software development trends in 2022

Imagine going back thirty years and making predictions about the future. Video calls on hand-held computers that are way more advanced than the computers that sent the Apollo ships to the moon, the ability to work and have meetings with colleagues from anywhere in the...