Best practices for data protection in the cloud

The “Global DataSphere” is exploding in size. IDC predicts that by 2026, the amount of data in the world will have doubled again. By Rick Vanover, senior director: product strategy at Veeam While most enterprises have digitised their operations, they...

Be smart in a world of chaos

Whatever industry we operate in, no matter the size of our organisation; we’re all running in the same race. The one to ensure that we’re at the forefront of customer experiences, winning business, and operating as efficiently as possible, which is only...

Whose fault is it when cloud security fails?

At least 95% of cloud security failures in the next three years will be the customer’s fault, according to Gartner. By Marilyn Moodley, country leader for South Africa and WECA (West, East, Central Africa) at SoftwareOne Unsurprisingly, the biggest threat to...

Adopting a cost optimisation approach for the cloud

Cost optimisation is the continuous discipline of controlling spending and driving cost reduction while maximising business value. For its part, IT cost optimisation entails continually evaluating and configuring all the cloud resources that drive the applications,...

Leverage cloud while using on-prem systems

Moving to the cloud certainly makes sense from an African business perspective, despite some serious challenges and risk factors unique to these shores. By Udhveer Sookraj, data integration specialist at Insight Consulting However, not all businesses can take the...

Cloud is now an essential business strategy

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has outlined the top five cloud trends it believes will shape global enterprise in 2023: Cloud 2.0, sovereign cloud, 5G and edge computing, industry cloud, and the emerging cloud talent gap. The predictions form part of TCS’...