Why cloud efficiency drives business growth

Why cloud efficiency drives business growth

Apr 14, 2026

We have done the cloud industry a disservice, writes Oliver Niemandt, GM and head of sales at Cloud On Demand. Somewhere along the way, the conversation about cloud value got replaced by a conversation about cloud cost. I am not sure exactly when it happened, but I...

Cost discipline a strategic priority in rightsizing the cloud

Mar 31, 2026

As cloud adoption matures across Africa, organisations are discovering that simply migrating workloads is not enough to guarantee efficiency. Without ongoing optimisation and cost management, cloud environments can quickly become oversized and unnecessarily expensive....
Cloud without AI is just expensive storage

Cloud without AI is just expensive storage

Mar 19, 2026

When the world was introduced to “the cloud revolution”, businesses were promised agility, scalability, and efficiency. As a result, companies migrated workloads, modernised infrastructure, and spent millions in the process, writes Richard Vester, chief executive:...
Cloud without AI is just expensive storage

Is your cloud spend growing faster than your ability to predict it?

Feb 13, 2026

As cloud environments expand and consumption becomes more dynamic, financial predictability starts to slip. By Richard Vester, chief executive: cloud at iOCO Budgets feel less reliable, forecasts need constant revision, and leadership confidence begins to erode, often...

The case for cloud-native platforms powered by AI

Jan 26, 2026

The complexity introduced by digital platforms, cloud, and digitised systems, isn’t a sign of failure or lack of planning. It comes down to how platforms have struggled to keep pace with the speed at which business operations are changing. The converging forces of AI...