Apr 14, 2020
More companies are moving data to the Cloud to empower a dynamic workforce, improve the reliability of their services, and to gain flexibility in their IT expenditure. Cloud-based systems are accessible from anywhere, are mostly unaffected by power outages, and are...
Apr 9, 2020
Digital transformation and the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) mean different things to different organisations. Some may look to implement smart factories; others could aim to quickly analyse multiple data streams; for some a new and better way of serving...
Mar 27, 2020
South African companies can start realising significant business benefits now by utilising the high-performance computing capabilities of the locally available Microsoft Azure data centres – even if they haven’t migrated any data to the cloud yet. By Paul...
Mar 2, 2020
Optimal cloud security requires a distinct way of thinking about IT infrastructure, writes Ray Pompon, principal threat evangelist at F5 Labs. Back in the day, the theft and loss of backup tapes and laptops were a primary cause of data breaches. That all changed when...
Feb 26, 2020
It has been almost a year since Microsoft launched its two Azure data centres in Johannesburg and Cape Town. In a perfect world, these would have resulted in an instantaneous uptake of the cloud, but these things do take time. By Ryan Jamieson, solutions and...
Feb 17, 2020
According to RightScale’s 2019 State of the Cloud Report, from Flexera, enterprises are prioritising a balance of public and private clouds; with 28% prioritising hybrid cloud and an additional 17% prioritising public and private cloud equally. There is value to...
