Apr 11, 2019
Security has always been one of the biggest concerns when moving data into the cloud, with public cloud often perceived as the least secure option. Nevertheless, the benefits of a hybrid environment have been made clear, and organisations have started to adopt public...
Apr 11, 2019
As companies and individuals come to rely on the public cloud for an increasing range of services, from infrastructure to applications, they often assume that no additional backups are necessary. Nothing could be further from the truth, argues Michael Davies, CEO of...
Mar 26, 2019
Compute in the cloud may be cheap but it isn’t free, writes F5 Networks spokeperson Lori MacVittie. Most of today’s apps are delivered via secure HTTP. That means TLS or the increasingly frowned upon SSL. It means cryptography, which traditionally has been...
Mar 20, 2019
Microsoft’s announcement that it has launched its first cloud data centres in Africa – one in Cape Town, another in Johannesburg – is a cause for celebration among South Africa’s business sector. By Mikey Molfessis, cybersecurity expert at...
Mar 11, 2019
Microsoft Gold Certified Partner DAC Systems believes the launch last week of two Microsoft Azure data centres in South Africa will provide the African market with much-needed momentum when it comes to cloud adoption. “Slow latency and regulatory restrictions on...
Feb 18, 2019
More organisations are adopting cloud technology and migrating their applications to this platform in order to leverage the benefits of flexibility, agility and as-a-service costing models. Cloud migration is typically a complex endeavour as businesses juggle software...
