Why it’s critical to combat cloud sprawl

Not long ago, cloud was seen as a fad–something for start-ups to take a chance with, but hardly a serious choice for enterprise IT. Now, it’s increasingly the preferred method of accessing and delivering technology, writes Brendan McAravey, country manager...

Local cloud services: read the fine print

When your data is stored locally, within the data centre of a reputable cloud services partner, you might think that it’s as safe as it could be. Not necessarily so, says Riaan Terblanche, solutions architect at First Technology Digital. Terblanche refers to a...

Securing the cloud when skills are scarce

The growing shift to the cloud for delivering better accessibility to company apps and resources presents new security challenges that require specific capabilities and skills. With the shift occurring quickly and often without strategy because employees are using a...

Global cloud footprint solves data residency issues

The burgeoning popularity of cloud and SaaS applications are benefitting businesses around the globe through improved collaboration, cost savings, increased efficiency and similar. It could be said they have completely transformed the way businesses today work....

How IaaS is transforming business

Businesses that haven’t invested in IaaS solutions will find themselves struggling to keep up with competitors that have, according to 59% of respondents to a recent Oracle survey. Cherian Varghese, vice-president and MD: Africa at Oracle, unpacks why IaaS...

Microsoft’s data centres to boost SA cloud adoption

Microsoft’s announcement that it plans to build hyperscale data centres in Cape Town and Johannesburg to deliver a range of cloud services, is set to give a massive boost to enterprise adoption of infrastructure-as-a-service, software-as-a-service and other...