2017 a tipping point for cloud

By 2020, nine out of 10 organisations will utilise hybrid cloud infrastructure, according to Gartner[1]. With cloud spending in this area rising faster than ever before, and data centre outsourcing on the decline, 2017 is set to be a tipping point for IaaS adoption....

Coming to grips with the enterprise cloud

At present, conversations in IT organisations are centred on the topic of “enterprise cloud”. In the simplest terms, enterprise cloud is cloud infrastructure designed to deliver the same agility as the public cloud, but within the enterprise data centre. At the top of...

One component that no cloud solution can do without

Enterprises today no longer question whether or not they should move to cloud. CIOs, CTOs, IT directors and executives need no convincing about the benefits that cloud solutions bring. Economy, efficiency, flexibility, redundancy, scalability and even security is now...

Why a multi-cloud strategy makes sense

Placing all your eggs in one cloud can be a problem, writes Brendan McAravey, country manager of Citrix South Africa. We can all agree that cloud has practically become a part of our everyday lives, whether you’re streaming your favourite Netflix shows, or even...

Jordan’s power utility runs on IBM Cloud

Jordan Electric Power Company (JEPCO) has selected IBM Cloud to transform and modernise its IT infrastructure. Founded in 1938, JEPCO is responsible for distributing and retailing electricity in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Its customer base accounts for...

Choosing the best-suited cloud strategy for your organization

There is general shift by most organisations from traditional IT to the big public cloud, allowing them to respond better and faster to both business and customer needs. According to Dennis Naidoo, senior systems engineer: Middle East, Africa and Turkey at Tintri, a...