Cloud solutions boost business

While the cloud remains a hot topic for business, the majority of discussion has now moved beyond the debate over whether or not it will serve the business and deliver benefits such as cost efficiency and agility, says Pippa Wilson, manager: Cloud Solutions for Jasco...

More SA businesses willing to use cloud

Although concerns like security, cost and risk have impacted on widespread adoption of the cloud, more South African businesses are beginning to invest in cloud-based services. This is according to Ryan Barlow, CTO at e4. Barlow says there is an increase in adoption...

BT, Check Point announce agreement

BT has announced an agreement with Check Point Software Technologies to embed additional security capabilities into BT’s global network, enabling customers to securely access cloud-based applications wherever they are hosted. The new embedded Cloud Firewall services...

The as-a-service revolution

With the opportunity to save costs, space, time, and even protect against cyber-criminals, now is definitely the time to join the as-a-service revolution, says Martin Walshaw, senior engineer at F5 Networks. It’s easy to get lost in the IT acronyms being thrown...

New battleground in enterprise technology

Businesses today are grabbling with the challenge of using new technologies and new sets of data to improve performance, create excellent customer experiences, and empower their staff to innovate and collaborate more fluidly, says Vishal Barapatre, CTO In2IT...

Security in the cloud

For many organisations, the prospect of migrating their IT infrastructure to the cloud is becoming increasingly attractive. The key benefits being cost savings, scalability and more time to focus on their businesseses and applications important to customers. Many adopters have also realised that moving to the cloud can help them increase their security visibility and effectiveness, says Bill Murray, global head of Security Programs, Amazon Web Services.