How to keep your data safe in the cloud

If you choose a credible cloud software provider, it will host your accounting or payroll applications and data in a secure data centre underpinned by world-class technology, says Steven Cohen, MD for Sage One Accounting AAMEA (Australia, Asia, Middle East and...

Cloud or bust: how ERP is changing

The world is going cloud crazy and it’s not difficult to see why, says Alan Sher, director HansaWorld South Africa. Where enterprise resource planning software is concerned, the old paradigms of immense cost, lengthy deployments and fiendish complexity are giving way...

Do you know how your data is stored?

Cloud computing services, like many new and exciting technical offerings, can be both risky and beneficial to businesses. Although executives and IT managers alike are growing increasingly interested in the perceived benefits attached to off-premise or hosted...

Questions to ask your cloud backup provider

Data backup is a little like buying car insurance. You may never need to claim but it is statistically likely that you may have to. When that happens, you want a quick settlement so that you can get back on the road or, in the case of data backup and recovery, get...

IT changes focus in IoT world

Hicham Abdessamad, executive vice-president, Global Services, Solutions and Support at Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) talks about cloud transformation and data expansion driving the need for businesses to embrace a new strategy. The cloud transformation and exponential...

Questions to ask your cloud backup provider

Data backup is a little like buying car insurance. You may never need to claim but it is statistically likely that you may have to. When that happens, you want a quick settlement so that you can get back on the road or, in the case of data backup and recovery, get...