How the cloud helps SMEs tidy up the IT mess

Cloud backup provider IronTree estimates that one in five South African small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) experience some form of data loss once a year, most commonly as a result of accidents and natural disasters, data corruption, or theft of computing...

Benefits of migrating to the cloud

From providing scalability on demand, to empowering the mobility of the workforce, cloud computing offers a host of benefits to both organisations and users, says Francois Smith, Dell Enterprise field marketing manager for South Africa. The business case for adopting...

Desktop PC market in terminal decline

The continued decline of South Africa’s PC market signals the end of the desktop computing era, says Brian Timperley of CloudGate — and the question of what will ultimately replace it remains wide open. “IDC claimed recently that the PC market in Africa and the...

Hybrid cloud is the future of enterprise IT

Cloud computing is universally accepted as one of the major disruptive forces impacting IT today. But few enterprises are ready to migrate all their data and applications to a public cloud. With key concerns including latency, security and control over critical data...

Navigating a sea of data

Surfing is considered a way life for many along the coast of South Africa – riding wave after wave and flowing with the current; while technology – specifically cloud computing and flash – is changing the way businesses operate and the way we communicate and interact...

Preparing foundations for the cloud

Bandwidth availability, speed and quality are continually improving in South Africa and prices have become more and more reasonable for large broadband connections. As a result, the cloud is becoming an increasingly viable option and is now an attractive proposition...