Moving Microsoft Exchange to the cloud

Organisations wanting to move Microsoft Exchange to a private or public cloud need to consider five best practices if they want the transition to be easy and successful. That’s according to Andrew Crosley, Dimension Data’s General Manager for Microsoft, who says while...

Cloud is about more than cost-cutting

Analysts such as Gartner have long said that the cloud isn’t about recession-busting or cutting costs any more – but perhaps it never was, says 1Stream director, Bruce von Maltitz. “I think there has always been massive confusion about the cloud and cost-savings. Most...

The dark side of cloud

In every technology publication I open, every business symposium I attend, every CIO roundtable I facilitate, we hear about the next wave of change branded “cloud”, says Rudie Raath, chief technologist and country manager: Presales, Cloud & Strategic Pursuit, HP...

Cloud adoption will impact accountants

At Sage Pastel we’re paying a lot of attention to accounting over the internet and also to mobility, both of which are a direct benefit of cloud computing, says Steven Cohen, MD, Sage Pastel Accounting. We recognise that this is the most fundamental shift in how...

The pitfalls of choosing a cloud solution

A few years ago, CIOs were faced with a dilemma to outsource their IT services or not. Having gone through hearing how successful, traumatic, simple, cost-effective, expensive, it was (depending on who was relating their experience), we once again find ourselves...

Small businesses take to the cloud

The cloud offers big benefits for small businesses; Bernard Kur, head of product at Global Micro Solutions, talks through the opportunities available to smaller businesses when it comes to the cloud and advises on some essential considerations when making the move to...