The “but” in cloud TCO

One of the most compelling reasons proponents of cloud computing give for businesses to adopt the technology is because it makes bottom line business sense. “This isn’t just a geek thing,” says MWEB Business GM Andre Joubert. “There’s enough evidence in cloudonomics –...

Never trust a CSP with a server room

There’s a perception that cloud computing has a fuzzy “edge” that makes it difficult to tell where being online ends and the cloud starts, says Alexander Mehlhorn, CEO of Framework One.  This makes it easy for the unscrupulous to pull the wool over the...

Pamoja links FlowCentric, Guideline BizTech

Advanced process technology, Rubi-Flow, from FlowCentric Technologies, a leading local provider of agile, robust, and easily-integrated business process management solutions is being used to automate and power the business process components of Guideline BizTech’s...

A DIY cloud is no cloud at all

There’s a great deal of pride and enjoyment that the geeks in an organisation get from building servers from scratch, creating server rooms, and architecting an infrastructure that they can boast about to their peers, says Alexander Mehlhorn, CEO, Framework One. And...

Six steps to simplify cloud migration

Organisations considering a move to the cloud are often hesitant to do so, as the process involved can seem daunting and fraught with complexity. Aside from this, there are the ever-present questions around bandwidth availability, speed and reliability, which can...

Hosting is the contact centre norm

Gartner has said that there will be a 17% compound growth over the next five years for contact centre adoption of hosted call centre solutions, and they expect that by the end of this year, 75% of global call centres will be leveraging hosted call centre solutions. ...