AWS debuts Amazon Connect in SA
Amazon Web Services has announced the general availability of Amazon Connect in the AWS Africa (Cape Town) Region. Amazon Connect is an easy-to-use, highly scalable, and cost-effective omnichannel cloud contact center solution from AWS that helps companies provide...
Transformational leaders leverage containers to deconstruct and rebuild businesses
If there's one phrase likely to strike fear in a CIO's heart, it's "cloud silos". As a result, fear of lock-in keeps many businesses from leveraging best-in-breed multi-cloud infrastructures and deploying transformational technologies like containers. Sanjeev Kamboj,...
Cloud technology powers elections for Sharjah Arab Child Parliament
A key role for the Sharjah Arab Child Parliament is to foster a dialogue between children, ministers and decision-makers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to offer children everything they need to be able to grow and progress in their lives, including their...
Cloud cost optimisation key for business success
The large cloud hyperscalers have built their business on the ability to provision resources on-demand. For corporate customers, this provides the opportunity to scale as needed. By Craig Freer, executive head: cloud managed services at Vox The risk with this comes in...
Google Cloud Collaborates with Comair
Google Cloud is teaming up with Comair, operator of the British Airways brand and the Kulula budget carrier in sub-Saharan Africa to accelerate the aviation group's digital transformation plans. Comair completed its infrastructure optimization plans as it migrated six...
Rethinking business processes around the cloud is key to digital transformation
Traditional on-premise application landscape is steadily being replaced by cloud-based infrastructure or Software-as-a-Service. This transformation has been ongoing but was rapidly accelerated over the past two years by the pandemic. By Sumit Kumar Sharma, enterprise...
Made-in-SA world first combats fake news
South Africans are no strangers to the concept of fake news or disinformation circulating on social media. But they often feel helpless about their inability to correctly identify or combat it. The last couple of years have been a particularly rich field for...
Moving to the cloud: is it right for your business?
If the pandemic taught us one thing, it's that remote work is a viable alternative to large, expensive offices and IT infrastructure and hardware. "Many South African businesses have slashed their office space after realising that they could save money while still...
Continuous improvements bring local cloud providers to the fore
With the demand for cloud-based services growing as South African companies look to enable seamless remote or hybrid working and mitigate against power outages, local providers have been continually improving their offerings in order to provide customers with...
How as-a-service can accelerate business speed
Digital technology drives nearly all aspects of business and our daily lives. Over the past 18 months we've also witnessed the important role technology plays in enabling businesses to innovate and grow by adapting to rapidly changing market conditions. By Monique...
The hybrid cloud paradox
Business and IT leaders are being pulled in two directions at once. That is the situation outlined by industry analysts IDC in a recent campaign from Fujitsu and Veritas By Olivier Delachapelle, head of product line management: product sales Europe at Fujitsu On one...
Technodyn announces latest update to IFS Cloud
Technodyn International, the exclusive strategic partner for IFS in sub-Saharan Africa, has announced the general availability of the latest update to IFS Cloud. With the new release, the company has added a host of new features and functionality that speed up time to...