Are cloud platforms accelerating growth?
Gartner predicts that integrated infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) and platform-as-a-service (PaaS) offerings are driving the next wave of cloud infrastructure adoption, stating that by 2022, 90% of companies will purchase cloud technology from an integrated...
The priorities of cloud and virtualisation
Lorna Hardie, regional director sub-Saharan Africa at VMware says that in order to thrive in today's market and economy it is time to recognise the imperative of cloud and the value of virtualisation. Every business should be off the fence and in the cloud. It is the...
Multi-cloud’s new multiculturism
Multi-cloud has moved from tentative experiment to a fundamental component of IT strategies. From developers to security teams, workloads are migrating to the cloud in one way or another, whether you know it or not. Simon McCullough, senior channel account manager at...
How managed cloud service providers bring benefits
The emergence and success of the cloud over the last decade is unquestioned. It is nearly impossible to read any current IT publication that does not cover the growth, innovation and emerging use cases that are enabled by cloud. And for most, the word "cloud" is...
Vox delivers IaaS monitoring solution
With the Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) market expected to exceed $76-billion by 2022, local companies are investigating how best to embrace this shift as they migrate to the cloud. To this end, integrated ICT and infrastructure provider, Vox has unveiled its IaaS...
Google Cloud, VMware extend strategic partnership
Google Cloud and VMware have announced Google Cloud VMware Solution by CloudSimple, a new service that will allow organisations to run their VMware workloads in Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This gives customers with choice and flexibility to run VMware workloads...
Businesses opt for multi-cloud
Multi-cloud is a relatively new term and is a very popular architecture among enterprises. This is for good reason, it is part of cloud's natural evolution. A survey released by the IBM Institute for Business Value found that a staggering 85% of polled businesses use...
When moving to cloud, do you convert existing licenses or let them lapse?
Moving to the cloud is no longer an 'if' but a 'when'. However, one challenge many businesses are facing is how to deal with their existing software licensing. Many organisations have invested a significant sum into software licensing. In order to make the most of...
BT among first global MSPs for Azure networking virtual WAN services
BT has announced a range of new managed network services for multinational customers deploying applications and IT services in Microsoft Azure. The announcement comes on the back of the Microsoft Inspire partner event in Las Vegas, where BT has been announced as one...
Seacom expands CloudWorx offerings
Seacom is expanding its CloudWorx cloud connectivity solutions. CloudWorx is a versatile, private connectivity service for businesses that connects corporate customers directly to the leading cloud-service providers like Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services and Google...
A pragmatic approach to cloud in the age of hyperscale
Enterprise IT is sceptical about moving business critical internal operations to the cloud - and for good reason. Andrew Cruise, MD of vendor-neutral cloud infrastructure provider Routed, says that while businesses are keen to rid themselves of expensive on-premise...
SUSE provides platform for cloud-native containerised applications
As businesses are transforming their IT landscapes to support present and future demands, SUSE is providing the foundation for both their traditional and growing containerised workloads with the release of SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 Service Pack 1. Enterprises need the...