Organic growth of cloud to grow
There is still a lot for local businesses to learn about cloud before they see the true benefits, according to Andrew Cruise, MD of vendor-neutral cloud infrastructure provider Routed. Not a 'one-size-fits-all' solution, Cruise says that a cloud strategy is different...
IT simplified for franchises
Unlike other start-up businesses that can survive on a shoestring budget, franchises require huge upfront investment. In exchange, the franchisor normally offers comprehensive support, business processes and systems to increase the chances of success. However, like...
Cloud and partnerships key to survival for finservs
While financial services institutions have been able to collect huge volumes of data on customers and their behaviours, they need to turn to new technologies and strategic partnerships to improve internal processes and customer experiences, in order to successfully...
Public vs private cloud: maturity self-assessment
The growing maturity of enterprise cloud offerings is giving businesses unprecedented choice in how they build the technology infrastructure that will power their core processes and enable their digital transformation. And while there are multiple paths to take, all...
BBD joins Amazon Web Services Partner Network
BBD has achieved Standard Consulting Partner status in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Network (APN). In addition, BBD is now able to provide services through the Amazon CloudFront global content delivery network (CDN). Dieter Rosch, executive and cloud champion...
Acumatica tops cloud ERP customer satisfaction
Acumatica has topped a cloud ERP customer satisfaction product comparison. The G2 Crowd User Satisfaction Report details a feature-by-feature comparison of Acumatica Cloud ERP versus other competitive offerings. Acumatica partner One Channel echoes the results and its...
Commvault, Alibaba Cloud join forces
Commvault and Alibaba Cloud have jointly announced an agreement to leverage each other's technology and market advantages to deliver advanced, innovative and scalable hybrid cloud data management solutions to help customers and partners across the globe accelerate...
Cloud-based training benefits can’t be ignored
Despite the fact that Africa's e-learning market doubled from 2011 to 2016, reaching $513-million, the continent's three biggest economies, South Africa, Nigeria, and Kenya, are not yet moving their training applications to the cloud en masse. By Matthew Barker,...
Seraphere to launch in SA
Seraphere is set to become what it believes to be the first South African white label carrier-agnostic cloud PBX platform. Businesses can now replace their traditional PBX without the hassle of setting up cloud services, infrastructure or platforms. Seraphere is a...
Different cloud priorities for African markets
Matthew Barker, divisional sales manager for Sub-Saharan Africa at F5 Networks, talks about how app usage differs across countries. When it comes to hosting and accessing applications in the cloud, businesses in South Africa have very different priorities to those in...
‘Quick win’ to kickstart cloud migration
As more vendors push their clients to adopt cloud services, there's a logical first step that can provide the impetus for full-scale cloud transformation, writes Abrie Joubert, DSM expert: end user services at T-Systems South Africa. 'Slowly, and then all at once'....
VMware advances networking for the digital era
VMware has outlined its vision for the future of networking, and unveiled the Virtual Cloud Network. The Virtual Cloud Network will enable organisations to create a digital business fabric for connecting and securing applications, data, and users across the entire...