Moving to the cloud is like upgrading from a flip phone to a spaceship
The flip phone was once considered a futuristic piece of technology, but compare it to today’s iPhone and it feels positively pre-historic. The same can be said of old-school, on-premises tech like servers and PBX phone systems, writes Nic Laschinger, chief technology...
Salesforce and Google bring Gemini to Agentforce
Salesforce and Google have announced an expansion of their strategic partnership, delivering choice in the models and capabilities businesses use to build and deploy AI-powered agents. The expanded partnership provides crucial flexibility, empowering customers to...
How to manage, optimise cloud in mining
African businesses are gaining momentum in the adoption of digital technologies to enhance their operations. Even though challenges such as infrastructure development and regulatory constraints remain, digital transformation is accelerating, writes Duncan van...
Cloud best practices in 2025
In 2025, Gartner predicts hybrid cloud will remain a corporate priority with 90% adopting it by 2027. Public cloud end-user spending is expected to reach $723-billion by the end of the year, while all cloud segments across hybrid, distributed, cloud-native and...
Decoding the cloud choices for SA enterprises
The debate between on-premise and cloud computing architectures remains a prominent topic among businesses, particularly in South Africa. This discussion is not merely about technology but is deeply intertwined with organisations’ specific needs and business models,...
Commvault launches CIS-hardened images
Commvault has announced that its Commvault Cloud Platform can be easily deployed from major cloud marketplaces utilising CIS-hardened images. These CIS-hardened images are pre-configured with CIS-recommended settings and controls will be available on the following...
SAP debuts Business Data Cloud with Databricks
SAP has announced SAP Business Data Cloud, unifying all SAP and third-party data throughout an organisation and providing a trusted data foundation that harmonises data from organisations’ most mission-critical applications with data engineering and business analytics...
Open technology and hybrid cloud the building blocks for a sovereign digital future
Digital sovereignty is one of the most important tech discussions of the moment, writes Marcel Timmer, country manager at Red Hat Netherlands. It involves not only who controls data but also the autonomy of nations, organisations, and individuals in the digital space....
Why managed services have become a necessity, not a luxury
Despite global economic uncertainty, one field that’s set to keep growing steadily is that of managed IT services. By some estimates, it’s expected to grow by 12,7% worldwide – far surpassing the estimated 3,5% growth in overall IT spending. In South Africa, this...
Change the only constant for the cloud ecosystem
Significant shifts in the cloud ecosystem occurred in 2024, driven by factors such as repatriation, sovereignty, and market consolidation. As we kickoff 2025, the cloud landscape can expect to witness further change - meaning that readiness, reassessment, and...
Extreme Networks updates ExtremeCloud Universal ZTNA
The Extreme Networks ExtremeCloud Universal Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) identity-based network access solution has received several new features, according to Duxbury Networking. Universal ZTNA combines Network Access Control and Zero Trust capabilities to...
Cloud best practices for 2025
The global cloud computing market is projected to reach the $864-billion mark by next year and continue growing at 12,8% annually. This reflects how important the cloud has become to any organisation’s strategy, writes Ralph Berndt, sales and marketing director at...