Consider a managed service approach
With so much hype around its attractive benefits for business, organisations might be feeling the pressure to move to the cloud. Writes Iniel Dreyer, MD of Gabsten Technologies. While such a bold step might appear lucrative, it's important to consider timing. The...
Transform your intranet with cloud
Cloud-based software delivery models are quickly becoming the 'new normal' in enterprise IT, writes Marc Fletcher, head of marketing and business development at Intervate, a T-Systems company. In a recent survey by analyst firm International Data Corporation (IDC), in...
Orange adds cloud offerings
Orange Business Services is accelerating its international cloud strategy with a new global public cloud offering that includes advice, auditing, integration and managed services for cloud infrastructure and applications. The services, delivered in partnership with...
How secure is data in a cloud?
Business leaders need to optimise and grow their businesses and cloud can certainly reduce costs and improve inefficiencies. However, how secure is data in the cloud? A concern for any company is giving up control of its data to a third party. By outsourcing file and...
Cloud brokerages an invaluable business tool
All businesses that are embarking on a cloud journey are realising that it's not as straightforward as it may seem. Multiple cloud service providers means managing many relationships, which can be complex as well as inefficient. Businesses need help to manage this...
Veeam and partners give away $200m in services
Veeam Software has announced a new initiative to give away up to $200 million through an exclusive Veeam Free Cloud Services program. Effective immediately, every customer using Veeam for on-premises backup and recovery is now eligible for up to $1 000 in free cloud...
SD-WAN takes on the cloud
The software defined wide-area network (SD-WANs) has captured the attention of the global networking segment. Value-added distributor, Networks Unlimited, has recently positioned itself in the emerging SD-WAN market as the sole distributor for Silver Peak, the global...
Trend Micro secures the cloud with Deep Security 10
Trend Micro has today announced the upcoming availability of Trend Micro Deep Security 10, powered by XGen Security. XGen Security is a blend of cross-generational threat defense techniques fueled by market leading threat intelligence, and powers all Trend Micro...
Which SaaS is better for your business?
Experts have long debated the merits and drawbacks between multi-tenant and single-tenant SaaS architectures. Multi-tenant vendors tout and promote their model, saying it offers efficiencies in terms of IT management, cost cutting, and scale. Single-tenancy vendors...
Five key questions to ask before migrating to cloud
Migrating applications to the cloud offers incredible opportunities that can make your business more versatile and efficient. Collaboration is often easier with the cloud, for example, and it can make disaster recovery a breeze, writes Sven Hammar, CSO of Apica...
Software AG platform now on Google Cloud
Software AG is collaborating with Google Cloud Platform for the immediate availability of its market leading webMethods Hybrid Integration Platform on Google Cloud Platform. Software AG will also provide its Digital Business Platform on Google Cloud later in the year....
Riverbed delivers “One-click” cloud networking
Riverbed Technology, the application performance company, today announced that Riverbed(r) SteelConnect, an app-defined SD-WAN solution that simplifies networking for the cloud-centric enterprise, now offers instant and easy provisioning of SD-WAN connectivity into...