Conferencing in the cloud grows
Communication is often the lifeline of a small or medium-sized business (SME) as it keeps the company connected with its employees, partners and suppliers and ensures that all stakeholders are on the same page. The use of modern cloud technology can take business...
Contact centre agents affect customers
Companies are no longer judged based on their marketing material. Staff and customers judge them based on their actions, big and small. The link between the way a company behaves and customers’ affiliation to the brand is clear and direct. According to Lisa Roos,...
Riverbed product now Microsoft certified
Riverbed Technology, the leader in application performance infrastructure, announced that Riverbed SteelCentral AppInternals 10 is now Microsoft Azure Certified. SteelCentral AppInternals 10 provides the most complete, real-time analytics to improve performance,...
Cloud enables innovation, growth
We live in a world where we have unprecedented access to computing power: a developer sitting in a café anywhere in our region can now access the same computing power as a Fortune 500 company. This is enabled by the cloud: an almost infinite amount of computing...
Read cloud contract fine print
Warren Olivier, Veeam regional manager for Southern Africa, examines some of contractual obligations that companies need to be aware of when migrating to a cloud services provider in order to be connected and access corporate data from anywhere, at any time, using any...
Gabsten Technologies launches Cloud Protect
Gabsten Technologies has launched their managed backup-as-a-service offering -- CloudProtect -- to the South African market. CloudProtect provides businesses with access to a hosted backup solution that is powered by CommVault’s leading Simpana software. Importantly,...
Understand, leverage cloud opportunities
The threat to a company’s data continues to escalate globally, and, according to IT security experts, the only proven way to effectively protect this critical resource is to apply the most advanced data protection software available – and introduce tried and trusted...
Avanade helps Henkel with digital journey
Avanade, a leading global provider of innovative digital services, business solutions and design-led experiences, is working with Henkel AG on its digital journey by empowering employee productivity and collaboration in new ways with Microsoft Office 365. With a...
Tarsus Cloud On Demand adds to portfolio
South African resellers can now extend their cloud-centric remote monitoring and management for customers, by adding AVG Business Managed Workplace from AVG Technologies, the online security company, to its solutions stack. This follows the announcement by Tarsus...
Oracle adds to Cloud Platform
At a live event, Oracle executive chairman of the board and CTO Larry Ellison announced new additions to the Oracle Cloud Platform, a comprehensive, integrated suite of services that make it easier for developers, IT professionals, business users and analysts to...
Securing the cloud layer by layer
Security has typically been, and continues to be, one of the major areas of concern for organisations contemplating a move into the cloud, and for good reason. Security breaches can have far-reaching consequences that could cripple a business, and legislative...
Driving forces behind cloud computing
As we reflect on the lessons learned through the big-data boom, of how organisations securely capture, store and retrieve data and how they can derive value from these huge data sets, we must begin to prepare for a yet another new wave of data, says Bryan Balfe,...