Is your MSP hindering cloud migration?
With cloud computing already entrenched and proven in some of the world’s most substantial companies (and equally entrenched among the world’s most savvy start-ups), South African businesses should be asking themselves a simple question: why isn’t more of my stuff in...
Interactive Intelligence grows cloud by 67%
Interactive Intelligence has reported a 67% compound annual growth rate (2010-2013) of its Communications as a Service offering, topping 20 000 seats. Interactive Intelligence CaaS is a set of cloud-based contact centre, unified communications and business process...
Technology changes buying patterns
Ever heard of the subscription economy? Already a massive trend internationally, this new economy has emerged as a result of the software as a service (SaaS) evolution and has inconspicuously changed the requirements for business software and how they work. This...
A short guide to cloud terminology
Many people who are considering taking their IT operations into the cloud find themselves overwhelmed by the new technology that they’re supposed to understand. Cloud providers rattle off terms like SaaS or PaaS like you should know what they mean, when really, it all...
SES, Meanswhat form partnership
SES Broadband Services has announced a new partnership with Meanswhat to deliver satellite communications for multi-national enterprises and governmental agencies with branch offices or production facilities in remote areas. Giving the same performance as at an...
Kemp launches new Condor framework
Kemp Technologies has announced Kemp Condor, a true multi-tenant application service delivery solution for enterprises, managed hosting companies and cloud service providers who want to adopt a best-of-breed network function virtualisation (NFV) strategy. Condor's...
Riverbed’s Cascade now in the cloud
Riverbed Technology has announced a virtual edition of Riverbed Cascade Express 460, which provides visibility into private cloud or software-defined data centre environments running virtualised networks so IT teams can quickly view network and application performance...
The real business value of SOA and cloud
The promise of both cloud and service-oriented architecture (SOA) is about delivering services to businesses, within and beyond the enterprise, with increased agility, speed and cost effectiveness, leading to greater innovation, improved collaboration, customer...
Securing the enterprise is critical
In the past two years, cloud computing and mobility have emerged as mainstream technologies, transforming enterprise technology strategies. What was initially a phenomenon of consumer technology moving into the business world is now driving the enterprise-wide IT...
Migrating your SME to Office 365
The Microsoft Office 365 suite is a cloud-based version of traditional Microsoft Office software, and offers organisations a number of benefits. Office 365 is particularly suited to the Small to Medium Enterprise (SME) market, as the agility of these organisations...
CommVault enhances partner programme
CommVault has announced new enhancements to its PartnerAdvantage programme, designed to help channel partners accelerate revenue growth and simplify collaboration as they expand into new markets such as data protection, archiving, mobility and cloud services. The...
Is cloud right for your business?
Cloud computing is now evolving and growing exponentially, and businesses of all sizes, and across all industries are adapting to and adopting cloud technologies. Industry experts concur – cloud is here to stay, and will only continue to grow and develop more in the...