Cloud is in, but big data trails

Nov 20, 2014

Although most organisations (97%) use or plan to use cloud, and nearly half have implemented a mobility strategy, big data adoption is trailing as approximately 60% of organisations surveyed do not know how to leverage it. This is one of the findings from Dell’s first Global Technology Adoption Index (GTAI), which uncovered how organisations are truly using security, cloud, mobility and big data to drive success.

Choosing the right cloud payroll solution

Nov 18, 2014

More and more South African SMEs are embracing cloud-based software for their payroll and accounting needs. By embracing cloud-based software, they can simplify their IT environments, save money, and achieve the flexibility to get more done quicker. “With an online...

Awakening Africa’s digital potential

Nov 18, 2014

Earlier this year, technology research house Gartner released a report entitled Taming the Digital Dragon as part of its 2014 CIO Agenda. In it, it suggests that if CIOs don’t respond quickly to a tsunami of digital opportunities, they will be washed away – but if...

Personal cloud headaches for IT

Nov 18, 2014

The simplicity of cloud-based solutions for personal storage has triggered rapid expansion of ‘shadow IT’ in the average organisation, in turn bringing a range of new threats and risks into the IT environment. That’s according to Oliver Potgieter, director of Alto...

Cloud is not just about hosting

Nov 13, 2014

Cloud computing is not just about moving your data to the internet. Hosting, virtualisation, and storage are all vital components when it comes to something that has become an accepted part of business conversations, says Muggie van Staden, MD of Obsidian Systems. But...