With the dramatic increase in cloud adoption, organizations are relying more on cloud technology than ever before. To safely embrace this shift from traditional services to the cloud, it is imperative to take necessary measures that can improve the security infrastructure of the cloud environment. With the latest advancements...
With an increasing number of organisations moving their infrastructure and services to the cloud, many are adopting multi-cloud strategies, meaning that a host of different cloud computing and storage services are used in one heterogenous architecture. While there are many benefits of distributing cloud assets, software, and applications across...
Nutanix, a leader in hybrid multicloud computing, today announced new features in its Cloud Platform to accelerate the adoption of Kubernetes running both at scale and cost-effectively. The company announced broad support for leading Kubernetes container platforms, built-in infrastructure as code capabilities, and enhanced data services for modern applications....
NTT Ltd., a leading IT infrastructure and services company and parent company of Dimension Data, today announced the opening of its latest data center in Johannesburg, South Africa. Johannesburg 1 Data Center is part of NTT’s expansion into the African continent with a capacity of 12MW covering 6,000m² of...
Leading insurance group, Prudential plc (Prudential) (www.Prudentialplc.com) and Google Cloud today announced a strategic partnership to enhance health and financial inclusion for communities across Asia and Africa.
Under this alliance, Prudential will leverage Google Cloud’s data analytics capabilities, secure and sustainable infrastructure, and the broader Google ecosystem, to accelerate its...
Absa Bank Kenya has announced a new partnership with Huawei on a SD-WAN Solution to build a new digital foundation for branch networks.
To meet the digital transformation requirements, Huawei and Absa Bank Kenya's technical team conducted in-depth discussions and surveys.
Based on the bank’s actual requirements and digital strategy, as...
Oracle has announced that MySQL HeatWave is available on Amazon Web Services (AWS). MySQL HeatWave is the only service that combines OLTP, analytics, machine learning, and machine learning-based automation within a single MySQL database.
AWS users can now run transaction processing, analytics, and machine learning workloads in one service,...
Pan-African cloud computing provider Liquid Cloud has today announced that it has been approved by Amazon Web Service (AWS) as a Direct Connect Delivery Partner.
Liquid Cloud will now be one of four partners in Africa to secure this certification after undergoing an extensive and rigorous technical and business review...
Africa Data Centres, one of the continent's largest networks of interconnected, carrier- and cloud-neutral data centre facilities, and part of the Cassava Technologies group, has taken a significant step forward in its widescale expansion into Africa by joining forces with Nigeria's principle internet exchange point: IXPN.
"IXPN is unquestionably the...
Cloud adoption continues to be important for many organizations as they transform how they do business in today’s digital world. While there are many benefits associated with cloud adoption, the security implications of moving to the cloud cannot be ignored if organizations are to fully embrace it.
This blog outlines...
Today, tech giant Amazon and its cloud computing arm Amazon Web Services (AWS), have announced the opening of a new office in Johannesburg, South Africa to support growing customer demand for its services.
According to a statement from the company, the new office will aim to bolster South Africa’s burgeoning...
Pick n Pay Group, one of the largest retailers in South Africa has migrated its entire on-premises IT infrastructure to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud.
This is according to an announcement released today by the Amazon cloud computing company.
According to AWS, Pick n Pay had been working with Lemongrass...
Cassava Technology's pan-African data centre group Africa Data Centres (ADC) has today announced a drawing of the first portion of its $300-million strategic investment made by the United States International Development Finance Corporation (DFC).
The company says that this first $83 million is being applied towards expanding ADC's data centres...
Integrating cloud marketplaces in your supply chain is no longer optional—it’s essential.
Cloud-based marketplaces speed up the whole procurement chain, and they enhance control, risk management, and governance for businesses.
According to a new Forrester report, software companies selling in AWS Marketplace achieve an average 81% return on investment (ROI),...
Adopting edge computing is the next important step in future-proofing your infrastructure.
By moving data processing towards the ‘edge’, you bring real-time decision-making to where it’s needed. This supports whatever capabilities will be critical tomorrow, from the Internet of Things (IoT) technologies to Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered applications.
Edge computing will...
