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Introducing Cloud ERP for construction
One Channel, one of Africa’s cloud business solutions provider, has announced the release of Acumatica Construction Edition, an end-to-end cloud business management system for general contractors, home builders, subcontractors, speciality contractors and land developers. The Construction Edition is the latest…
Amazon CloudFront expands into Africa
Since launching Amazon CloudFront in November 2008, they’ve been continuously expanding their infrastructure footprint around the world to improve availability and performance for content delivery. Today, they are excited to announce the launch of two new Edge locations: one in…
Cloudbanter apps and phone technology now powered by Artificial Intelligence capabilities
Global mobile technology provider Cloudbanter is offering mobile users a unique new way of utilizing Artificial Intelligence (AI) within its messaging, apps and phone technology. Cloudbanter technology, which is available through a range of platforms including AI Messages, the AI…
Cisco Live 2018: Applications are the lifeblood of an organisation
Cloud solutions are the best way to write applications and enterprises have seen that there is a rapid pace of innovation, easier deployment and evolution of applications in the cloud, so said Senior Vice President of Cisco’s Cloud Platform and…
Policy administration in the cloud
The move towards the cloud has seen insurers rethink their approach to not only solution development but also policy administration. Increasingly, ‘as a service’ is becoming pervasive in the industry. Claudette Steynberg, product manager at SilverBridge, takes a closer look.…
SAP galvanizes the enterprise with intelligent new products and choice
SAP SE recently announced new products and partnerships to enable enterprises to become more intelligent, with expanded capabilities from advanced technologies such as conversational artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain and analytics. SAP also announced that SAP® Cloud Platform is now available on…
Latency issues cloud the public cloud experience
South African businesses, like many worldwide, are increasingly eyeing the cloud; shifting applications, services and infrastructure to the cloud where they are more accessible and available. This enables better productivity and business continuity. However, according to Securicom – a leading…
Liquid Telecom widens availability of Microsoft Azure Stack across Africa
Pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom has announced the availability of Microsoft Azure Stack – an extension of an ever-expanding set of cloud services to consistently develop and run hybrid cloud applications – to select African markets. Leveraging its pan-African fibre…
The ‘quick win’ that can kickstart your Cloud migration journey
‘Slowly, and then all at once’. This eloquent line from author John Green aptly describes the nature of Cloud migration for South African enterprises. For years, we have discussed the Cloud in abstract terms, tested it out in isolated projects…
App usage reveals different cloud priorities for African markets
When it comes to hosting and accessing applications in the cloud, businesses in South Africa have very different priorities to those in Kenya and Nigeria. An obvious statement perhaps, considering that these markets are vastly different in their technology adoption…
Rethinking data security with a Risk Adaptive Approach
The two megatrends of cloud-based applications and mobile devices have been a boon for company productivity, agility, and innovation. This is according to Christo van Staden, Forcepoint Regional Manager: Sub-Saharan Africa. The mobile-cloud combo empowers employees to work and be…
What to expect at the Apple WWDC 2018
Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference, or WWDC, has officially kicked off and will run up till June 8, 2018, at the McEnery Convention Center in San José, California. The highly anticipated event will host thousands of developers journalists and industry…
GTT completes acquisition of Interoute
GTT Communications, a global cloud networking provider to multinational clients, announced today the completion of its acquisition of Interoute, operator of one of Europe’s largest independent fibre networks. “The acquisition of Interoute represents a major milestone in delivering on our…
Keeping up with the increasing security risk of the mobile-cloud era
The two megatrends of cloud-based applications and mobile devices have been a boon for company productivity, agility, and innovation. The mobile-cloud combo empowers employees to work and be productive literally anywhere. However, the mobile-cloud era has created a conundrum for…
Hybrid Cloud as a platform for business innovation
Cloud computing is one of those innovations that opened a door through which has flooded even more innovation. Originally, infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) offerings built on server and storage virtualization enabled rapid deployment of virtual servers. As IaaS has matured, though, it’s…
Cloud skills impending cloud adoption in Africa
The race to the cloud continues as South Africa is slowly transforming into a digital economy. Andrew Cruise, CEO, Routed, a cloud infrastructure provider, says that South Africa’s cloud maturity levels are still lower than other countries, but the market…
