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Digital trust: what’s it really worth?
Digital trust may appear to be a fairly meaningless buzzword, but in fact digital trust may prove to be the currency of the future, and failing to safeguard it could be a costly mistake. Digital trust, in a nutshell, is…
Cloud-based portfolio company appoints Riaan Burger
Riaan Burger, CFA, FRM, a well-known investment performance consultant, has decided to rejoin StatPro, a global provider of cloud-based portfolio analytics and asset pricing services for the global asset management industry, on a full-time basis to serve as a Senior…
Veeam and Nutanix Accelerate Digital Transformation for the Always-On Enterprise
Provider of solutions that delivers Availability for the Always-On Enterprise™, Veeam Software today announced an expanded partnership with Nutanix, a provider of enterprise cloud computing and hyper-converged infrastructure, in which Veeam becomes the Premier Availability solution provider for Nutanix virtualized…
Digitally transform for a new breed of customer
Given the exponential growth of data generated by mobile devices in the connected business landscape, organisations have no choice but to embrace digital transformation initiatives. But while technology is an important aspect of it, customer experience will be one of…
Multi-tenancy for the cloud enables economies of scale
Multi-tenancy is an architecture where a single instance of a software application runs on a server and services multiple customers – referred to, in this case, as tenants. “Multi-tenancy enables separation between tenants running applications in a shared environment,” explains…
New Customer Engagement Cloud Solutions to Advance Digital Transformation
Avaya has announced their new offering, Avaya Customer Engagement Cloud solutions, a set of advanced capabilities and services that aims to help businesses keep customers engaged, happy and coming back. Comprised of Avaya Oceana for omni-channel customer engagement and built…
The irresistible allure and unstoppable rise of the public cloud
The International Data Corporation (IDC) forecasts that more than 80 percent of IT organisations will be committed to hybrid cloud architectures by the end of this year, vastly driving the rate and pace of change in organisations. In addition, its…
Microsoft To Empower Nonprofits In Nigeria
In an attempt to aid and accelerate the adoption of technology among Nonprofit organisations in Nigeria, Microsoft have reaffirmed their commitment to Nonprofits by providing them with the necessary technology which will enable them to find more creative ways to…
New Director to bolster development in key markets, with security and cloud at the fore
F5 Networks (NASDAQ: FFIV) has appointed Matthew Barker as its new Director for the sub-Saharan Africa region. Reporting directly to Diego Arrabal, Middle East and Africa VP, F5 Networks, Barker will lead a team comprised of salespeople, channel staff and…
True Cloud for carrier-neutral service providers: moving beyond direct connect models
As adoption and use of public cloud services accelerates, carrier-neutral service providers have moved quickly to create new offerings that benefit hybrid cloud scenarios, says James Thomason, chief technology officer of HyperGrid, the enterprise cloud service company that provides public-cloud…
Oracle recognised for Mobile Cloud Service Growth
Oracle today announced that it has been named a leader in Gartner’s 2017 “Magic Quadrant for Mobile Application Development Platforms” report. This recognition is another milestone in the growth of Oracle Mobile Cloud Service, part of Oracle Cloud Platform, this…
SA Government’s Cloud pledge
Government’s recent announcement to decisively embrace Microsoft’s Cloud Productivity (Office 365) tools will have a very positive impact on service delivery and governance. Last week, the CEO of the State IT Agency (SITA), Dr Setumo Mohapi, confirmed a Master Agreement…
Managing the value of data
The value of data is something that has progressed from a technology discussion into a business imperative. No organisation can survive in the always-on environment without having access to data. Fortunately, better business resilience is to be had by…
Opinion: Cloud Control
The City of Cape Town’s decision to introduce flexible hours to combat heavy traffic has cast a spotlight on existing business inefficiencies, and highlighted the need for enterprises to find alternative logistical solutions in the cloud. Thanks to legacy hardware,…
First mobile app to facilitate donations launched
Disaster response organisation, Gift of the Givers Foundation, has launched a first-of-its-kind mobile app to facilitate donations. Specially designed to rally support and encourage people to engage with a common cause, The app was developed jointly by SAP Africa, Assegai…
Digital transformation, the centrepiece of growth
More than two-thirds of CEOs of the 2,000 largest global organisations have identified digital transformation as the centrepiece of their growth and profitability strategies (1) moving forward. To successfully transform, business leaders are recognising the need for new ways to…
