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Microsoft addresses cloud adoption in Kenya at 2017 Connected Summit
Microsoft has been announced as a participant at the 2017 Connected Summit, currently taking place in Kwale County, Kenya between 9 and 13 April. Microsoft will help lead the discussion around this year’s theme of “Shaping the Future”, which will explore…
Africa’s Infrastructure Challenges Eased By Cloud Alternatives
The amount of businesses embracing an online strategy is driving an urgent review of legacy infrastructure according to Michele McCann, business development manager, Teraco. Following her panel discussion at this year’s WAN Summit in New York City, McCann says that…
Small business back-ups – a critical task made easy thanks to the cloud
Data has become a crucial asset for all types of businesses, ranging from home offices to large enterprises that have multiple locations. Losing this data can be catastrophic to any business. The good news is that effective data protection is…
Online payroll solution for start up and small businesses launched in Kenya
Market and technology for integrated accounting, payroll & HR and payment systems, Sage has announced today that Sage One Payroll is now available in Kenya from 3 April. The cloud solution integrates with Sage One Accounting, offering a business solution…
Online accounting platform surpasses 1 million subscribers globally
Xero Limited, an online accounting software company has recently surpassed one million subscribers* worldwide on its global cloud accounting platform. Xero has doubled subscriber numbers in less than two years and has quickly grown to become a global accounting platform,…
Taking the mid-market to cloud
Let’s be honest, being in the middle isn’t always seen as a good thing. “Middle of the road” isn’t an especially flattering description, while being “piggy in the middle” isn’t a desirable position. But when it comes to the mid-market,…
IBM Bluemix container Service to fuel development of Cognitive Apps
IBM announced a new container service on Bluemix, its cloud platform, to fuel the speed and simplicity at which developers can build and manage more secure and cognitive apps. Available on IBM Cloud, this service uses Kubernetes, an open-source container…
The cloud is broadening its horizons
Cloud technology is no longer the new kid on the block. It has slowly and steadily infiltrated almost all aspects of our lives, from personal device storage to large-scale enterprise management systems, bringing with it convenience, but more importantly for…
Cloud Security: the 5 most important considerations
Forewarned, as they say, is forearmed. And being well-armed for the barrage of emerging cyber threats is essential as you plot your journey to enterprise cloud services. T-Systems’ AJ Hartenberg looks at the 5 biggest cloud security considerations: 1. Responsibility…
How a cloud business continuity strategy can save your business
Business continuity is imperative for the success of any organisation, especially in a market where customers demand constant availability and where certain IT applications and systems can be as critical as life and death. Downtime is simply unacceptable. Without the…
Wingu revamped redefines cloud in Africa
Wingu, Africa’s first Ubuntu-certified public cloud computing platform and wholly-owned subsidiary of XON, the sub-Sahara African ICT group, has revamped its cloud service to cater for 18 months of operational experience in meeting customer expectations. The revamped service delivers access…
6 Rules of Disruption- Dell EMC Forum
At the recent Dell EMC Forum hosted in Johannesburg on the 9th of March, keynote speaker Nigel Moulton, gave his address to the attentive audience on the 6 rules for disruption. Moulton, who is the CTO, Converged Platforms and Solutions Division…
Veeam unveils new Availability integration for Cisco HyperFlex
Veeam® Software has expanded its partnership with Cisco by integrating directly with Cisco’s HyperFlex hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) platform. The integration of Veeam Availability SuiteTM with the software-defined networking and computing power of Cisco UCS with the Cisco HyperFlex HX Data Platform is…
Top 5 cloud computing predictions for 2017
Infrastructure growth for Cloud providers Despite the recent enthusiasm for Cloud services, a fair percentage of local firms have delayed their Cloud migration journeys – as they wring the final drops of sweat from their legacy infrastructure. 2017 will see…
Navigating a Successful Journey toward IoT and Big Data in the Cloud
It is predicted that by 2020, 25 billion devices will be connected to IoT and 600 zettabytes of information will be sitting in the cloud. The cloud is the big enabler if you want to leverage the new IoT economy…
Your PaaS(port) to app development success in the cloud era
While the operating environment for modern businesses has been dramatically reshaped by a number of technology trends in the last few years, few of these have had the impact of cloud computing on extending the boundaries of productivity beyond the…
