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How to get your digital resilience strategy right
The pandemic, which by now is widely known to have accelerated digital transformation across sectors, has vividly demonstrated to organisations the importance of being always-on and that their data is a digital business asset. Nathan Steiner, Senior Director, Systems Engineering,…
ITC Secure and Cassava Technologies Announce Security Partnership
ITC Secure (ITC), a leading advisory-led cyber security services company and a Microsoft Gold cyber security partner, and Cassava Technologies (CassavaTechnologies.com), the pan-African technology leader, announced today that they have entered into a Joint Venture (JV) to build and launch…
Synthesis is Awarded AWS Consultancy Partner of the Year – SSA
Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) announced this year’s EMEA AWS Partner winners. The winners are channel leaders in the AWS Partner Network (APN) who play a key role in helping customers drive innovation and build solutions on the AWS Cloud. AWS…
Africa Data Centres’ New 10MW Data Centre Offically Opens in Lagos
Africa Data Centres, one of the largest networks of interconnected, carrier- and cloud-neutral data centre facilities on the continent, has announced the official opening of its new 10MW data centre facility in Lagos, Nigeria. The new facility, the company says,…
Africa Data Centres Announces 2 Further Facilities in Nairobi
Africa Data Centres, the continent’s leading carrier-neutral co-location data centre provider, is strongly expanding in Nairobi. The company has begun the development of a second data centre of up to 20MW of IT load and is securing land for a…
Africa Data Centres Reveals Continent’s Largest-Ever Data Centre Expansion Plan
Africa’s leading carrier-neutral co-location data centre provider, Africa Data Centres, has announced plans to build large hyperscale data centres throughout Africa, including the North African countries of Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt. The project will involve building 10 hyperscale data centres,…
How to Move from Channels to Seamless Engagement for Better CX
The global COVID-19 pandemic has altered the way the world lives and works and has forever changed the way customers and employees view communication and engagement. Since the start of the pandemic, digital adoption and usage rates have soared as…
Absa Brings Cloud Computing Skills to Thousands Across Africa
Absa Group says that it is set to exceed its goal of equipping 1,500 staff members across Africa with cloud-computing skills this year through its cloud incubator initiative. Absa launched the cloud incubator programme in March to support its digital…
Networks Unlimited Partners Netskope as World-Leading Cloud Access Security Broker   Â
African value-added distributor Networks Unlimited has announced a partnership agreement with Netskope, a US-based cloud, data and network security provider, and a leader in the application of the Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) and Cloud Access Security Brokerage (CASB), also…
Why Energy Efficiency is Key to Sustainable Data Centres in Africa
Access to affordable, reliable and environmentally sustainable sources of electricity is a pressing issue for the growing number of Data Centre operators across Africa. These facilities need to ensure high availability of power to mitigate downtime, but many African countries…
Oracle & Orange to Launch Cloud Services in These West African Countries
US-based cloud computing multi-tech Oracle and French telecom Orange have announced that they have signed a collaboration agreement as part of a joint plan to accelerate cloud-led digital transformation in West Africa. Under the agreement, the two companies will assess…
Why Hybrid Models Will Dominate South Africa’s Cloud Landscape
Over the past 15 months, we have seen South African organisations accelerate their adoption of cloud-based business models to support work-from-anywhere and digital customer experiences. Yet many enterprises have raced to the cloud with piecemeal, ad hoc approaches that will…
Kubernetes & Containerisation: What You Need to Know
The emergence of Kubernetes and containerisation is arguably more important for the evolution of computing than virtualisation about 15 years ago and is poised to see massive uptake in the coming years, providing an attractive skills investment for those looking…
Construction Begins on ‘Largest Data Centre in Africa’ Worth $1-Billion
Vantage Data Centers, a leading provider of hyperscale data centres, has announced the beginning of construction on its new R15-billion ($1.01-billion) data centre campus in Midrand, near Johannesburg, South Africa. The first phase of the 80MW campus is scheduled to…
Microsoft Expands its Azure Availability Zones in South Africa
Tech giant Microsoft has announced that it has expanded its Azure Availability Zones, making them generally available in the Johannesburg data centre region (SA North) of South Africa. Azure Availability Zones form an important building block of comprehensive business continuity…
Africa Data Centres Unveils New Data Centre in Midrand, Johannesburg
Africa Data Centres, the only pan-African network of interconnected, carrier-and cloud-neutral data centres on the continent, has completed its new Johannesburg data centre, based in its Midrand Campus, which, the company says, is one of the largest in Africa. This…
