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6 Major African Banks Turn to IBM for Hybrid Cloud & AI
IBM today announced that 6 major financial institutions across Africa have selected the technology corporation for hybrid cloud and AI capabilities to promote digital innovation and continue developing digital-first solutions. COVID-19 continues to accelerate the already rapid changes that were…
Datacentrix Partners OutSystems to Expand Rapid App Development in Africa
Hybrid IT systems integrator and managed services provider Datacentrix has signed a partnership agreement, for both Africa and the Middle East, with the OutSystems industry-leading application development platform. “The OutSystems modern application platform was designed to accelerate the development and…
+OneX Partners Teraco to Streamline Journeys into the Hybrid Cloud
New-age solutions and systems integrator, +OneX, has partnered with Teraco Data Environments to provide its enterprise customers with access to secure, resilient infrastructure at the heart of Africa’s largest, vendor-neutral data centre and interconnection services provider. +OneX will leverage Teraco’s…
Largest-Ever Data Centre Expansion in Africa to Cost $500M Across 10 Countries
Africa Data Centres, one of the continent’s leading carrier-neutral co-location data centre providers, has announced plans to build large hyperscale data centres throughout Africa, including the North African countries of Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt. According to a statement today released…
The Most Striking Findings Coming Out of COVID-Driven Cloud Adoption
“If COVID has taught us anything, it is that we are not using cloud enough,” says Synthesis Head of Cloud Computing Darryl Govender. Previously, everyone walked into a bank or shop with ease. Suddenly banks, retailers and industries across the…
Huawei Release Industry’s First Data Centre Switch Built for AI: CloudEngine 16800
At the Huawei network product launch event for Spring 2019 titled “A CloudEngine Built for the AI Era,” Huawei revealed the industry’s first data center switch built for Artificial Intelligence (AI) era –– CloudEngine 16800. Huawei identifies three features of…
6 Top Cloud Migration Strategies Unpacked
Is your business planning to migrate applications and services into the cloud, but you’re still unsure of what the steps should be, and what each step requires? Before anything else, the first step is to understand everything you have running…
Why More Manufacturers are Using the Cloud
Globally, the manufacturing sector plays a significant role in driving economic growth, job creation, and lifting people out of poverty. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, however, global manufacturing output has been in decline and Kenyan manufacturers say they…
Free Webinar Recording: Navigating Change in Africa with Oracle Cloud
IT leaders are meeting times of unprecedented change with even greater advances propelled by the use of the cloud to drive innovation, but as IT leaders shift their focus toward digital transformation initiatives, the need for a different type of…
Synology Releases New Coud Service to Secure File Transfers for Businesses and Teams
Synology today announced the availability of C2 Transfer, a new cloud solution designed to securely transfer files between businesses and their clients, partners, and other external parties. Synology’s on-premises storage solutions already empower businesses and home users to solve their…
Huawei Intelligent Cloud-Network Accelerates Digital Transformation Across Industries
At the 18th Huawei Global Analyst Summit held in Shenzhen from April 12 to 14, Huawei announced the latest innovations and developments in its Intelligent Cloud-Network Solution. At this annual event, Steven Zhao, Vice President of Huawei’s Data Communication Product…
IBM’s Siyasanga Sihawu on Cloud Adoption Strategies and Women in Tech
August is Women’s Month in South Africa – and this month IT News Africa has been connecting with women in technology to provide needed signal-boosting for individuals in an industry that, especially in Africa, is male-dominated. ITNA’s Luis Monzon had the…
How Hybrid Cloud & AI Boost Innovation in Africa’s Banking Sector
Over the past few years, organisations across sectors have embarked on their digital transformation journeys at a moderate pace following industry predictions. The pandemic fast-tracked digital transformation as companies looked to emerging technologies in order to avoid business interruptions and…
Is South Africa Ready for the Next Phase in the Cloud Evolution?
Public cloud has taken centre stage in the global IT space, thanks in large part to the pandemic forcing accelerated adoption of next-generation technology solutions. According to Forrester Research, the global public cloud infrastructure market will grow 35% to $120-billion…
Teraco Completes Massive Data Centre Facility in South Africa
Teraco Data Environments Proprietary Limited, one of Africa’s largest vendor-neutral data centre and interconnection services providers, has announced the completion of the JB3 data centre facility, located within the Isando Campus in Ekurhuleni, east of Johannesburg, South Africa. The…
Guide: 9 Approaches for Businesses to Cybersecure Their Cloud Migration
As businesses migrate to the cloud from legacy infrastructures to stay agile and resilient, it is important to view cloud migration and cybersecurity under the same lens. They are often considered separately as businesses try to expedite migration – losing…
