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A Cyberattack Happens Every 11 Seconds, Choose Your Cloud Wisely
Cybersecurity experts predict that there is currently a cyberattack incident approximately every 11 seconds worldwide. This is almost double what it was in 2019 (every 19 seconds), and four times more than five years ago (every 40 seconds in 2016).…
Navigating Change in Africa with Oracle Cloud
As IT leaders shift their focus toward digital transformation initiatives, the need for a different type of cloud emerges. A cloud that’s easier to use, more cost-effective to own, and simpler to manage. Oracle Cloud is the first cloud designed…
Microsoft Launches Windows 365 Virtual Desktop, Reveals Pricing
Microsoft has launched its Windows 365 Cloud PC desktop-as-a-service product for general availability on 2 August 2021. The new Cloud service was first unveiled by Microsoft last month with the company saying it would reveal pricing the date of the…
ProLabs: Edge Data Centres Are All About Location, Speed and Connectivity
Data centre operators need more storage, computing power and higher bandwidth to connect more devices. On top of these needs, they have a requirement to reduce the time it takes to get data to and from their customers. This is according…
Network Disaster Recovery Plans are an Insurance Policy for Your Business Operations
Civic-minded South Africans watched with growing concern at the recent extreme civil unrest incidents that flared up around parts of the country. Society and the government alike were caught largely unawares, with the defence minister shockingly clarifying that the South…
How Will PoPIA Impact Cloud Providers?
While COVID-19 has seen organisations shift to cloud platforms overnight to help them remain operational while their workforces are operating remotely, too many are not up to speed with what this means in terms of their data. This is particularly…
10 Vital Trends to Consider for Data Cloud Analytics
2021 has been the year of the Data Cloud. Snowflake estimates that there are still hundreds of millions of data sets isolated in cloud data storage and on-premises data centres globally. The Data Cloud eliminates these silos, allowing a business…
Nedbank & Amazon Commit to Providing Free Cloud Skills to Unemployed Youth in SA
Nedbank has joined forces with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to provide free cloud computing skills development and job training to unemployed youth through the AWS re/Start programme. AWS re/Start is a free, 12-week training programme, covering fundamental AWS Cloud and…
Storing Data in the New PoPIA World
With the Protection of Personal Information Act (PoPI Act or PoPIA) being enforced, more and more South African companies must reconsider their data storage location policy especially when a public cloud is in the picture. Uncertainty with Cloud Storage Cloud…
Adama Diouf of SYLVERSYS Talks Amazon Partnership, Cloud Computing and Digital Transformation in Africa
SYLVERSYS is a solutions integration company that currently provides its services for African countries, mainly in the West Africa region. With a speciality in providing secure computer and network products/solutions for businesses and organizations in the private and public sector,…
Vodacom Partners with Digital Parks Africa to Expand Data Centre Footprint
For more than a decade, Vodacom Business has provided premium data centre facilities to businesses across the country for hosting and managing information technology (IT) services. Now, in partnership with Digital Parks Africa, a provider of wholesale data centres for…
Chasing the Unicorn: The Global Search for Cloud Skills
Whenever there is a new technology trend or an evolution of how organisations service their customers through technology, we have subsequent demand for new or enhanced IT skills. The recent increase in cloud computing has created an increased demand for…
Synology Launches DSM 7.0 and C2 Cloud Expansion – Taking Data Management into Next-Gen
Synology today announced the imminent release of DiskStation Manager (DSM) 7.0 and a massive expansion of the Synology C2 platform with four new cloud services. Focusing on enhancing security, system management capabilities, and improving data collaboration, DSM 7.0 is an…
Microsoft Reaches $2-Trillion Valuation Driven by Cloud Computing Offerings
Microsoft has taken its place as the second US publicly traded company in history to reach a $2-trillion market value, joining predecessor Apple in a very exclusive club. The company has been buoyed by betting its dominance in enterprise cloud…
Sage Provides Award-Winning Cloud Solutions to Help All Businesses Perform at Their Best
Sage is the global market leader for technology that helps small and medium businesses perform at their best. The company is trusted by millions of customers worldwide to deliver the best cloud technology and support, with our partners, to manage…
Award-Winning Synology NAS DiskStations Available NOW on Jumia.ng
Synology today announces that DiskStation, its award-winning NAS server dedicated to data sharing and backup, is now available at the largest online store in Nigeria – Jumia. This announcement comes with a grand opening special offer: 10% on all items…
