“The development of the cloud over the last 15 years is one of the most significant convergences of computing and communications technologies in history,” says Alain Sanchez, Senior Evangelist for Fortinet. “It provides unprecedented agility...
VMworld global conference is currently underway in San Francisco and the company has made a number of announcements including the new and expanded cloud offerings designed to help customers meet the unique needs of traditional and modern applications. The...
When it comes to cloud computing, public cloud offerings are not always optimal for your business. A private cloud solution can offer the same scalability and agility as a public cloud deployment, with its own additional benefits. This is according to Marcel...
June 20, 2019 •
Cloud Computing •
Fundi Maseko •
Comments Off on The road to Intelligent Enterprise is paved by S/4HANA, says Hans-Peter Fülle
For business to thrive in the digital age, it needs a future-proof digital foundation that empowers it to take advantage of the latest revolutionary technologies. For a lot of businesses aiming to become intelligent enterprises, this will mean leveraging the...
With hyper-convergence adoption on the rise and IT leaders turning to hyper-converged infrastructure to deliver on-premise IT services with the speed and operational efficiency of the public cloud, locally managed IT services provider Troye has now introduced...
February 22, 2019 •
Cloud Computing •
Fundi Maseko •
Comments Off on Lacking a clear plan for public cloud will cost operators millions
Optiva software, a provider of mission-critical, cloud-native monetization solutions to communication service providers (CSPs) globally, is cautioning CSPs that failure to move core, cloud-native applications to the public cloud will result in the loss of...
At the recent AfricaCom 2018, cloud-computing services of Huawei, announced the launch of the first AI-integrated public cloud offering for Africa. Huawei Cloud South Africa region will start providing cloud services at the end of this year, allowing...
August 21, 2017 •
Cloud Computing, Security •
NetAdmin •
Comments Off on Cloud Technology: Discussing data compliance and security
When it comes to the adoption of public cloud computing the major concerns often remain focused on privacy and data security. In a heavily regulated environment like financial services, this is often magnified, and perceived issues often become an inhibitor...
August 18, 2017 •
Cloud Computing •
NetAdmin •
Comments Off on Opinion: Brendan McAravey discusses the future of SD-WAN
For those that haven’t been following the rapidly growing SD-WAN market, Cisco’s acquisition of Viptela may seem to have come out of the blue. After all, $610M is a hefty premium for a very young company with an estimated $30M in annual revenue. But for...
June 30, 2017 •
Cloud Computing •
NetAdmin •
Comments Off on 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...
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 analysts...
June 7, 2017 •
Cloud Computing, General •
NetAdmin •
Comments Off on New Solutions and Services for Hybrid Cloud introduced
NetApp has today introduced new hybrid cloud offerings that aims to give customers unprecedented ability to use data for competitive advantage. The announcements expand the company’s Data Fabric solutions and services portfolio to include the industry’s...
By 2020, nine out of 10 organisations will utilise hybrid cloud infrastructure, according to Gartner. With cloud spending in this area rising faster than ever before and data centre outsourcing on the decline, 2017 is set to be a tipping point for IaaS...
More than 554 million data records were stolen during the first half of 2016, a 31% increase from the previous six months – and that was just from the enterprises that reported their breaches. Unfortunately, many organisations that experienced a breach...
98% of NGO’s in South Africa believe that technology is essential to their day-to-day operations. This is according to a recent survey conducted by Microsoft, which polled NGO’s across the region. The research also found that NGO’s who have adopted...
September 9, 2015 •
Top Stories •
NetAdmin •
Comments Off on Finding the balance between IT governance and IT restriction
In the move towards a hybrid enterprise IT environment, where users can access applications, data and the underlying infrastructure located on-premises in data centres and private or public clouds, the way IT is managed has to change. The world is becoming a...
