Not every organisation that has migrated to the cloud has reaped the rewards promised in terms of faster development and deployment cycles, simplified infrastructure management, and most importantly, a reduction in costs. Some are going as far as repatriating their infrastructure back into on-premises environments, perhaps because they understand it better and they find they…
The panel at OpenText Summit Africa 2025. At the OpenText Summit Africa 2025, held in Sandton on 4 September, a panel discussion tackled one of the most pressing questions facing organisations today: how do businesses drive transformation while simultaneously elevating human potential? Moderated by Shanaaz Moosa, Sales Director for public sector and cyber security at…
Absa’s Johnson Idesoh and AWS’s Tanuja Randery put pen to paper to further entrench digital service delivery through cloud migration. Absa Group has announced a strategic partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to accelerate its migration to cloud as part of its continuous digital transformation journey. The companies established an alliance in 2015 and, according…
Banking group Absa and cloud services giant Amazon Web Services have announced an expansion of their commercial relationship that will see AWS become Absa’s “preferred cloud partner”. According to a statement on Monday, the partnership is aimed at delivering more agile, secure and customer-focused financial services. “This partnership reflects our ambition to be a digitally…
Keagan Boshoff, Senior Business Development Manager, Huawei Cloud. (Image: Supplied) Retail has entered an era where the distinction between digital and physical shopping is disappearing. Customers want to browse on their phones, step into a store and feel as though both experiences are part of the same journey. “Your shoppers don’t think online and offline…
Technology decisions are seldom about technology alone. Business leaders need to consider direction, resilience and the ability to move as the world changes. For many entities, SQL Server sits at the heart of that challenge. It is the database that powers daily operations, yet it is also the system that has to evolve if businesses…
Carlos Jasso/Reuters Google has struck a six-year cloud computing deal with Meta Platforms worth more than US$10-billion, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday. It would be the search giant’s second big agreement recently after one with OpenAI. Under the agreement, Meta will use Google Cloud’s servers, storage, networking and other services, the…
Fintechs choose cloud technologies in the hopes that the efficiency and scalability of cloud computing will give them a competitive advantage. But cloud adoption is no silver bullet. If done incorrectly, a migration to the cloud can cause costs to balloon instead of decreasing them, leading to frustration and even lost revenue. Kinetic Skunk is…
Elizabeth Taruvinga, cyber security training and advisory at Bright Wyze Training and Advisory Solutions. Businesses rely on the cloud to store data and support daily operations, but this also means exposure to cyber security threats. Regular security assessments are critical to mitigate risks, says Elizabeth Taruvinga, cloud security expert at Bright Wyze Training and Advisory…
Murray Campbell, SVP for cloud and security in MEA at NTT DATA. Digital business and technology services provider NTT DATA has partnered with Google Cloud in a global alliance to accelerate the adoption of agentic AI and AI-powered cloud innovation in enterprises. The companies stated the collaboration combines NTT DATA’s industry expertise in AI, cloud-native…
