Cloud predictions for 2019 and beyond

Customer experience matters today more than ever, because we are all consumers, says Genesys.

While migrating to the cloud is not cheap, an average business can gain an ROI within a year of implementing the tech, says Britehouse.

Moving to the cloud requires a careful, skilled and managed approach, which is best handled by what the IT industry terms a `cloud architect', says Colin Thornton, MD of Turrito Networks.

The far-reaching integration of digital technology within an organisation is fundamentally challenging all areas of businesses, says Graeme Dendy, operations and services manager for Converged Solutions at Datacentrix.

Infor has announced an agreement to receive a $1.5 billion investment from shareholders Koch Equity Development and Golden Gate Capital.

Poised to be the third wave of the cloud revolution, private cloud 3.0will be adopted by forward-thinking organisations, says Cloudistics.

The local cloud services market is expected to explode when Amazon Web Services and Microsoft open their data centres in South Africa.

The application owners must decide where their apps reside, and this is driving a shift in how IT and enterprises operate, says VMware's Dave Funnell.

INFINIDAT, an international leader in software-centric data storage solutions, is sponsoring this year's ITWeb Cloud Summit at The Forum, Bryanston.

Veritas Technologies has announced that its flagship products, Veritas NetBackup and Veritas Backup Exec, have attained Amazon Web Services Storage Competency status.

Delegates attending ITWeb Cloud Summit 2019 will gain an understanding of how they can leverage cloud technologies to streamline business processes.