When migrating to the cloud, defining upfront what business processes need to be delivered, in a compliant way, is key, says David Preston, MD of Canon South Africa.
Resilience is the result of having a flexible infrastructure and the capability to bounce back from outages, says Dolf Snyman, account director at CA Southern Africa.
Improving cost management and making businesses more agile for a digitally driven market have been the most common benefits of going the cloud route, says Frik van der Westhuizen, CEO of EQPlus.
A cloud-based unified communications and collaboration platform is crucial to the modern enterprise, says Rob Lith, CCO at Telviva.
The vast amount of data collected in the metaverse alone creates a new generation of security challenges, says Dan Conrad, AD Security and Management team lead at One Identity.
You need more than one backup, which you must keep offline, so any ransomware doesn’t have time to populate a backup, says Henk Olivier, MD at Ozone Information Technology Distribution.
There is a lot of redundant data that does not need to be preserved long-term, such as system images or replaceable data, says Florian Malecki, executive VP marketing at Arcserve.
A solid data management and protection strategy is non-negotiable, says Pieter Engelbrecht, business unit manager: data management solutions at Datacentrix.
As companies move towards hybrid cloud environments, so hackers find more avenues to exploit, says Fred Mitchell, software solutions division manager at Drive Control Corporation.
Reducing owned assets and renting key assets such as IT equipment reduces cashflow restraints and supports growth and new projects, says Kwirirai Rukowo, GM of Qrent.
Taking a circular approach to the procurement, re-use and repair of IT assets will impact overall ESG efforts and close the loop in the IT circular economy, says Zakhe Khuzwayo, CFO of InnoVent.
Compliance exists at the intersection of cost and risk, says Dolf Snyman, account director at CA Southern Africa.