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Africa embraces cloud even as security fears persist

While cloud computing is now a standard business tool among African businesses, IT decision-makers remain concerned about the spate of data breaches.

Simnikiwe Mzekandaba

Euphoria Telecom

Divorce your old PBX

There are five reasons why cloud-based PBX makes business sense, says John Woollam, CEO of Euphoria Telecom.

Euphoria Telecom

From mobile to efficient and productive

Companies must drive continued profitability and remain productive so they can survive lockdown and what comes afterwards, says Brett Orwin, Cisco BDM at Nexio.

EDS Systems debuts cloud-based carbon tax analytics tool

EcoGauge is a locally developed tool that simplifies carbon tax compliance.

ITWeb, in partnership with Mecer Inter-Ed, is running a survey on the value of IT training and certification amongst businesses and individuals in South Africa.

The survey aims to explore whether businesses think that there´s value in paying a training services provider, and if so, what is that value, and does the market understand that value?

In this survey, we examine, among other things:

Do you have a dedicated IT staff training budget?
What vendor certifications do you currently hold?
Which training formats do you find most effective?

By completing the questionnaire, you stand a chance to win a Takealot gift voucher to the value of R3000.

The detailed results of the survey and the winner of the lucky prize draw will be published on ITWeb.

Thank you for participating!

First Distribution

First Distribution signs up Supermicro for Africa

First Distribution, a pan-African distributor for cyber security, data centre, enterprise and cloud solutions, will distribute Supermicro offerings into West, East, Central and South Africa.

First Distribution

Intelligent GPS for the cloud contact centre

Proactively introducing new solutions and using tools such as speech and text analytics is setting a new standard in customer care, says Tanya Phillips, COO of Pivotal Data.

Chantelle Ashman

Tarsus on Demand opens Azure software competition

The competition will reward the best software solution built on Microsoft Azure with a go-to-market strategy.

Quest acquires Binary Tree

The acquisition allows Quest to strengthen its leading position and commitment to help customers with their next tough Microsoft challenge.

Second-generation FlashArray//C from Pure Storage makes all-flash more accessible, renders hybrid solutions obsolete

Pure Storage introduces the second-generation FlashArray//C, which it says reduces the cost of running capacity-oriented workloads so significantly it eliminates the need for legacy hybrid disk arrays.

ITWeb, in partnership with Altron Digital Business and Microsoft, is conducting a Cloud survey that delves into the state of current cloud adoption within South African organisations. The survey will also look at the productivity suites and business applications, infrastructure and the use of artificial intelligence.

In this survey, we examine, among other things:

What types of workloads are you running in the cloud;
What are the main challenges you face with your current IT infrastructure; and
What factors are important when selecting a cloud services provider.

We value your opinion and encourage you to share your cloud adoption experience, and be part of the latest research into cloud in South Africa. A trends report on the survey outcomes will be shared with participants.

By taking part in this survey, you could win a Takealot voucher to the value of R3 000.

The detailed results of the survey and the winner of the lucky prize draw will be published on ITWeb.

Thank you for participating!

Five reasons why leading payments solution provider, Thumbzup, chooses Azure

Payments company Thumbzup’s entire business has migrated to Microsoft Azure with First Distribution, Africa’s largest ICT distributor.

First Distribution

Lorge Consulting Services brings ray of sunshine amid COVID-19 pandemic

Sage Platinum Partner Lorge Consulting Services has added the Sage Intacct accounting and financial management software to its offerings.

What do CFOs want from technology?

Research by Sage and World Wide Worx shows that CFOs are bullish about digital's prospects and welcome automation performing more of their day-to-day accounting tasks.

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