DaaS removes hardware refresh cycles, eliminates over-provisioning, shifts power and cooling costs to the provider and aligns licensing with users rather than infrastructure, says Chris Badenhorst, head of Azure core services at Braintree.
Timeline
2026
May
- 21.
April
- 8. Licensing models and costs have undergone changes over the past year, leaving companies at an expensive crossroads if they don’t modernise and manage their licensing effectively, says Chris Badenhorst, head of Azure core services at Braintree.
March
- 26. AI has become a more grounded and capable technology that has the potential to change the business at the infrastructure level, says Braintree.

