ITWeb TV: The towering cloud market | Episode #76
It has been a boom year for the hyperscale cloud market, driven, in part, by new AI services. AWS reported in November a 19% year-over-year growth in revenue, taking its quarterly revenue to $27.5 billion. Chris Erasmus, AWS country manager in South Africa, speaks about what he's seeing in the territory, and how customers are making use of its cloud services. #AWS #cloud #cloudrevolution
Amazon Web Services invites cloud-native, black-owned software firms to apply for its Equity Equivalent Investment Programme.
Over 20 000 people have been trained in Amazon Web Services cloud courses provided via its Western Cape skills centre.
Multinational cloud computing giant Amazon Web Services estimates that by 2029, it will have pumped a total of R46 billion into its South African business.
TymeBank recently achieved a financial sector milestone of reaching profitability in under five years.
AWS’ EEIP is an acceleration programme designed for South African black-owned SMEs.
Chris Erasmus, country GM at AWS SA, will deliver a keynote at the ITWeb AI Summit on 25 April.
Amazon Web Services SA invites tech SMEs to apply for the 2024 edition of the Equity Equivalent Investment Programme.
Pan-African financial services group has closed its on-premise datacentre.
The move aims to deliver a pragmatic approach to application modernisation, says VMware.
The new office will support South Africa’s burgeoning cloud market, and provide a range of services to organisations of all sizes, says the firm.
Moving to the cloud will enable the retailer to streamline its operations and modernise the supply chain network for its stores.
The company looks to further boost operations with the announcement of plans to launch a new local zone in Johannesburg later this year.