[Kenya] Safaricom to accelerate cloud adoption in with Amazon Web Services
Safaricom has announced a strategic agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS), which will see the Telco become a reseller of AWS services.
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[South Africa] Cloud market moving from supply-driven to demand-driven, says Routed
Vendor neutral cloud infrastructure provider, Routed, says that four years ago the development of the local cloud landscape was still in its infancy. Managing Director, Andrew Cruise, says that in the time since launching Routed, cloud demand has increased: “The market is moving from supply-driven to demand-driven. While the enterprise sector has taken time to…
[Startup Interview] Freeman Addico, CEO, Addicnet, Ghana
With customers spread across 10 countries, Pan-African cloud computing and ecommerce solutions provider Addicnet is redefining cloud computing landscape in the continent through its unique offerings. The CEO Freeman Addico explains. Tell us abit about Addicnet and your role in it Addicnet is a Pan-African Cloud computing and ecommerce solutions provider aiding African companies to deploy their operations on…
Healthcare cloud computing market to reach $40 billion by 2026, report
The healthcare cloud computing market is poised to reach $40 billion by 2026, growing at an annual rate of 14 per cent over forecast period 2019 to 2026 according to a report by Acumen Research and Consulting. Cloud computing in healthcare increases the efficiency of the industry, while decreasing costs. Cloud computing makes medical record-sharing…
[Nigeria] MDXi to unveil first locally available Microsoft Stack Cloud in partnership with Microsoft
MDXi, MainOne’s data center subsidiary, will announce the local offering of Microsoft’s Azure Stack to its customers as part of its ‘Managed Cloud Services’. The Stack platform provided in partnership with Microsoft and HPE will be unveiled at MainOne’s 5th annual gathering of customers, partners and tech professionals, called Nerds Unite. With the introduction of…
Orange Egypt picks Red Hat to build its horizontal cloud platform
Red Hat, Inc., a global provider of open source solutions, has announced that Red Hat’s open hybrid cloud technologies are providing a horizontal cloud platform for Orange Egypt’s virtual network functions (VNFs), helping the service provider to more quickly deliver new services to customers, optimize its network investments and reduce operational expenditure. Building on the…
Cloud usage drives cybersecurity spending, SANS 2020 report
The rapid migration to cloud-based technologies is the biggest disrupter worldwide of operations and a key driver when organisations plan their spending increases, according to the results of the latest SANS 2020 Cybersecurity Spending Survey. “The SANS survey showed that rapid movement of corporate services and business applications to cloud-based technology is the biggest factor causing…
[Column] Andrew Cruise: Mastering the complexity of multicloud in 2020
As enterprises’ demands look set to continue maturing in 2020, they are better able to distinguish between cloud platforms and identify which ones work best for their applications. “It’s no longer about moving to cloud, it’s about which cloud,” says Andrew Cruise, managing director at Routed, Africa’s only vendor neutral cloud infrastructure provider. “Now that…
[South Africa] iOCO joins Google cloud partner programme
South African integrator iOCO has become a Google Cloud Distributor Authorised Reseller (DAR), in partnership with Google Cloud’s distributor in sub-Saharan Africa, Digicloud Africa. DARs demonstrate deep cloud solution development and delivery expertise, and have extensive certifications confirming their skills and knowledge of Google Cloud. IOCO passed all formal requirements set out by Google Distribution…
Layer3 partners with Loriot to introduce IoT solutions in Nigeria
Nigeria-based company Layer3 and the global IoT company LORIOT have announced their partnership aimed at introducing new Internet of Things solutions in Nigeria, with market size estimated to reach $1 Billion by 2025. Layer3, as network provider and system integrator, will focus especially in the smartcity and smart building sectors providing innovative solutions to a…
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