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Microsoft expands cloud services in South African data centres to drive growth and competitiveness

Nixon Kanali08 mins

Microsoft has now made Dynamics 365 and Power Platform generally available in its enterprise-grade data centres in Johannesburg and Cape Town. This move reinforces Microsoft’s commitment to investing in South Africa and increasing cloud capacity and capabilities to enable organisations in the public and private sector to accelerate growth through innovation, agility, and resilience. The multiple hyperscale data centre…

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[Kenya] Microsoft supports financial services providers with tailored Cloud solutions

Nixon Kanali05 mins

Microsoft has reaffirmed its commitment to assisting Kenyan financial services providers in their digital transformation by providing specialized Cloud solutions. The commitment is made considering the current operating environment, which has been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as a recent study by the African Financial Industry Barometer. The study found that nearly 72…

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SAP and Microsoft expand partnership and integrate Microsoft Teams across solutions

Bob Koigi09 mins

SAP SE and Microsoft Corp. have announced plans to integrate Microsoft Teams with SAP’s intelligent suite of solutions. The companies also formalized an extensive expansion of an existing strategic partnership to accelerate the adoption of SAP S/4HANA® on Microsoft Azure. This builds on a joint commitment by the companies to simplify and streamline customers’ journeys…

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Microsoft and Genesys partner to provide enterprises with new cloud services

Nixon Kanali05 mins

Microsoft is teaming up with Genesys to provide organisations around the globe with new cloud services for contact centres that will enable them to deliver superior interactions for customers.  With the omnichannel customer experience solution, Genesys Engage™, running on Microsoft Azure, enterprises have the security and scalability they need to manage the complexities involved with…

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[South Africa] Microsoft to provide cloud services for Standard Bank Group’s i internal corporate functions.

Nixon Kanali05 mins

Standard Bank Group has selected Microsoft to provide cloud services for its internal corporate functions. The new strategic partnership between the two companies will help transform the bank’s technology estate and internal corporate functions, enabling the largest bank in Africa to accelerate its digital transformation journey significantly improving its employee experience. The partnership also forms…

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[South Africa] Microsoft opens first data centres in Africa with general availability of Microsoft Azure

Nixon Kanali06 mins

Microsoft has today announced the opening of its first datacentres in Africa, with the general availability of Azure from the new cloud regions in Cape Town and Johannesburg, South Africa. This makes Microsoft the first global provider to deliver cloud services from datacentres on the continent, which will help companies securely and reliably move their…

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Microsoft collaborates with Telecom Egypt to extend its global cloud network to Egypt

Nixon Kanali06 mins

Microsoft Corp. and Telecom Egypt have announced their collaboration to extend Microsoft’s cloud network to Egypt. Telecom Egypt will provide low-latency connectivity into and across Egypt to help enhance performance and increase reliability for customers of Microsoft services. The partnership will increase Microsoft’s reach to the large Egyptian market in addition to improving connectivity across…

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Public cloud services will enable organisations to accelerate digital transformation in South Africa

Nixon Kanali04 mins

The increased utilisation of public cloud services and the additional investments into private and hybrid cloud solutions will enable organisations in South Africa to focus on innovation and accelerate the pace of digital business transformation. This is according to the IDC report, Economic Impact of IT & Microsoft in South Africa. In turn, the report…

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