SA cloud subscriptions to be worth US$1.7bn in 2024

Region’s shipments surpass expectations, despite ongoing pandemic claims IDC.

New thinking in storage architectures will be essential to take enterprise infrastructure to the next level.

IDC research reflects on slowdown in key markets, including South Africa, Egypt and Nigeria.

4.4 million PCD units were shipped across the region in Q1 2020, which is the lowest volume since Q3 2009.

‘Dark data’ costs money to store, but generates no value, and could actually introduce risk says Johan Scheepers, Country Head at Commvault South Africa.

Sometimes chaos isn’t noise and destruction but rather opportunity shrouded in transformation says Mark Walker, Associate Vice President for Sub-Saharan Africa at IDC Middle East, Africa, and Turkey.

Companies doing what they can to minimise impact on operations but acknowledge uncertainty.

IDC raises concerns of a likely increase in gray market re-exports of smartphones into Nigeria.

IDC research anticipates an 8.4% drop in the market in Q1 2020.

IDC research cites weak rand US dollar exchange rate, high unemployment and low business confidence index.

According to a joint report by IDC and Liferay, the technologies most driving this growth are those relating to the optimisation and improvement of customer experience (CX).