Africa increases cloud spend as customer-centric strategies play out

Are you going to make the case for as-a-Service IT to your bosses and board asks Doug Woolley, Managing Director, Dell Technologies South Africa.

Research by World Wide Worx shows that either businesses don’t plan properly or are not able to work the budget to adapt to scope and scale of threat landscape.

Edge becoming the new frontier and serving as the battleground.

Dell Technologies, partners release details of the Data Paradox Study including that 58% of South African businesses believe they are data-driven, but only 11% are prioritising data’s use across the organisation.

Dell Technologies study that 72% of IT decision makers aren’t certain they can recover business-critical data from cyberattacks or data loss.

Lack of budget and resources mean businesses are looking for a more agile and simple way to continue their technology investments says Dell Technologies.

AI, data analytics, software and mobile satellite infrastructure deployed to bolster conservation efforts.

The majority of South African organisations surveyed by Dell recognise that as a result of disruption, they need a more agile and scalable IT infrastructure.

Company details Cloud Console, a new online platform to deliver ‘Everything-as-a-Service’ model.

Survey finds talent retention led the concerns around managing IT, followed by information security risks and cost of in-house IT skills.

Skills development remains one of the most significant challenges to ICT.