Veeam\u00ae Software, the innovative provider of solutions that deliver Availability for the Always-On Enterprise\u2122, will host its annual VeeamON Forum Africa on 15 August at The Campus in Bryanston. The one-day event will provide a platform for IT experts and visionaries throughout the continent to share and learn how to ensure availability of all applications and data. <\/p>\n
Given the importance of digital transformation on the corporate agenda, Veeam has structured this year\u2019s forum to focus on how the connected environment impacts on business continuity and disaster recovery strategies in boardrooms across Africa.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is the only event of its kind on the continent that is entirely focused on solving business challenges to provide availability for all organisational applications and data. We have taken the feedback from last year and will be focusing even more on challenges in the enterprise and the cloud as customers across industry sectors are looking for increasingly innovative ways to meet their availability demands,\u201d says Claude Schuck, Regional Manager for Africa at Veeam.<\/p>\n
Schuck believes that VeeamON Forum Africa will provide delegates with a platform to gain clearer insight on the role availability will play in a digitally transformed business.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is not just a passing trend but a business-critical component. The 2017 Veeam Availability Report has found that 66% of enterprises admit that digital transformation initiatives are being held back by unplanned downtime. Given the current competitive environment, no company can afford to fall behind when it comes to digital implementation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Several senior Veeam executives will be in attendance and discussing different elements of the digital transformation journey considering the availability requirements of the modern enterprise. They include Gregg Petersen, Regional Director for Middle East and Africa and the South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (SAARC), Mike Resseler, Director of Product Management and Michael Cade, Technical Evangelist, EMEA.<\/p>\n
While the upcoming Veeam Availability Suite v10 will be under the spotlight, Veeam will also examine how the local data centre market will be changing as multi-nationals are identifying the continent as one that is rife with opportunities for the establishment of data centres.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe next year will be a roller coaster ride for enterprise customers looking to adapt to international hosting providers using South Africa to launch these data centres catering for business across Africa. This is not expected to be without challenges. But addressing availability concerns will help organisations alleviate some of the pressure, with the cloud rewriting the status quo on a continuous basis,\u201d adds Schuck.<\/p>\n
Veeam will also be using the event to profile the real world benefits it provides customers.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will have an enterprise customer present the impact Veeam has had on its business and how Veeam\u2019s solutions enabled it to simplify availability, and address its business requirements,\u201d concludes Schuck.<\/p>\n