Although\nthe notion of network-based computing stems back to the 1960s, the modern term \u2018cloud\ncomputing\u2019 arose in the 2000s. Yet, almost two decades later, South Africa\nstill lags in both its adoption, and its use for critical functions like\nbusiness intelligence (BI). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
While\nmany believe that this is largely due to a lack of local data centre\ninfrastructure, the landing of the Azure data centres in Africa will\ndrastically change the cloud landscape across the continent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis\neffectively eradicates the fear of shifting massive datasets offshore to global\ndata centres,\u201d said Kree Govender, Managing Director of South Africa Qlik\nMaster Reseller (SAQMR). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\ncurrent hesitance towards cloud adoption in Africa is illustrated by the Qlik\nimplementations across the continent. Statistics show that as much as 95% of\nQlik\u2019s customers in Africa are on premise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGartner\npredicts that by 2025, 80% of enterprises will migrate entirely away from\non-premises data centres with the current trend of moving workloads to\ncolocation, hosting and the cloud leading them to shut down their traditional\ndata centre,\u201d added Govender. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIf\nthese predictions prove accurate, the new data centres will mean there\u2019s no\nlonger anything holding Africa back from catching up with the rest of the\nworld.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Adam Barrie-Smith,\nChief Technology Officer at SAQMR, believes that the Qlik platform is perfectly\npositioned to capitalise on the benefits that these data centres will offer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis\nwill complement extensive mobile analysis testing using Qlik\u2019s SaaS and Cloud\nbusiness, leveraging Qlik Senses\u2019 multi-Cloud capabilities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe\nfirst advantage is the data centre, the next will be the containerised cloud\nenvironment which is set to follow soon.\u201d \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Barrie-Smith\nadded that one of the greatest benefits of local data centres is enhanced\nidentity management. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLet\u2019s\nconsider the impact on the banking industry, for example. Most African banks\nstill hold on-premise hardware, which is now reaching retirement age. The\nquestion now becomes, should they invest in more hardware or virutalise? With\nthe new data centres, our banking customers will find it much simpler and more\ncost effective to embrace the cloud, through a hosted layer within Azure.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
While\nmaking cloud adoption easier, the new data centres also offer rich integration\ncapabilities, enhanced virtualisation opportunities, a more elastic environment\nand greater security. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWith\nthe local Azure data centres, African organisations will be empowered to\nembrace hybrid cloud, and we predict a much greater cloud drive,\u201d said Govender. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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