{"id":32170,"date":"2020-02-26T12:17:35","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T12:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/?p=32170"},"modified":"2020-02-27T10:37:24","modified_gmt":"2020-02-27T10:37:24","slug":"altron-karabina-expert-on-the-impact-of-cloud-service-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/2020\/02\/26\/altron-karabina-expert-on-the-impact-of-cloud-service-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Altron Karabina expert on the impact of cloud service in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It is now nearly a year since Microsoft launched its two Azure data centres in Johannesburg and Cape Town. Ryan Jamieson, Solutions and Innovation Officer at Altron Karabina, tells us that, in a perfect world, these would have resulted in an instantaneous uptake of the cloud, but these things do take time.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Much of the discussions have centred not around whether the move to the cloud happen, but rather how it can be done. Our experience over the past several months is that attitudes are changing. Instead of our customers only asking for cloud assessments, they are beginning to take the steps required to make the move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beyond public<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When local companies originally made the\nmove to the public cloud, very little happened by way of planning for cost\nmanagement and security. This resulted in costly mistakes being made. But with\nthe availability of Azure, companies are no longer relying purely on the public\ncloud and are embracing a hybrid environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To this end, businesses are now looking\nmore deliberately in how to transition to the cloud in a more robust manner.\nYes, on-premise is making less sense in this connected world but the migration\nmust be done correctly to manage cost. The lessons learnt from the early movers\nare now taken and businesses are revising their use of the cloud and optimising\nit. Through this re-optimisation, these businesses can save up to 40% of what\nthey have been spending on the cloud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Throughout this, companies will need\ntrusted advisors with the necessary experience to ask the right questions,\nexamine what has been done and identify how best to optimise the cloud real\nestate to unlock full business value. As such, the hybrid approach will be\naround for a long time. It also means those organisations who have invested a\nlot of money on physical hardware will still be able to get a return on\ninvestment while identifying scenarios where the cloud makes sense, for example\nbusiness continuity and disaster recovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, there will always be certain\nworkloads that companies would not want to move to the cloud, especially when\nit comes to processing sensitive information. Irrespective, the lift-and-shift\nmentality will come to an end within three years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Companies will become more sophisticated\nin how they use the cloud. Suddenly, the hyperscale cloud computing\ncapabilities (such as Artificial Intelligence, high-end data processing,\ncontainerised services, and other cognitive solutions) will start making sense.\nWhile some of these services are currently being used, it will start happening\non a wider scale during 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Continued growth<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By this time next year, we are likely to\nhave seen more growth in the cloud and the ability to unlock hyperscale\ncomputing solutions being used by even small start-ups. The partner\nrelationship is also likely to change where companies will increasingly rely on\nthem to run the cloud environment on their behalf without using in-house\nresources. It is all part of undertaking a journey and unlocking the benefits\nof the cloud in the most practical and relevant way possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

South Africa is also catching up with\nthe rest of the world when it comes to the Azure solutions being used. While\ncertain things like quantum computing will take more time, there are\ndevelopments happening around the edge where the levels of processing and\ncomputing are increasing. In turn, this will see better insights delivered at\nthe edge resulting in faster workloads delivered to more centralised data\ncentres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the biggest benefits of making\nthe move to the cloud is that technology innovation is becoming democratised.\nThis sees even an entrepreneur having access to the same computing capabilities\nas a mega bank or large retailer. It is simply a case of entering the cloud at\na price point that makes sense and scaling accordingly as the business grows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The flexibility, security, and\nreliability provided by the cloud for South African organisations irrespective\nof their size or industry sector are simply too good to ignore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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