Author: Paul Stafford

Enterprise software firm Oracle is planning to build its first data centre in Africa. The Texas-based company has selected Johannesburg as the site of this data centre to be formally announced tomorrow. “The South Africa cloud region is part of Oracle’s strategy to meet customers where they are, enabling customers to keep data and services where they need it,” Regis Louis, Oracle vice-president for cloud strategy in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, told Business Times. “Companies are realising that reliance on a single cloud-infrastructure provider is neither wise nor practical. Oracle has introduced several hundred new cloud services and…

If the past year has taught me anything, it is the value of resilience. The impact of the pandemic – first on our personal and work lives, then on our economy – continues to disrupt our notions of ‘normal’. Sacrifice and change has been demanded of all of us, and generally South Africans have risen to the occasion with commendable spirit. As a leader of a business that works directly with South African enterprises to build greater resilience and protect them from cyber threats and other business disruptions, I have witnessed the speed at which organisations have had to adapt…