Managing Risk with Routed’s Disaster Recovery as a Service
Disaster recovery is vitally important to ensuring business continuity in the face of infrastructure failure. Leveraging it as a service can reduce costs by up to 80%. Governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) is a vital and strategic framework for businesses, as it allows companies to align IT activities to business objectives, and ensures that they […]
Ransomware Protection and the Case for Backup as a Service
Ransomware is on the rise, data volumes are increasing, and compliance standards are becoming stricter. Yet many businesses still rely on outdated or insufficient backup practices – leaving them vulnerable to cyberattacks and data loss. One critical area of risk that organisations face today – and must manage properly – is the threat of a […]
Network your way with Routed’s flexible networking topologies
Routed’s Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) delivers an effective model for organisations that wish to reduce complexity, improve control and ensure data sovereignty – while still maintaining high levels of performance and flexibility. Not only does it enable companies to simplify infrastructure management, reduce operational overheads and ensure greater agility in adapting to technical and architectural […]
Powering Expert Private Cloud with Routed VCFaaS
Some customers prefer to own their infrastructure – they have purchased the hardware and are running their own private cloud. But building, operating and supporting a cloud platform requires specialist skills that are increasingly hard to find. This is where Routed’s VMware Cloud Foundation as a Service (VCFaaS) comes in. For businesses that already have […]
Reducing complexity with Routed Virtual Private Cloud
A Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) provides an effective model for businesses seeking to reduce complexity, improve control, and ensure data sovereignty, all while maintaining high levels of performance and flexibility. It enables businesses to simplify infrastructure management, reduce operational overhead, and ensure greater agility in adapting to technical and architectural demands. Routed’s Virtual Private Cloud, […]
Reducing risk and compliance challenges with cloud strategy
Compliance and risk are critical factors impacting businesses today. Choosing a strong local cloud partner can position companies to reduce or even eliminate the many challenges posed by compliance and risk. Governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) is a strategic framework that ensures IT activities align with business objectives, sustainability goals, and corporate integrity. Ultimately, it ensures […]
Built for uptime – all the time
For the last 78 months and counting, the Routed team has provided 100% uptime, with zero unscheduled or unplanned downtime, for our partners in the cloud. As Africa’s pioneer VMware Cloud platform, our goal is to be always up, always available, and always performant. For our channel partners, uptime is crucial, which is why […]
The value of an ecosystem in today’s complex cloud environment
As the cloud landscape grows and sprawls, it’s becoming increasingly complex for users to keep up with all the moving parts, processes, and new developments. The cloud ‘ecosystem’, as it’s called, refers to all these multiple building blocks that make up a cloud operating model, encompassing people, processes, and technology, from vendors to service […]
Routed welcomes Vernon Naidoo as Head of Networking
It’s our great pleasure to officially welcome Vernon Naidoo to the Routed team. Vernon has a 16-year pedigree in the industry, bringing a wealth of experience and insight to our business. His vast knowledge of various networking platforms and vendor equipment makes him well-suited to help Routed continue its growth path. As head of […]
African Distribution Group Bets on Cloud as the Future with Cloud-Hosted DRaaS
Alviva Holdings, one of Africa’s largest ICT products and services providers has invested in a robust, cloud-based disaster recovery (DR) and backup solution. Partnering with VMware Cloud Verified Partner Routed, the distribution giant is reaping the rewards of a consumption-based DR-as-a-Service (DRaaS) solution hosted on VMware Cloud at two of Routed’s data centres. The engagement […]