Customers wishing to leverage the cloud should choose a provider that insists on regular hardware refreshes - as this boosts reliability, performance and sustainability. The challenge facing customers who wish to utilise cloud infrastructure is that the service provider essentially abstracts and obscures the underlying hardware, via the virtualisation layer and through the user interfaces. What this means is that they can use less than cutting-edge...
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Businesses today are moving en masse to the cloud. However, before undertaking such a move, companies should understand the many hurdles they face, and how to overcome these, says Benjamin Coetzer, Director at local VMware Cloud Verified provider and VMware Principal Partner, Routed. Most businesses today, if they have not already undertaken a cloud migration, are certainly in the process of planning such a move. The...
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The hype around hyperscalers like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) has dominated headlines with offers of seemingly limitless resources and advanced features. However, the truth is that hyperscalers are not a bulletproof solution, and in fact may not be the best fit for every business need. Often companies choose an international hyperscaler on the strength of its brand, and then...
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Routed is incredibly proud to have earned a place in the Financial Times’ annual ranking of Africa’s 100 fastest-growing companies for 2023. Routed made it to the top half of the list in 31st place overall, which is no small feat. We are one of the continent’s fastest-growing companies for good reason. We have worked tirelessly to ensure we are one of the best cloud...
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With over 200 days of load shedding in 2022, South African businesses had to put urgent contingency plans in place to protect themselves from the devastating effects of rolling power cuts. And, as this is likely to be the status quo for at least another two years, short-term solutions no longer suffice. As a result, cloud adoption has increased. Andrew Cruise, Managing Director of Routed, a...
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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 we don’t see uptime as nice-to-have – but critical for business success. Careful...
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This article was originally published by CIO.com “The foundation of our business is rooted in sustainability. From the products we offer to the services we provide; our aim is to provide the highest levels of business continuity responsibly. Moving workloads to the cloud has been proven to reduce enterprises’ energy usage and their carbon footprint by at least 30%. To be known as a company that...
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Recently BMW set the proverbial cat amongst the pigeons with the announcement of its new subscription-based features set. It is a concept core to SaaS, DRaaS, and every other modern technology offering today – the pay-per-use principle – but as many organisations are now finding out, customers saddled with unacted bills in perpetuity will soon look for alternatives, explains Andrew Cruise, Chief Executive of Routed,...
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“Cloud is a limitless resource that can be scaled to meet growing demands,” many cloud providers tell their customers; that is until a surge in resource requirements even at some of the largest providers starts affecting the quality of service. According to this recent article, more than two dozen Microsoft Azure data centres, including key sites in the USA, Europe and Asia, began operating at reduced...
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By: Andrew Cruise, MD of VMware Cloud provider Routed If your business, like many others, is faced with the decision of running your own infrastructure or migrating to the cloud, you’ve likely already done your homework. You know that although the benefits cloud offers are numerous, such as increased agility and efficiency, longer-term hardware efficacy and greater security, it comes at a cost. And, at first glance,...
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