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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While cloud uptake is increasing, many companies are still struggling with their strategies, because they get caught up in the hype, rather than crafting an effective strategy, says Andrew Cruise, Managing Director of Routed, a local VMware Cloud Verified provider and VMware Principal Partner. There can be little doubt that the cloud is the platform fuelling the digital transformation of enterprises. However, despite this fact, many...
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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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We have all heard the argument that disaster recovery (DR) in the cloud is just an expense that no one can afford. Well, we are about to change that perception, and it starts with the meeting of a client– and how a simple discussion transformed a company's entire DR vision and approach. Meet the client: Alviva Technology Holdings, one of Africa’s largest distributors of ICT solutions....
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At the start of the pandemic, anything that could facilitate remote work for scattered business teams, flourished overnight. Microsoft saw two years’ worth of digital transformation in two months. Video calling company Zoom’s sales went up 370%. And communication platform Discord’s value more than doubled. And cloud is no different. In 2020, 87% of global IT decision-makers concurred that the pandemic would accelerate the shift to...
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