OneView becomes one of the first EMEA platforms recognised for secure, scalable FinOps.1Nebula, a pioneering 28-year-old South African SaaS and managed services company, has been awarded Microsoft’s newly launched ‘Solution Partner with Certified Software’ designation for Azure. Its flagship FinOps product, OneView Cloud Expense Management, has also achieved SOC2 certification, further...
Generative AI, also known as gen AI, has the potential to provide enhanced insights, particularly by using plain language to delve into the details. However, there are challenges that we must...
In our first post in this series, we introduced why generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) is a potential game changer for telecom expense management software in an enterprise setting. We also...
Generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) has set the world alight since the commercial launch of OpenAI’s Chat-GPT in late 2022. Since then, Gen AI has found a wide range of applications in fields...
Most organisations are now deep into their cloud journeys. But despite the benefits the cloud delivers in terms of scalability, flexibility and efficiency, the average IT department is struggling to...
Telecom services and products enable digital lifestyles for consumers and digital transformation for enterprises. Given that there is no digital economy without fixed line and mobile broadband, it’s...
Retailers are ramping up digital transformation to keep pace with the demanding, connected post-COVID consumer and improve operational efficiency in a time of rising inflation. As they accelerate...
Over the past decade, the cloud has played a central role in enterprise digital transformation strategies. As organisations adopted a mix of cutting edge software, platform and infrastructure as a...
Cutting edge as-a-service solutions from public cloud providers and software vendors have helped organisations to accelerate digital transformation over the past 10 years. Whereas the lines between...
Most enterprises are embracing multi-cloud strategies as they accelerate digital transformation. Forrester research from June 2022 shows 60% of surveyed decision-makers were already using...
OneView becomes one of the first EMEA platforms recognised for secure, scalable FinOps.1Nebula, a pioneering 28-year-old South African SaaS and managed services company, has been awarded Microsoft’s...
As organisations accelerate digital transformation, the complexity of their mobile environments inevitably grows. Hybrid working models, mobile business processes, bring your own device (BYOD)...
Microsoft’s Azure Marketplace is an online store offering cutting edge applications and services built on or designed to integrate with Azure. With more than 4 million monthly active Azure customers...
During this time of digital transformation, it is a priority for most organisations to bring ICT expenditure under tighter control. With the rise of the hybrid workforce, cloud migration, a shift to...
With technology change continuing to accelerate, cloud migration and digital transformation are key priorities for every business. Without making the right investments in technology modernisation,...
Telecom expense management (TEM) isn’t new, but the discipline has become more important than ever in an age of hybrid work, cloud computing and digital transformation. Cutting edge TEM processes and...
The eagerly awaited conclusion of Microsoft Inspire 2023 has arrived, and we are here to bring you the most exciting moments from the event. This highly anticipated annual gathering is a standout...
Telecom expense management (TEM) isn’t new, but the discipline has become more important than ever in an age of hybrid work, cloud computing and digital transformation. Cutting edge TEM processes and...
The plain old telephone service (POTS) is an endangered species in South Africa, with MyBroadband estimating that only around 12,000 ADSL lines were still in use as of late 2023. This marks a sharp...
A cutting edge telecom expense management (TEM) solution is a key enabler for digital transformation at a time your business is under pressure to innovate, reduce costs and support new ways of...
With every organisation facing the need to balance the need to innovate and accelerate digital transformation against pressurised budgets, telecom expense management (TEM) and FinOps disciplines...
IT departments are under pressure to accelerate digital transformation at a time that corporate budgets are under immense pressure. With vast amounts of technology spending required just to keep...
The telecoms environment in every leading business has changed dramatically over the past five years, with the pace of digital transformation bringing new challenges to manage. Bring your own device...
Complexity has spiralled in most companies’ telecoms environments, with trends like cloud computing, bring your own device (BYOD) and hybrid work making it harder to monitor and manage costs....
In an age of digital transformation, controlling the costs and performance of your telecoms environment is a critical task. This is where cutting edge telecoms expense management (TEM) software is a...
The pace of digital transformation is likely to accelerate in the new year as companies look to improve efficiencies and drive profitable growth. With hybrid working models likely to remain in place...
In this time of digital transformation and mobile work, telecoms expenses are growing at a rapid rate. Many companies are finding it complex to understand spending trends, track user behaviour and...
In today's fast-paced business landscape, the costs and complexity of telecoms have become a major concern for companies worldwide. The rise of hybrid work models, the mobilization of business...
End-user computing environments have changed due to digital transformation and the shift towards more flexible working models. With an explosion in the numbers of devices most companies need to...
Telecoms expense management enables your team to work smarter and be productive wherever they are. But as much as smartphones, tablets, notebooks and other devices are essential enablers of your...
Technology costs and complexity have spiraled over the past few years, with hybrid work, mobilisation of business processes, and digital transformation all helping to catalyse explosive growth. At a...
Many companies still use spreadsheets and other manual methods to track and control their mobile device, data and voice costs. This becomes burdensome for the IT department, the finance team and...
In a challenging economic climate, every company is scrutinising its line budget closely to identify possible cost savings. Mobile expenses, including device, data and voice costs, are one area where...
Managing mobile telecom costs is a challenge for enterprises in this time of flexible work and digital transformation. Trends such as bring your own device, growing adoption of 5G, heavier use of...
Getting mobile telecoms costs under control is becoming increasingly challenging in the face of higher adoption of technologies such as 5G, the demands of hybrid working, and the imperative of...
In an era of digital transformation and flexible work, cutting edge mobile solutions hold the key to organisational productivity and agility. But along with the gains in flexibility and efficiency,...
Many companies have seen mobile voice and data costs spike in this time of digital transformation and flexible work. In some instances, enterprises know that they are probably overspending on...
With companies looking to simultaneously accelerate digital transformation and drive cost savings, telecoms spending is under the microscope. Cutting edge telecoms expense management solutions, which...
Mobile expenses are coming under closer scrutiny as companies look for smarter ways to contain costs. Many enterprises are looking at cutting edge mobile expense management solutions as a way to...
In a time of slow growth, one of the smarter ways a company can increase profits is by reducing its cost base. But after years of cost-cutting, many businesses are running out of quick, easy ways to...
Get ready for the highly anticipated Microsoft Inspire 2023, as the partner community is buzzing with excitement. This annual event is a highlight on the technology calendar, offering innovative...
No matter how careful your company is about controlling its telecom costs, there are usually opportunities to optimise your spending. Over time, inefficiencies in contracts and usage creep in;...
Microsoft is making a host of changes to the Microsoft Partner Network to simplify its partner program and make it smarter. Let’s take a look at the changes to the program, now called the Microsoft...
Edge computing is on the radar of every cutting-edge company as it looks for smarter ways to use tech to innovate. IDC forecasts that worldwide spending on edge computing will reach $176 billion by...
There is more to DevOps than cutting-edge technology or smarter application development frameworks. DevOps is a critical piece of the digital transformation puzzle and a change in the culture of an...
Application modernisation is an essential component of digital transformation. Recent global research from CIO shows that it is one of the top three priorities for CIOs this year as enterprises...
Hyperautomation, also known as digital process automation and intelligent process automation, is the use of emerging technologies – like artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and...
In October last year, the UK government admitted that an Excel spreadsheet error caused them to misrepresent their COVID-19 numbers. According to reports, the error on the nation’s track and...
The COVID-19 pandemic pushed cloud computing to the front of decision-maker’s minds. This is according to a new study by World Wide Worx, in partnership with F5, Dell Technologies, Digicloud Africa...
Automation has become a strategic enabler for our department and has proven to be an important asset in my digital toolkit. Today, perhaps more so than ever, it’s important that brands are...
Around 100 years ago, the Spanish flu, also known as the 1918 flu pandemic, infected 500 million people. At the time, this amounted to about a third of the world’s population.
According to Gartner, worldwide public cloud revenue will grow to $266.4 billion in 2020, up 17% from $227.8 billion last year.
Heraclitus, a Greek philosopher and pioneer of wisdom, may have uttered the words: “The only thing that is constant is change”, over 2 500 years ago but the statement is especially true today. In a...
The benefits of robotic process automation (RPA) are huge; across businesses of all sizes and a wide range of industries. By relieving human workers from having to perform repetitive tasks, these...
Technology enthusiasts, economists and business leaders across the globe are currently engaged in a very important debate about what impact automation will have on the modern workplace. On the one...
Forbes equate the hype around cloud computing, the internet of things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) to the launch of the internet some thirty years ago. Describing the rise of the internet...
“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” A well-known saying from Socrates, these words have become more and more relevant as digital...
In 1888, Edward Bellamy, a journalist and writer from Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, published a book about the future. Titled Looking Backward: 2000–1887, this utopian science fiction novel tells...
From phishing and botnets to malware and rogue software – cyber criminals are spoiled for choice when it comes to how they can infiltrate corporate networks. And while mobile device policies like...
Back in the day, all the equipment business needed to run successfully could be found in their office. Confidential records were housed in clunky filing cabinets, collaboration meant dragging...
The Department of Science and Technology (DST) has committed to investing R60 million in South Africa’s cyberinfrastructure over the next three years.
A Deloitte Cyber Intelligence Centre (CIC) has opened in Johannesburg, making South Africa the first African country to host such a hub.
Microsoft is making a host of changes to the Microsoft Partner Network to simplify its partner program and make it smarter. Let’s take a look at the changes to the program, now called the Microsoft...
As a business picks up the pace of digital transformation and cloud migration, cutting edge data strategy is one of the topics that should be top of mind. The journey to the cloud is an opportunity...
Edge computing is on the radar of every cutting-edge company as it looks for smarter ways to use tech to innovate. IDC forecasts that worldwide spending on edge computing will reach $176 billion by...
DevOps transformation and digital transformation go hand in hand, with most organisations looking to accelerate software delivery cycles and improve software quality. According to one study, 83% of...
There’s little doubt that cloud architects are in demand right now, with companies seeking to innovate faster and accelerate digital transformation. But technical skills and the right certifications...
Telecom services and products enable digital lifestyles for consumers and digital transformation for enterprises. Given that there is no digital economy without fixed line and mobile broadband, it’s...
Retailers are ramping up digital transformation to keep pace with the demanding, connected post-COVID consumer and improve operational efficiency in a time of rising inflation. As they accelerate...
With inflation and interest rates rising in 2022, many cutting edge software as a service (SaaS) companies are preparing for a potential downturn. In the event that the world economy slows down, they...
As companies accelerate their digital transformation journeys, many discover that the cloud, on its own, isn’t the right fit for every business case. There are still instances where it makes sense to...
Over the past decade, the cloud has played a central role in enterprise digital transformation strategies. As organisations adopted a mix of cutting edge software, platform and infrastructure as a...
Cutting edge as-a-service solutions from public cloud providers and software vendors have helped organisations to accelerate digital transformation over the past 10 years. Whereas the lines between...
Is your enterprise reaping the full business value from its cloud migration strategy? Getting the most from the cloud isn’t simply about trying to shave your monthly cloud bill, but also creating a...
When you run your business on-premises there are certain expenses. These include the cost of employing trained IT professionals, renting or buying space, investing in hardware and paying that...
Economic uncertainty, market instability and changes in buyer preferences are all having an impact on the professional services sector. But their requirements remain the same. These firms...
You want to expand your cloud infrastructure. After doing some research, you find a public cloud provider that offers all the features and functionality you need to host your custom application....
South African businesses are spending a lot of money on IT. In fact, when it comes to IT spend, SA was one of the fastest-growing countries globally, according to Gartner.
When you think cloud computing you probably don’t think about the movie business, do you? But if you ask MTI Film CEO, Larry Chernoff, cloud is proving to be an industry asset amid the coronavirus ...
Leadership can be exhilarating, but it can also drain your energy. As a leader, staying motivated and maintaining energy levels are essential—not just for...