Microsoft is right not to rush the launch of two Azure data centres in South Africa, because if problems crop up it could tarnish the company’s reputation among local customers, according to International Data Corp.
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Despite many South African companies still using on-premise data centres, it is expected that hybrid cloud adoption will increase significantly in the next few years.
Microsoft has missed a self-imposed deadline to launch two Azure cloud data centres in South Africa, one in Johannesburg and the other in Cape Town. But the company has promised they’re coming this year.
Dimension Data’s Internet Solutions said on Wednesday that it is investing half a billion rand in a new, state-of-the-art data centre facility in Johannesburg.
Amazon.com will let customers put servers used in the company’s cloud computing data centres into their own facilities, it said on Wednesday.
Amazon.com has taken a big step toward reducing reliance on Intel for a critical component of its cloud computing service.
Chinese technology giant Huawei has revealed its plans to create a cloud region in South Africa. It will launch the offering commercially before the end of the year.
Microsoft and Liquid Telecom have partnered to expand the availability of Azure cloud services to other markets across Africa.
Permira is working with an adviser to find a buyer for its data centre company, Teraco Data Environments, people with knowledge of the matter said.
Hybrid cloud is a crisply strategic solution that provides the business with the platform of the future that respects the investment of the past.