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Forecast: Information Technology in 2022
Lisa Strydom, Senior Manager of Channel and Alliances – Africa, Veeam Software As South Africa battles a fourth wave of Covid-19 infections, all eyes are on how businesses will steady the ship and continue to prepare themselves for future shocks and disruptions. This, coupled with a global surge in cyber-attacks, means that digital transformation and acceleration remain as relevant and important, if not more so, than ever. Lisa Strydom considers digital transformation, the IT industry generally, and the channel in South Africa. She looks at the opportunities, where change and movement are likely to happen, and how partners can build fruitful long-term partnerships with customers. Lisa is particularly passionate about skills development. Is it possible to get through an industry conversatio...
How to get your digital resilience strategy right
Ian Englebrecht, Systems Engineering Manager, Africa at Veeam The pandemic, which by now is widely known to have accelerated digital transformation across sectors, has vividly demonstrated to organisations the importance of being always-on and that their data is a digital business asset. Nathan Steiner, Senior Director, Systems Engineering, Veeam Software, wrote recently that the availability and access to critical data and applications has reached a new level of criticality, as every sector of business and society accelerate adoption of digital capabilities. This requires a concerted focus on building digital resilience. In Steiner’s words, “Despite growing consumer digital savviness, the optimism around a thriving digital economy is threatened by growing risks to ‘digital resilience’. Th...
Veeam Appoints New Country Manager of Africa
/* custom css */ .tdi_3_6a7.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_3_6a7.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } Veeam has appointed Chris Norton as its new Country Manager of Africa. In his new role, Norton is expected to support Veeam’s continued investment and strong presence in Africa and accelerate the region’s growth with a specific focus on Enterprise. Norton will report directly to Patrick Rohrbasser, Regional VP of SEMEA and Africa. With over 25 years of experience in the IT sector, Norton has a wealth of experience working in digitally-driven businesses. Norton joins Veeam from Dell Technologies where he was Regional Sales Director for the last four years. He also held various senior leadership roles at ServiceNow, VMware, Citrix and Workgroup Distribution. “Chris is a fantastic a...
58% of Data Backups are Failing, According to Research
Data protection challenges are undermining organizations’ abilities to execute Digital Transformation (DX) initiatives globally, according to the Veeam Data Protection Report 2021, which has found that 58% of backups fail, leaving data unprotected. The report also found that against the backdrop of COVID-19 and ensuing economic uncertainty, which 40% of CXOs cite as the biggest threat to their organization’s DX in the next 12 months, inadequate data protection and the challenges to business continuity posed by the pandemic are hindering organizations’ initiatives to transform. “Over the past 12 months, CXOs across the globe have faced a unique set of challenges around how to ensure data remains protected in a highly diverse, operational landscape,” says Danny Allan, CTO at Veeam. “In respo...
Unpacking the Status of Cloud in South Africa
Sourced from ZDNet. Most strategic discussions in boardrooms around the world will include cloud-based offerings because the services offered have become fundamental to a modern, resilient enterprise. in 2020 many organisations may well have been taking a wait-and-see approach, but the pandemic has forced everyone’s hand and sped up digital transformation in all its guises. Cloud computing is believed to have been invented by Joseph Carl Robnett Licklider in the 1960s with the idea of being able to connect people and data from anywhere at any time. Fast-forward 60 years and the various lockdowns around the world have made this idea an absolute and immediate necessity. There have been winners and sadly there were losers during the pandemic. Some businesses thrived and others paid the ultima...
