Cloud Computing

The growing entrepreneurial start-ups are banking on the cloud opportunity and thus are seen as the early adopters and biggest drivers of the cloud space. As this segment feels the need to enhance their IT capabilities for improving efficiency in their work without having to invest heavily, cloud comes as a boon to them, especially public cloud ser...

This part of the paper provides an overview of the cloud services markets of South Africa and Kenya. It discusses the key concepts of the market, including the different types of services offered, the models under which they may be provided as well as their respective benefits and limitations. There is also a brief discussion on how these markets h...

Cloud computing is a natural evolution of service delivery over a network. A huge difference in the adoption and perception of cloud computing is noticed within the corporate segment, between large enterprises and small and medium businesses. Frost & Sullivan analyzed the mid-market in Brazil with regard to cloud computing adoption through in-depth...

Most of the major factors driving adoption of the Cloud Computing concept by companies in Brazil are the same ones that boost more mature markets such as the USA and Western Europe. Fortunately for the Latin American and Caribbean region, countries such as Brazil, Colombia and Chile were not so effected by the economic crisis as some other economie...

The South African cloud computing industry is preparing itself for a rapid increase in application and interest. This increase is due to the attractive characteristics of the cloud, such as cost cutting, flexibility and increased productivity through efficient systems. Although there is still debate and confusion surrounding the definitions and tim...