Africa stories - Page 35

The global cloud market surged 43% year-over-year in Q3 2017, reaching USD $14.4 billion, as Amazon, Microsoft, IBM, and Google cemented their dominance.

CITIC Telecom CPC has renamed Linx Telecommunications to CITIC Telecom CPC Europe, bolstering its Digital Silk Road initiative across Europe and Asia.

Oracle NetSuite currently maintains two data centres in EMEA, and in the wake of surging growth plans to add a few more.

AfricaOnline says they will continue to invest in Africa's digital economy thereby continuing their journey together into the digital world.

The eCommerce market in South Africa will amount to US$2.7 billion in 2017 with an annual expected growth rate of 14.2%.

While cloud adoption continues its steady march in EMEA, a new survey has revealed the recent spate of cyberattacks has thrown a spanner in the works.

Equinix has taken control of seven data centres across EMEA as the company asserts the time looks ripe for interconnection expansion in the area.

Level 3 Communications ramps up its global defense, launching advanced firewall services in Asia Pacific and Africa to combat cyber threats.

​Sierra Leone has entered a nationwide digitisation program that its president is asserting will forever change its global digital standing.

Sage celebrates 1000th client milestone for its transformative Enterprise Intelligence tool, enhancing global data management.

APAC is leading the charge in Ethernet switch and enterprise and service provider router growth. But which vendors are on the up and which are sliding.

The country may have been late to the party when it came to cloud strategies, but the Routed MD says this has resulted in some positives.

The new internet provider is taking the slow and steady route to win over the South African market, but will it be enough?.

Equnix has acquired a data centre, connectivity and cloud infrastructure solutions provider in Spain and Portugal to expand its European footprint.

South Africa's Internet of Things (IOT) aspirations have taken another step forward after Ericsson and Qualcomm successfully completed a lab trial.

Nlyte has made its data centre optimisation and management software more available to UK and EMEA customers with a new partnership.

The provider of cloud & vendor neutral data environments in South Africa will be providing colocation infrastructure to all 13 global root operators.

IBM and Check Point heighten cyber security defences, merging tech and intelligence to counteract escalating cyber threats.

The subsea cable has 40 Tbps of capacity that will extend more than 6,500 kilometres providing a paradigm shift in Africa's comms sector.

Huawei New Zealand appoints Gavin Cheng as new general manager for the Consumer Business Group, focusing on innovation and growth in the local market.