By IT News Africa -April 20, 2023
“It seems like yesterday, and, yet a lifetime ago that we as a technology industry had to deal with one of the greatest crises of recent times – the Covid-19 pandemic.
Overnight, we were tasked with implementing digital systems and infrastructures that would take the core operations of South African enterprises and allow them to function online and remotely. Our clients wanted it to be “business as usual” in the most unusual of times, a seamless transition to the digital transformation both they and our country needed to have happen.
We made it happen. We found solutions. We had the technology to do so.
But now South Africa is faced with a challenge that dwarfs the pandemic. There is no greater threat to South African businesses than load-shedding. It is that simple and that stark. It touches every aspect of us as a nation, as a people, and as industries attempting to stabilise and grow the country.
It is the most disruptive challenge of our generation. Just ask the CEOs of large enterprises who have been speaking about how hard they have been hit by the blackouts. Just ask the business leaders who fear for what the greater knock-on impact is across all sectors. Just ask the Reserve Bank governor who says almost a billion rand is lost every day in South Africa because of load shedding. Just ask economists who estimate almost a percentage point has been shaved off the country’s GDP because of Eskom’s struggles.
As with the pandemic, the technology industry needs to find solutions to the challenges load-shedding creates for large enterprises in particular. The silver lining is in the Cloud.”
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Cloud computing is often far more secure than traditional computing, because companies like Google and Amazon can attract and retain cyber-security personnel of a higher quality than many governmental agencies.
Vivek Kundra
Cloud email & archiving
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