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South African businesses rush to the cloud, expect 75% penetration in 2 years

South African business is poised for massive adoption of cloud computing, with some 75% of all applications set to be in the cloud within two years. That’s thanks to the fact that the promises made by the IT industry for cloud ring true.

 

For decades, IT has served its own interests and not that of the business. With cloud computing, a corner is turned. Cloud delivers. It is secure, it is flexible, it scales – and South African companies, like those in developed countries, are ready to take to the cloud en masse.


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