Speaking at a recent Cloud for Retail event in Cape Town, Linah Maigurira, Google’s retail industry manager for South Africa, explained that consumers are more curious, more demanding and more impatient than they’ve ever been before. “Your customers are walking into your shop with an intent to buy and that intent is backed by knowledge. They’reRead more
Market research firm, the International Data Corporation (IDC), coined the term “the third platform” to describe the hugely disruptive world we live in. Characterised by four foundational digital technologies – namely social, mobile, analytics/big data and cloud computing – the IDC believes that these tools have enabled companies to boost efficiencies, create new customer andRead more
According to Accenture: “cloud is the foundational element for this digital change”. And along with this change comes the opportunity to transform business models, to improve products and services, to boost customer experience and to take advantage of greater agility. Often hampered by legacy infrastructure that simply cannot compete with faster and more innovative digitalRead more
Research firms like Statista forecast that over 30 billion devices will be connected to the Internet by 2020 and that this number will rise to 75 billion come 2025. No longer just a tech industry buzzword, the Internet of Things (IoT) has become a core technology influencing everything that consumers and businesses use on a daily basis.Read more
Nebula has been named the Industry Vertical Solution Partner of the Year at the 2019 Microsoft South Africa Partner Awards. Honouring best-in-class businesses that have demonstrated their expertise within a selected industry – in this case, retail – the Partner of the Year awards were handed out at an astronomy-inspired evening in Johannesburg last week.Read more
Modern businesses have to make quick decisions in order to stay ahead of the competition. And having the most recent data available is critical in order to make these swift business decisions possible. Within the healthcare space, the stakes are far higher. When getting test results, diagnosing patients and determining the best course of treatmentRead more
Given the fact that 93% of South African businesses are either developing or implementing a cloud strategy, no business can afford to be left behind. But where do you begin? At Nebula, we’re always keen to help. As such, we’ve put together an eBook detailing everything you need to know before embarking on your cloudRead more
A 2019 survey of close to 400 local IT decision makers revealed that 77% of South African businesses are using cloud services within their IT environments. And with several big brands planning to open local data centres in the near future – Microsoft were first out the gates opening theirs in March – interest inRead more
For many of us, edge computing is still somewhat of an enigma. It’s a new kind of data centre, it’s a new way to build a network and it’s also a method to speed up the cloud. Put simply – edge computing is a method to improve the performance of Internet-based electronic devices. From phones,Read more
Forbes equate the hype around cloud computing, the internet of things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) to the launch of the internet some thirty years ago. Describing the rise of the internet as the greatest technology revolution since the industrial revolution, they describe the combination of cloud, IoT and AI as “driving opportunity and threatRead more
