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According to Flexera’s 2020 State of Tech Spend Report, nearly one-third of survey respondents already have workloads in the cloud. And that number is expected to jump to almost half by 2021.Given the efficiency gains and cost saving, the rise in cloud use is understandable. In recent years, we’ve seen cloud being used by organisationsRead more

A B2B marketplace is an online environment that make it simpler to meet the supply and procurement needs of the organisation by allowing companies to view different offers, compare product quality and find the best price. B2B marketplaces allow companies to buy what they need online, opening up a pool of products and solutions for those buyingRead more

Last week, Nebula was named ISV partner of the year at the Microsoft Partner Awards South Africa. The award is handed out to the partner who shows excellence in innovation and the implementation of customer solutions using Microsoft technology. Other finalists in the ISV partner award category included customer experience and customer journey analytics softwareRead more

I’ve spoken about a BHAG before. Pronounced “Bee Hag” and short for a “Big Hairy Audacious Goal”, the concept calls on people, and businesses, to build for the long term by working today and tomorrow and the next day with strict and steadfast focus. It’s usually something that seems impossible. We’ve always had a dreamRead more

Many South African businesses aren’t able to access the ICT skills they need to succeed in the fourth industrial revolution (4IR). This is according to the South African ICT Skills Survey, which was released in September last year and was carried out by the Joburg Centre for Software Engineering (JCSE) at Wits University, in partnershipRead more

Efficiency is defined as the ability to produce something with a minimum amount of effort. Depending on what you’re doing, efficiency is based on different metrics. In sport, for example, achieving greater efficiency is all about how much energy you expend while performing a certain action – like moving through the water when swimming or travellingRead more

In April 2019, president Cyril Ramaphosa set up the Presidential Commission on the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). The 30-member presidential commission was put together to assist government in taking advantage of the opportunities presented by the digital industrial revolution; identifying relevant policies, strategies and action plans to position South Africa as a competitive global player.Read more

We recently asked our Nebula team about their remote working experiences. Keen to find out how they’re coping with this new reality, the aim of these conversations was to find out where things were going right and where they may be going wrong. Some mentioned “technical difficulties” and this really struck a cord with me.Read more

Everyone is talking about digital transformation. It may be somewhat of a buzz phrase at the moment as companies around the world navigate the realities of distributed work, but the digital transformation trend is nothing new. Back in 2017, the IDC reported that global spend on transformation technologies – hardware, software, and services – hadRead more

Cloud computing has long been hailed as a technological disruptor like no other, enabling rapid digitalisation across businesses of all sizes and across all industries. 5G is the next evolution in mobile network technology, building on the already significant benefits of the 4G/LTE networks that proceeded it. In fact, the capacity of 5G is soRead more