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Earlier this year, we wrote a blog post about what to expect from cloud in 2021. In the post, we explained how various cloud trends helped many organisations survive the first wave of the pandemic. We also explained why cloud use will continue to rise and evolve as businesses attempt to minimise disruption and upRead more

2020 may have come and gone but COVID-19 has not. Healthcare institutions and officials looking to inject smarter processes and efficiencies into their operations are increasingly turning to emerging technologies to aid their response to the pandemic. South Africa’s COVID-19 Alert app serves as a great example. The app is not a contact tracing platform,Read more

According to IDC, cloud spending is expected to dramatically increase as organisations continue to accelerate cloud deployments. But who is monitoring this spend and making sure that you’re getting the most out of your budget? Cloud economists, also dubbed ‘the other CFO’, help the business forecast their cloud costs and identify any potential savings for new cloudRead more

People often talk about your character, but what does it actually mean? Often, when a commentator interviews a player after a tough game, they’ll comment on how the team “showed great character”, but what are they trying to say? I recently did some research on character and the more I read about it, the moreRead more

For most of us, 5G is still pretty new. If you’ve had the opportunity to use it or you have been exposed to 5G in the past, chances are that you haven’t really experienced the super fast speeds and ultra low latency promised by the 5th generation mobile network. The kind of speed and instantRead more

For most companies, going digital means moving to the cloud. While the benefits of cloud are clear, what many business leaders don’t realise is that tracking cloud expenses and keeping costs under control can be tricky. As part of our global expansion, Nebula CTO, Andre Witte,  moved to Amsterdam to help European businesses make theRead more

Since the early 2000s, low-cost manufacturing has totally transformed the economies of China and other developing countries. The manufacturing industry now makes up roughly 40% of China’s GDP, playing a key role in expanding the middle class, driving consumption and reducing poverty. Now, it’s Africa’s turn. The African manufacturing industry must boost efficiency in orderRead more

According to the 2020 Cloud in Africa report, released in September last year, cloud technology helped business across sub-Saharan Africa to better manage the disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Conducted by World Wide Worx in partnership with F5, DigiCloud Africa, and Dell Technologies, over 90% of study participants described cloud computing as being “important” in theirRead more

Resolution-setting is all about revisiting your goals and outlining your future plans with the aim being to improve in the year ahead. An extremely helpful framing exercise for individuals and businesses alike, setting New Year’s resolutions entails reflecting on the previous year and identifying how you can be better going forward. 2020 was characterised byRead more

“Necessity is the mother of invention”. This English-language proverb suggests that the primary driving force for new inventions is need. We’ve seen proof of this in 2020 as business leaders scrambled to minimise disruption caused by COVID-19. Not only did the pandemic dramatically accelerate corporate digital transformation, it also accelerated technological innovation in a wayRead more