With cloud, South Africa is on a learning curve. Until recently, local organisations had somewhat limited options. Now, like London busses, they’ve suddenly got a choice of two hyperscale environments as both giants have committed to infrastructure in the country.

This lays to rest concerns such as data sovereignty and latency. But it still means that organisations are facing a choice. If you go to a single vendor, from both a business and technology perspective, are you making the right decision? Why are you only choosing one? Why aren’t you asking both of them to compete?