Cloud

Onward to the ubiquitous cloud

Not unusually for the ICT industry, the hype around cloud has thus far failed to live up to expectations.

02 September 2013

If one believes the technology-focussed press around the world, every single ICT vendor on the planet has magically become a provider of cloud-friendly products and services. The reality of cloud is a lot less ubiquitous, however, and probably still very much in a state of flux.

According to Gary de Menezes, regional director at Oracle SA, cloud is challenging the traditional way of thinking in the corporate world, for resellers and among vendors. Within large enterprise accounts, he adds, the legacy structures and large ICT departments are not necessarily conducive to embracing an exclusively cloud-based future.

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