1. Planning your migration Establish what your cloud requirements will be. This step is important as it will be the basis from which you choose the service you go with based on both the product and pricing. Things to consider are CPU usage, memory usage, storage requirements, concurrent users, backup requirements etc. 2. Choose…
Google recently announced the rollout of a new subseacable that will start in Western Europe and run along the Coast of Africa between Portugal and South Africa, according to their blog. What is a “subsea cable”? A subsea cable, also known as submarine communications cable is a cable laid on the sea bed between two…
The aim of implementing business software is to improve productivity on a variety of tasks within the business process to optimise turnover with lower expenditure – in laymen’s terms – to increase profit. Software solutions that are intelligent help businesses better manage their processes within different areas of the business to alleviate tedious manual work…
There is a lot of hype around the Fourth Industrial Revolution, with employees fearing that they could lose their jobs as as AI replaces a variety of job functions in the workplace. The truth is, there may be no need for job loss, however, there will be a change in the way employees work and…
News sites and professionals throughout South Africa and even internationally are commenting on the increased number of skilled individuals leaving the country, and more specifically, those skilled in the IT sector. According to a Business Tech article, for every skilled professional coming to South Africa, there are eight leaving. Oxbridge Academy states that some of…
Today we have 1Gbps and even bigger connections to the internet in South Africa and there is very few people who do not have access to the internet in some way or form. This was not the case just 31 years ago. The first connection to the internet was an email connection from Rhodes University…
Telkom recently released its financial results for the 2018 / 2019 financial year and as has been the trend over the last few years, Telkom has seen a decline in its fixed line subscribers. Telkom has seen a consistent increase in cancellations from its fixed line subscribers since the year 2001 but in recent years…
Adoption of cloud is on the rise with approximately 31% of businesses using cloud telecoms solutions and more than 71% of companies using cloud to back up their data, according to a recent study. Despite this, another study has revealed that small businesses are slow to adopt cloud due to the recent bouts of loadshedding…
We decided to take some time this Worker’s Day and celebrate those who do the hard work, so we decided to do an interview with one of our champion team-members to see if he knew what the origins of Worker’s Day is and to find out what keeps him working so hard at ESA. Teri…
The start of 2019 was a very dark time for South African businesses as loadshedding once again caused the loss of countless hours of productivity, affecting more often than not the small-to-medium sized businesses the worst. Whilst many large businesses have the facilities and finances to ensure alternative energy sources such as generators or solar…
