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Episode 18: The AI Expo Africa 2019 Episode

• 30th Aug 2019
• Tagged as: #aiexpoafrica2019, ai, amazonwebservices, aws, azure, cloud, machinelearning, microsoft, ml, technology

In this edition we chat to Nick Bradshaw, organiser and founder of the AI Africa Expo on what impact they saw from the expo last year and what people can expect from this years expo…

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Episode 17: The Geoff Brown AWS Interview Episode

• 15th May 2019
• Tagged as: africa, africabusiness, aws, azure, business, cloud, geoffbrown, kenya, machinelearning, nigeria, southafrica, technology

In this episode we interview Geoff Brown, Managing Director for Sub-Saharan Africa at Amazon Web Services. We get into the detail on how AWS is investing in South Africa and Africa as a whole, AWS…

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Episode 16: From Local to Hyperscale Cloud – The ydox Case Study Episode

• 26th Mar 2019
• Tagged as: aws, azure, cloudtechnology, hyperscalecloud, latency, localcloud, technology

In this episode we speak to Carl Wallace, CEO of Digital HQ on why the made the choice to move from a local cloud provider to AWS, a hyperscale cloud and the results they experienced…

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Episode 15: The Cloud Big Bets for 2019 Episode

• 11th Feb 2019
• Tagged as: 2019, ai, artificialintelligence, aws, azure, blockchain, cloud, cloudmigration, cloudtechnology, gcp, microsoft, pricing, technology

In this episode we place our big bets for cloud for 2019. These are the top 5 areas where we think you will see major shift in 2019. Discussions include, local datacenters, AI, IoT, Blockchain…

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Episode 14: The Security in the Cloud Episode

• 9th Dec 2018
• Tagged as: amazonwebservices, aws, azure, cloud, cloudcomputing, gcp, security, sharedsecuritymodel, technology, trendmicro

A key component of moving to the cloud is security. We catch up with Tau Mailula of Trend Micro and discuss some common pitfalls and what is required with cloud security. This interview was recorded…

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Episode 11: The Interesting Startups in the Cloud 2 Episode

• 27th Sep 2018
• Tagged as: africa, ai, amazon, amazonwebservices, aws, azure, cloud, cloudcomputing, digitaltransformation, google, machinelearning, ml, startups, technology

In this, the second episode that looks at interesting “born in the cloud” startups, we chat to Celina Lee, CEO of Zindi, a cloud platform that aims to solve Africa’s toughest challenges using machine learning…

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Episode 10: The Interesting Cloud Startups 1 Episode

• 20th Sep 2018
• Tagged as: africatechnology, amazon, aws, azure, cloud, cloudcomputing, connectivity, digitisation, digitization, ec2, googlecloud, insurance, pitching, rds, startupbootcamp, startuppitching, startups, technology

In this episode we speak to ALEXANDRE N’DJORE CEO of the Digitech Group and recent winner of the AWS Startup Day pitching competition and one of the Top-10 startups in Africa. Find out how they…

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Episode 8: The 7 Rs of Cloud Migration

• 29th Aug 2018
• Tagged as: amazonwebservices, aws, azure, cloudcomputing, cloudmigration, digitisation, digitization, gartner, gcp, iaas, kaskade, paas, saas, technology, technologytrends

In this episode we cover the 7R’s of cloud migration. What?? You thought there were only 6 R’s? Well, we introduce you to our suggested 7th R to complete the list and to keep up…

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Episode 7: The Cloud Explained Part 1

• 23rd Aug 2018
• Tagged as: aws, azure, cloud, cloudcomputing, datacentre, gcp, googlecloud, hyperscalecloud, iaas, itcosts, office365, paas, pizza, saas, technology

In this episode we take a few steps back and go through some cloud basics like IaaS, PaaS and SaaS. The benefits and risks are examined, as well as great analogy with Pizza as a…

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Episode 6: The Women in the Clouds Episode

• 14th Aug 2018
• Tagged as: amazon, amazonwebservices, aws, azure, cloud, cloudtechnology, entrepreneur, girlswhocode, technology, virtualisation, womeninbusiness, womeninit, womenintech, womenintechza

In this episode we speak to three women (Lisa Strydom, Catherine Luckoff, and Monique Hart) working in cloud technology in South Africa. They share with us their journey to careers in technology and provide some…