In the wake of yesterday’s announcement about Microsoft’s new data centers going live, we sat down with the MD of Microsoft South Africa, Lillian Barnard, and Yousef Khalidi, corporate vice president of Azure... FULL STORY >

It has been a while coming, but Microsoft’s new enterprise grade Azure Cloud regions in Johannesburg and Cape Town were officially announced today at their headquarters in Bryanston along with the details of an investment... FULL STORY >

Andrew Cruise, managing director, Routed, a vendor-neutral cloud infrastructure provider, says that there is still a lot for local businesses to learn about cloud before they see the true benefits. FULL STORY >

Citrix has partnered with Microsoft to provide Citrix SD-WAN solution as the on-ramp to Azure, for the new Azure Virtual WAN service, announced by Microsoft today. FULL STORY >

Microsoft’s first Insider Dev Tour in Johannesburg saw a drone and monkey chasing a banana around the stage. Then things really got interesting. FULL STORY >

In the continuation of the exploration of Azure, the conversation turned to the third and fourth pillars of the company’s approach to the cloud, that of artificial intelligence (AI) and trust. FULL STORY >

Microsoft’s Tech Summit, which took place in Cape Town this week, turned out to be a wellspring of insight and inspiration. FULL STORY >

Riverbed SteelConnect offers instant and automated provisioning of SD-WAN connectivity into Microsoft Azure cloud networks. FULL STORY >

Good Dynamics Secure Mobility Platform in Microsoft Azure Marketplace enhances collaboration and communication capabilities for businesses adapting the cloud. FULL STORY >

BT announced it is further broadening its Cloud of Clouds offering by providing customers the ability to connect directly to the Microsoft Office 365 productivity suite with Microsoft Azure... FULL STORY >

The only gold certified Microsoft Cloud Operating System Network (COSN) partner in Africa, Business Connexion has launched the first pay-as-you-go service for Windows Azure Pack out of its Tier IV data... FULL STORY >

As cloud infrastructure adoption continues to accelerate, Trend Micro Incorporated announced the availability of its cloud and data centre platform, Trend Micro Deep Security, on the Azure Marketplace, an online store... FULL STORY >

South Africans can now experience and take advantage of Azure like services, with the announcement that Tarsus Cloud On Demand, will be offering customers the ability to tap into on-premise, off-premise as well as hybrid cloud... FULL STORY >

Now underway and accepting entries until 26 May 2015, the Openness Ideas competition aims to give developers support and exposure using Microsoft's Azure backend. FULL STORY >

Web content management company, Sitecore, has announced it has formed a global partnership with Avanade, to deliver a simple, unified approach to digital marketing and web content management. FULL STORY >