Cloud Over Africa
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The podcast that explores all things cloud with a special focus on AWS and associated technologies, and their application across the African continent.
Cloud Over Africa
2y ago
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 in the process ..read more
Cloud Over Africa
2y ago
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 happening on the 4th and 5th of September ..read more
Cloud Over Africa
2y ago
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 at AWS re:Invent in Las Vegas ..read more
Cloud Over Africa
2y ago
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 (all the required buzzwords), payment granularity and more ..read more
Cloud Over Africa
2y ago
In this episode, Kevin Derman and Russell Warne analyze various research on cloud usage across the world and compare it with what is happening in South Africa. How far behind is South Africa? 6 months? 12 months? 2 years? Take a listen to find out ..read more
Cloud Over Africa
2y ago
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 and AI. A fascinating discussion and a great idea ..read more
Cloud Over Africa
2y ago
We are celebrating all the women in cloud technology this month. We interview Veliswa Boya, an AWS Cloud Hero, 3 times certified cloud architect, mother, mentor and more. We cover her journey to certification, career tips, exam advice, and how she balances it all. Veliswa's personality and positive attitude shines through in this interview ..read more
Cloud Over Africa
2y ago
Direct from Las Vegas re:Invent, we cover some of the announcements from Andy Jassy's keynote. Hear about what was released in the new database functionality, many machine learning announcements, security and more ..read more
Cloud Over Africa
2y ago
We chat with Rick Braddy Founder and CTO of Buurst (Softnas) and former CTO of Citrix, about all things cloud storage and compare South Africa and Africa to what's being seen in North America ..read more
Cloud Over Africa
2y ago
In this episode Kevin and Russell, AWS re:Invent veterans, share their top 10 tips on how to ensure you have a great and productive re:Invent. The conference starts 25th November in Las Vegas and is the year highlight in the AWS world ..read more