FD Insights Issue 7 | Page 9

CBS Africa Launches to Become the First Dedicated Cloud Brokerage Supplier and Consultancy in South Africa Company to supply cloud brokerage marketplaces into the African market and offer supporting services and cloud services for resale through customers’ channels. C loud Brokerage Services Africa (CBS Africa) is a new enterprise in the local ICT industry which has launched to enable and license businesses throughout the continent to purchase and manage cloud brokerage marketplaces via the Jamcracker platform. The company’s focus will be on supplying cloud brokerage marketplaces into the African market, whilst offering the supporting services and cloud services for resale through the customers’ channels to enable businesses to get to market quickly and easily. CBS Africa consists of a dedicated, highly motivated team of business analysts, developers and project managers with an in-depth understanding of the cloud software industry. Within the organisation, key relationships already exist with global world-class vendors of services, and the company is the first in the world to successfully integrate SoftLayer, an IBM Company, within a brokerage model. Kevin Derman, General Manager for CBS Africa, explained that the strength of their brokerage model lies in the amount and the se