Intelligent CIO Africa Issue 36 | Page 35

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// simplicity, reliability, better security and availability are all contributing to companies feeling more comfortable in moving mission- critical data to the cloud. Furthermore, thanks to backup and availability solutions, they have the confidence that they still have ownership of their data and can do with it what they want, when they want, with the provider of their choosing. This is critical when it comes to advanced technologies reliant on public and managed cloud service providers. Being able to deliver www.intelligentcio.com FEATURE: CLOUD SOLUTIONS a 24x7 environment with guaranteed uptime of data and solutions is a business fundamental in the always-on world. Technologies such as Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and the Internet of Things all demand access to continually available data in order to be effective. If on-premise systems go down and that data becomes unavailable, the sophisticated algorithms driving these solutions will not work optimally and could negatively impact Trent Odgers, Cloud and Hosting Manager, Africa, at Veeam INTELLIGENTCIO 35