Disaster recovery (DR) readiness is a necessity for today’s highly digitalised companies and an important item on any board agenda. CIOs must be able to prove, with full documentary evidence, that the business is operationally resilient from an IT perspective. This can turn out to be extremely difficult using partially automated and manually operated tests, […]
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Creating clarity from chaos – the art of successful IT separation in portfolio disposals
Mergers and acquisitions have become a common strategy for growth and transformation. As a result, companies often find themselves in situations where they need to divest or carve out a part of their organisation, and managing the IT and OT estate during this process can be a complex and daunting task. This makes it critical […]
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Are retailers ready for Black Friday?
With Black Friday around the corner, South African retailers are gearing up for one of the busiest shopping days of the year. Unfortunately, most are ignoring a vital element in ensuring they are ready for the influx of shoppers, says Leela Putten, Performance and Security Testing Advisor at iOCO. Black Friday and Cyber Monday have […]
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Moving Towards the Edge
The world is witnessing an exponential growth in the amount of data that is being created, captured, copied, and consumed. In 2022, the volume of data worldwide was estimated at around 97 zettabytes (ZB) and by 2025 this figure will reach 181 ZB[1]. The growing number of Internet of Things (IoT) connected devices is contributing to this data […]
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Maximizing the Benefits of Cloud Migration with a Well-Tested Framework
Written by Reinier Van Dommelen, Principal Technical Consultant – Software Applications and Systems at iOCO In the global rush to go serverless and in the cloud, many organisations neglect quality assurance and testing – an oversight that can seriously impair performance and increase organisational risk. There are numerous reasons for this, but a key one […]
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iOCO acquires Hoverfly Cloud to boost software development services
Empowering Businesses with Simplified Testing iOCO Solutions Limited, a leading digital transformation solutions provider, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Hoverfly Cloud from SpectoLabs, the developers of Hoverfly, the open-source API simulation tool. The acquisition enhances the Group’s software development capabilities, allowing it to deliver high-quality software for its global customers with greater speed […]
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How CFOs can derive significant business benefit from the cloud
For years, conversations around the benefits that the cloud brings to business have centred on innovation and agility, with a focus on how organisations could become and remain more competitive. With the massive changes the Covid-19 pandemic has brought, though, companies have started having different conversations, and are now looking at how the cloud can […]
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Finance has become a data game
By Varsha Ramesar, Managing Executive, Data and Analytics The data revolution has fundamentally changed the role of the finance professional as we know it. In order to continue to be seen as a value-added service or department, finance professionals must evolve – not only to keep up with ever-changing technologies, but to access the benefits […]
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Embrace the future with an API-first approach
In 2002, Jeff Bezos issued what is now known as the API mandate: ‘The new direction at Amazon is that all capabilities will be designed and exposed as APIs’. This is an early version of what is today called API-first. The growing maturity of cloud, with its virtually unlimited processing power, and the reality of […]
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Doing digital transformation right
By Brian Harding, Head of iOCO Digital Digital transformation has been a business buzzword for many years now, but while most organisations have already embarked on the journey, they often forget that digital transformation always needs to be viewed in the context of the end consumer. Typically, organisations embark on a digital transformation journey to […]
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