Among hurdles often cited for businesses before they adopt the cloud are
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That Kenya is distinguished as a hotbed of technological innovation and creativity is not in dispute.
Experts
however reckon the challenge going forward is how the country
consolidates the gains in order to improve the quality of life for its
citizenry.
A while back, talk on cloud computing would
have earned a person blank looks. Today however, cloud storage of
programmes, documents and data is now a pre-occupation of IT managers.
Techies
aver that the onset of the Internet of Things, big data and cloud
computing have revived hope and presented endless possibilities to
organisations who are now able to use data to positively influence
almost every facet of their operations.
However, reports indicate that the missing link is that
currently not all mobile devices (including laptops and phones) used to
access data in the cloud are connected. While many organisations want to
make use of big data, IT departments have difficulty in making it
comprehensible and cost-effective – largely because, up until now, it
has been neither.
“We’ve found that key to mitigating
costs in organisations, begins with housing your solution in one place, a
single app,” said Sebuh Haileleul, the General Manager for East Africa
at Microsoft.
Among hurdles often cited for businesses
before they adopt the cloud are public perception and fragmented,
confusing regulations.
Microsoft flags out three major
trends that will shape and shoulder disruptions in the future. They
include astronomical explosion of data, cloud adoption and Artificial
Intelligence.
These
trends were evident at the just concluded Mobile World Congress (MWC)
in Barcelona, Spain, where more than 2,400 exhibitors showcased their
latest mobile innovations, majority of which focused on emerging
technologies.
This year’s mammoth congress which was
dominated by a huge buzz around 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and
the Internet of Things (IoT), earned itself the title the “year of
Intelligent Connectivity”.
5G is the latest of the
mobile technology that will significantly lower latency and increase
throughput to meet the swelling mobile data consumption.
At
present, Kenya is the clear leader in Africa when it comes to Internet
and mobile penetration, which stood at 89.4 per cent in June 2017, with
the next three lagging further behind: Morocco (58pc), South Africa (56)
and Nigeria (54). The continental average is 31.2 per cent.
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