Azure Services In South Africa

Microsoft Azure, often referred to as Azure, is a cloud computing service operated by Microsoft for application management via Microsoft-managed data centers.

Azure Services In South Africa

Mobile.

Mobile market in South Africa is controlled by four cellular providers: Vodacom, MTN, Cell C, Telkom (Mobile), which is run by Telkom, With Vodacom and MTN controlling the 75% of the market share, ICASA considers that mobile brand services are highly concentrated in the country.
Vodacom: 83.6%
MTN: 89.5%
Cell C: 81%
Telkom: 88.6%

Storage.

If you wanted to go into the self-storage business in South Africa 10 years ago, it would have been difficult because it was almost non-existent.

In the years to follow, however, a few agricultural-land owners began building 25 to 50 garages on their plots on city outskirts. They developed the properties in phases as they generated cash flow, building an average of 300 units per facility. These facilities enjoyed an average occupancy of 90 percent and a decent rental income.

It was also extremely difficult to buy an existing facility as the original developers were getting excellent returns and had no motivation to sell. Nor were there any specialty self-storage property-management companies, or an association to welcome potential investors into the industry.

Building an Industry

Two years ago, having just sold a business―and having a real estate background as well as a passion for property development―I became fascinated with self-storage. This was just as the property market began to collapse. I saw the opportunity to purchase affordable land for storage development in prime areas, but there was no industry information readily available, no road map or industry leader to follow. Essentially, there were no local experts in the field.

Analytics.

Executives know that the zettabytes of data generated at ever-increasing speed in our digitized world have created an urgent business analytics imperative. Organizations are tapping into increasingly sophisticated analytics techniques to improve opportunities for growth, innovation and competitive advantage.

Applying analytics technologies, tools, techniques and talent can transform dry facts and figures into strategic insights that deliver intelligence in the moment. You can now solve specific and complex business problems on reliable intel, not gut-instinct. Equip your organization to make fact-based decisions across your value chain to increase overall performance, differentiation and profitable growth, while mitigating risks.

Is Azure available in South Africa?

Microsoft opened Azure regions in both Johannesburg and Cape Town in 2019.

How many Azure regions are in South Africa?

Today, Microsoft announced its Africa datacenters are live. The two Datacenters located in South Africa will bring Microsoft’s total available and announced cloud regions to 54. Microsoft says the datacenters will begin to generally offer Azure service followed

Does Microsoft have servers in South Africa?

Africa Enterprise-grade Datacentre regions

The availability of Microsoft’s cloud services delivered from South Africa means local companies can securely and reliably move their businesses to the cloud while maintaining data residency and compliance requirements.

Does Microsoft have a data Centre in South Africa?

There will be two data centres available in South Africa, one in Cape Town and the other in Johannesburg. The new facilities will provide highly secured cloud services with the option of residency of data in SA. These cloud services include Microsoft Azure, Dynamics 365, and Office 365.