S.A. Outsourcing (Pty) Ltd, one of South Africa's leading technology providers, has successfully implemented cloud computing with highly scalable IT capabilities for major SA poultry producer, Astral Foods Limited.
With S.A. Outsourcing, fully managed cloud computing services, including software as a service (Saas), infrastructure as a service (IaaS) as well as platform as a service (Paas), our clients' hardware and software applications, and data and information are efficiently and effectively maintained.
Despite the fact that most South African IT companies consider cloud computing a risk, S.A. Outsourcing has proven its leading IT capabilities by introducing a host of new opportunities for Astral Foods.
“Astral Foods was looking for a solution that reduced capital expenditures, minimised operating costs, maximised resources and provided virtual business continuity with added redundancy and disaster recovery. Once strategic guidelines are in place, a CEO need not be concerned about security, cost, system integration and productivity,” explains Pedro Viudez, CEO of S.A. Outsourcing.
S.A. Outsourcing has managed to create a faster, secure cloud environment that IT managers have utmost confidence in.
“The new cloud environment that S.A. Outsourcing has implemented is faster, more reliable and reduces expenditure with the added ability for us to access enterprise information anywhere and at any time. This has allowed Astral to increase productivity with less downtime. All these services are monitored and hosted for us by S.A. Outsourcing.” acknowledges Evert Potgieter, Audit and Risk Executive of Astral Foods.
“Cloud Computing is the new paradigm shift towards convenience. It provides data security as all information is cloud-based and secured,” says Pedro Viudez, CEO of S.A. Outsourcing.
S.A. Outsourcing knows that cloud computing will play a fundamental role in re-shaping technology trends within the South African market as well as the international market.
According to a report from Gartner that examines the risks and realities of cloud computing; “Cloud computing heralds an evolution of business that is no less influential than e-business.”
The key objective for S.A. Outsourcing is to deliver resilient cloud services to its clients. “Adopting cloud services from S.A. Outsourcing establishes recommended practices within your organisation and optimises traditional client IT infrastructure. Thereafter, the infrastructure can be timeously re-assessed for changing business needs, ensuring ongoing reliability, commensurate with best practice and international standards,” adds Viudez.
S.A. Outsourcing understands that the shift to a cloud environment presents a host of opportunities for businesses to create agility, efficiency and productivity. Information is the core structure for productivity in any organisation. By implementing the cloud, data is secure and virtualisation allows businesses to implement an effective disaster recovery plan without the added costs of purchasing a secondary backup system. Deployed on an on-demand basis, monthly or annually, cloud computing allows users to gain flexibility and varying amounts of service depending on need, at any given time.
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