Cloudy Matters

Ian Moyse Technology Influencer & Sales Leader Did you know that by age 10, approximately 40% of children have a mobile phone. By age 14, that number climbs to 91%. The same Census shows that nearly one in five tweens, between ages nine and 12, say they use social media every day, despite the regulations for most apps that require children to be at least 13 years old to use them.  Nearly 40% of…

Ian Moyse Technology Influencer & Sales Leader In today’s digital landscape, Cyber Threats are increasingly sophisticated and pervasive and unexpected outages of varying causes have been seen to take IT systems offline at unexpected times. Traditional data backup solutions alone are no longer sufficient for the intrinsically linked IT and data mission critical lives we all live, even though with…

How  ‘Small’ Decisions Can Result in Big Things From Ian Moyse, Award Winning Sales Leader & Business Influencer For years I have been the one in the room and on panels bringing the discussion back around to the needs and realities of the average business. What do I mean by this? Well often the discussion centres around how you structure, market, organise channels, build sales, who you sell to…

(And is Now on the Azure Marketplace) Ian Moyse – Tech Industry influencer As we enter 2024, there has never been a time when data has held as high an intrinsic value to an organisation.  I have spoken before about data being the source of the new gold, the value that underpins an organisation’s success and future. The actual gold is the insights that can be gleaned from this data, leading to…

Ian Moyse – Industry Cloud Thought Leader Having worked in the IT sector for 3 decades, in the past 5 years I have witnessed faster change and adoption of technologies than the prior 20 years combined. Users’ familiarity with technology have rocketed, and their demands have evolved alongside. Much of this has been driven by the consumerisation of compute power in smart phones, home IoT devices…

Ian Moyse, Industry Cloud Thought Leader & Sponsored Influencer of VMware’s Zero Carbon Committed Initiative Having worked in IT leadership a long, long time, engaging with businesses from small startups to the largest multi-billion-dollar global organisations, I have seen the levels of commitment to sustainability initiatives change over time.It was not so many years ago that businesses liked…

Win-Win-Win for Industry, Customer and the Environment

Ian Moyse, Cloud Thought Leader Huawei continues to innovate and spread the word of tech for good and in its recent Innovation Week of Win- Win, it focused on how the industry and customer can both achieve a win/win together that positively impacts the environment and the good of the community. From the breadth of sessions, I would suggest this is a win-win-win for end customers,…

Cloud Migration for Small Business: What, Why and How

For the majority of small businesses, cloud-based solutions will be a preferred option, because they offer far more upsides than possible downsides. However, no solution is right for every customer in every scenario in every geography. No system ever has been— or we would all drive the same cars, use the same smartphones and have the same applications. We came from a recent technology world…

Four Ways Cloud-based Solutions Benefit Small Businesses

Cloud-based solutions have already become an everyday part of our lives. We use cloud applications at every turn, often without even realising it. We may use an application on our computer or phone, and not think or care that the reason it works is because it’s operating in the cloud (e.g., Google Maps, Waze, Spotify, Shazam, Slack, etc.). In the same way, cloud-based applications may be brought…

Cloud’s Gift to Small Businesses

Ian Moyse, Cloud Industry Thought Leader & Social Influencer Cloud computing has revolutionised our lives and industries over the past 20 years, and will continue to do so as it evolves, innovates and becomes increasingly more affordable for all. Today, cloud computing platforms and applications span technology sectors, vertical industries, and use cases.      While many businesses had adopted…

‘Tap’ping The Gaps Of Digital Transformation

(Why aggregating data from everywhere to anywhere is key) Ian Moyse, Cloud Industry Thought Leader & Social Influencer Digital transformation is difficult enough encompassing changes in platform, vendor, processes, skills, data stores and more. Additionally, the complexity of securing and monitoring this changed environment, in combination with the traditional systems already in place, often…

‘Bringing Digital Value To The World’

Ian Moyse, Industry Cloud Influencer As we progress fast to a post COVID new world of distributed working and changed expectations of business delivery Huawei laid out its bold plans for a smarter world by 2030. A world of new value creation for customer, supply chains at all levels and businesses across industry sector. Over 5 days Huawei Connect portrayed an intelligent decade ahead bringing…

‘Why 700 Is The Magic Number Of 5G Mass Adoption‘

Ian Moyse, Industry Cloud Influencer There is no doubt that 5G has become a technology evolution that surpasses the 1st impression it made. When 5G was 1st announced the immediate perceived improvement was that of speed of transmission and reports were wide that the consumer would not pay the higher price for the pure speed improvement. However, what was missed was the wider application and…

Our Robot Friend …. or Foe ?

As in my prior commentary, AI is coming to be an everyday term not only from the science fiction of movies, but increasingly from the realities of our everyday lives. Many debates are in play around AI, where it can be trusted, how robust it is and the impact if may have on all our lives and job roles in the coming years. It is inherently linked to the concept of robotics and ability for a human…

Human Trust : Machine Over Man

Ian Moyse, Cloud Thought Leader Trust is a big thing – Trust is defined as: choosing to make what’s important to you, vulnerable to the actions of someone else. Human interactions are finely balanced and many psychological aspects come into play before one can trust another. Even between humans we have levels of trust that vary depending on the consequence and risk of trusting the other party.…

To AI or Not to AI that is the Question

Ian Moyse, Cloud Thought Leader Is AI all It’s made out to be? Is it ready for the mainstream or are we trusting too much in this new growing technology? It was not so very long ago that the closest the majority of us got to AI (Artificial Intelligence) was seeing it in the movies; from the early appearance in Metropolis in 1927 to the more mainstream and recognised uses in the likes of 2001: A…