{"id":527267,"date":"2024-03-12T08:12:53","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T06:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=527267"},"modified":"2024-03-12T08:12:53","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T06:12:53","slug":"south-africas-cloud-hosting-and-data-centre-kings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cloud-hosting\/527267-south-africas-cloud-hosting-and-data-centre-kings.html","title":{"rendered":"South Africa’s cloud, hosting, and data centre kings"},"content":{"rendered":"

MyBroadband\u2019s business IT decision-maker survey revealed that Google is the preferred cloud provider in South Africa.<\/p>\n

The survey further showed that Teraco tops the data centre list, and Afrihost reigns supreme in the hosting sector.<\/p>\n

MyBroadband\u2019s Corporate IT brand survey asked IT professionals about their preferences regarding business IT solutions.<\/p>\n

The survey was completed by 1,518 respondents, the majority of whom were executives and managers deciding on which IT products their companies buy.<\/p>\n

The results were filtered to only include respondents who decide which ICT products and services their company uses.<\/p>\n

Top cloud providers<\/h2>\n

As part of the survey, IT decision-makers were asked which cloud services provider they think is best for their company.<\/p>\n

Google Cloud was the preferred provider, with 39% of the vote, narrowly beating Microsoft Azure with 35%. Amazon Web Services (AWS) was third with 22%.<\/p>\n

The chart below shows South Africa\u2019s preferred cloud providers.<\/p>\n

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Top hosting providers<\/h2>\n

In the survey, respondents were asked which hosting provider they would pick to host a new website.<\/p>\n

Afrihost crushed the competition with 46% of the vote, followed by Xneelo on 15%, and Domains.co.za on 13%.<\/p>\n

The chart below shows South Africa\u2019s preferred hosting providers.<\/p>\n

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Top data centre providers<\/h2>\n

As part of the survey, IT decision-makers were asked which data centre provider they think is the best in South Africa.<\/p>\n

Teraco received the most votes with 32%, followed by Dimension Data with 22%, and Vodacom Business with 16%.<\/p>\n

The chart below shows South Africa\u2019s best data centre providers.<\/p>\n

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