AZURE over AWS for South Africa’s best daily deals site
During 2020, this leading e-tailer saw phenomenal growth of over 40% from the previous comparative period. They were hosting their infrastructure at a local DC. But the increase in demand was creating problems. Predicting what demand you could have is difficult when you host your infrastructure on-prem but is easy to overcome when you use Microsoft Azure. Crimson Line took OneDayOnly.co.za from on-prem to Azure during 2021 resulting in a stress-free 2021 Black Friday.
Enterprise capabilities for a regional wine estate
The food and beverage industry is a fast-moving, competitive one. Warwick Estate’s beautiful vineyards, cellars, restaurant, and picnic area is part of the Stellenbosch Winelands. They needed a communication and data technology system that would allow for ease of use but using an ISP email solution was making this difficult. The estate’s location outside of Stellenbosch meant that their options for internet connectivity were limited. But Crimson Line assured the limited connectivity did not need to keep them out of the cloud.
Aging hardware no longer needs to be a worry
Hosting your own data center means you need to keep track of hardware-related issues. Software developers, RedPanda, moved ahead of the curve by extending its data center into Azure before hardware needed to be replaced.