Season 1 Episode 1

BCX presents - Lorin Jansen and Thavs Naidoo on getting real value from cloud

23 October 2026 · 19:17 min

Cloud investment is only worthwhile if it delivers measurable business value rather than simply producing bigger technology bills.

Lorin Jansen, Managing Executive for Dotcom Software Projects at BCX, and Thavs Naidoo, Senior Manager: Cloud at BCX, explain why many organisations are reassessing… what they actually gained from moving workloads to the cloud.

They discuss the visibility problems created by fragmented multi-cloud environments, duplicated platforms, and unclear ownership. Jansen explains why businesses should connect cloud spending to measurable outcomes such as cost savings, faster time to market, resource efficiency, customer satisfaction, and reduced risk.

The conversation also examines cloud resilience in the South African business environment. Naidoo explains why resilience extends beyond backups to include people, data, identity management, networking, external dependencies, and the ability to keep critical services running during disruption.

They also unpack where businesses can find quick improvements, including better workload placement, reducing duplication, improving governance, and creating stronger accountability between business, finance, and IT.

0:00 Intro
1:07 The cloud investment hangover
2:14 What cloud value really means
3:36 Why businesses lose visibility
7:07 Managing multi-cloud complexity
8:26 Measuring cloud ROI
11:00 Building real cloud resilience
15:38 Where businesses can improve fastest

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