{"id":130960,"date":"2018-05-23T05:40:34","date_gmt":"2018-05-23T10:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ict-pulse.com\/?p=130960"},"modified":"2018-05-23T05:38:16","modified_gmt":"2018-05-23T10:38:16","slug":"ictp-006-embracing-cloud-scott-mackenzie-cloud-carib","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/2018\/05\/ictp-006-embracing-cloud-scott-mackenzie-cloud-carib\/","title":{"rendered":"ICTP 006:  Embracing the cloud, with Scott MacKenzie of Cloud Carib"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Cloud computing has been popular for over 10 years, but it can be argued that it still has not taken off among Caribbean businesses, especially among MSMEs, which are likely to benefit considerably from adopting it. In our conversation with Scott MacKenzie, CEO of Cloud Carib, we highlight this Caribbean-based operation; key cloud trends observed in the Caribbean region; five questions a firm should ask if it is looking to secure cloud services; and more\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/447902550&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Episode is also available in <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/ict-pulse-podcast\/id1373550291\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple iTunes<\/a>\u00a0and on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/podcast\/ict-pulse-podcast?refid=stpr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stitcher<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Although virtually all of us use cloud services in our personal lives, we may not necessarily think of it as a strategic tool for our businesses and organisations. As we noted in some of our earlier articles here on ICT Pulse, there are several benefits in incorporating cloud computing and services into your organisation\u2019s operations.<\/p>\n<p>Further, with the 2018 hurricane season to officially begin next week, 1 June, we thought it opportune to again highlight the cloud, as it can be invaluable in an organisation\u2019s business continuity and disaster recovery efforts, along with facilitating more efficient and cost-effective operations. To that end, we were delighted to have a chance to speak with Scott MacKenzie, Chief Executive Officer of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cloudcarib.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cloud Carib<\/a>, a global leader in the cloud services space, headquartered in the Bahamas.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"131006\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/2018\/05\/ictp-006-embracing-cloud-scott-mackenzie-cloud-carib\/cloud-carib-logo-source-twitter\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Cloud-Carib-logo-Source-Twitter.jpeg?fit=225%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"225,225\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Cloud Carib logo (Source &#8211; Twitter)\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;https:\/\/twitter.com\/cloudcarib&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Cloud-Carib-logo-Source-Twitter.jpeg?fit=225%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Cloud-Carib-logo-Source-Twitter.jpeg?fit=225%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-131006\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Cloud-Carib-logo-Source-Twitter.jpeg?resize=225%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Cloud-Carib-logo-Source-Twitter.jpeg?w=225&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Cloud-Carib-logo-Source-Twitter.jpeg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>Ne<span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">ver heard of Cloud Carib before?\u00a0 Up to a few months ago, neither had we, but the firm has been around for over seven years, and has racked up a number of awards over the years, including:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>VMware\u2018s Cloud Infrastructure as a service Solution (IaaS) Competency Certification, the 2013 \u2013 the first in Latin America and the Caribbean<\/li>\n<li>Cisco Collaboration Partner of the Year for Architectural Excellence in \u2028the Americas and the Central America,\u00a0North South Americaand the Caribbean regions, in 2017, and<\/li>\n<li>Ranked 42 among the world\u2019s Top 100 cloud services providers by Channel Futures Talkin\u2019\u2028Cloud 100 report in 2017.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In our conversation with Scott, we discussed, among other things:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"131005\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/2018\/05\/ictp-006-embracing-cloud-scott-mackenzie-cloud-carib\/passport\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Scott-MacKenzie-Headshot-Cloud-Carib.jpg?fit=927%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"927,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Ben Jamieson&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;X-T2&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;passport&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1487674204&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9 2014 Ben Jamieson Photography. All rights reserved.&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;87.1&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;passport&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Scott-MacKenzie-Headshot (Cloud Carib)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Scott-MacKenzie-Headshot-Cloud-Carib.jpg?fit=272%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Scott-MacKenzie-Headshot-Cloud-Carib.jpg?fit=927%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright wp-image-131005 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Scott-MacKenzie-Headshot-Cloud-Carib-272x300.jpg?resize=272%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"272\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Scott-MacKenzie-Headshot-Cloud-Carib.jpg?resize=272%2C300&amp;ssl=1 272w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Scott-MacKenzie-Headshot-Cloud-Carib.jpg?resize=768%2C848&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Scott-MacKenzie-Headshot-Cloud-Carib.jpg?w=927&amp;ssl=1 927w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 272px) 100vw, 272px\" \/>The services Cloud Carib offers, who are its main competitors, and how the firm tries to differentiate itself from the competition<\/li>\n<li>How Scott, who has lived and worked in several countries around the world, ended up in the Caribbean<\/li>\n<li>The scope for cloud adoption by SMEs<\/li>\n<li>How has Cloud Carib tries to allay governments\u2019 concerns with respect to jurisdiction and privacy, and data being stored offshore<\/li>\n<li>Some of the trends Scott has observed in the cloud computing space in the Caribbean region, and<\/li>\n<li>Five (5) questions Scott would advise a firm to ask, if it is looking to secure cloud services.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Useful links<\/h3>\n<p>Below are links to some of the organisations and resources that were mentioned during the episode:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cloudcarib.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cloud Carib<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/aws.amazon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon Web Services<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Windows Azure<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/24058\/backup-and-recovery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Backup and Recovery (BAR)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iso.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Organization for Standardization<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Unique_selling_proposition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Unique Selling Proposition (USP)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ctu.int\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Caribbean Telecommunications Union<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vmware.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VMWare<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Image credit:\u00a0 StockSnap (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pixabay.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pixabay<\/a>); <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cloudcarib\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cloudcarib.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cloud Carib<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Music credit:\u00a0 Ray Holman<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cloud computing has been popular for over 10 years, but it can be argued that it still has not taken off among Caribbean businesses, especially among MSMEs, which are likely [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":128696,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[355],"tags":[71,3,357,15],"class_list":["post-130960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast","tag-businesses","tag-cloud-computing","tag-interviews","tag-trends","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/microphone-audio-recording-podcast-StockSnap-Pixabay.jpg?fit=1024%2C682&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2iE1G-y4g","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130960"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131080,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130960\/revisions\/131080"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}