Replic8 Cloud Services
Regional hosting, backup and disaster recovery purpose-built for Southern African businesses — hosted across primary and secondary data centres in Gaborone, with database management handled by dedicated Microsoft SQL Administrators. Built on VMware and Veeam.
Replic8 runs on VMware for virtualisation and Veeam for backup, an established combination in enterprise IT: VMware's hypervisor separates a workload from the physical server it runs on so it can be moved, resized or recovered without touching the hardware underneath, while Veeam handles the backup, replication and recovery testing that turns a copy of your data into something you can actually restore under pressure. Primary and secondary data centres in Gaborone give you a genuine failover path within the country rather than a single site that's a single point of failure, and dedicated Microsoft SQL Administrators manage database performance and integrity rather than leaving that to generalist server monitoring.
The case for hosting locally rather than on a global hyperscaler comes down to two things: data residency and support that understands your context. Botswana's Data Protection Act 2024 restricts where regulated personal data can legally sit, and keeping it in-country by default avoids the cross-border transfer question altogether rather than requiring you to justify an approved-country mechanism every time. It also means your support call reaches someone who knows Gaborone's connectivity realities and your specific environment, not a ticket queue on another continent.
We host, migrate and manage business systems on Microsoft Azure and on Replic8 Cloud — our own cloud and technology division and Botswana's only local Sage Cloud provider. Cloud designed for this region's realities: connectivity, cost, compliance and the need for data close to home.
Microsoft 365 & Azure
Identity, email, collaboration and scalable infrastructure — implemented and governed by certified consultants, with security baselines applied from day one, and licensed through our Microsoft CSP so subscriptions, support and billing sit with one accountable partner. We also advise on the right Microsoft licensing programme for your organisation — one of the largest IT spend decisions most businesses make.
Digital enablement & user adoption
Getting Microsoft 365 licensed is the easy part — the value is in adoption. We guide your people to actually use what you've bought, so the investment doesn't sit half-unlocked.
Cloud VPS
Scalable, virtualised servers on Replic8's Hyper-V and VMware platform, purchased on a utility basis — you pay for what you use, not for capacity sitting idle.
Sage hosted in the cloud
The full Sage suite — ERP, Payroll & HR, Business Process Management and CRM — hosted and managed end to end, so you run Sage without running Sage's infrastructure.
Cloud assessment before migration
A structured look at what actually belongs in the cloud — which applications are ready, the right provider for each workload, and what user adoption needs to look like — before anything moves, not after.
Acronis Cyber Protect
Backup and cyber protection across servers and endpoints, with per-customer usage visible — and surfaced in the coming client portal. Backup copies replicate to our local Acronis storage cluster in Botswana by default, with Acronis's EU cloud available only when a client specifically requests it.
Tenant migrations with 4migrate
Microsoft 365 tenant-to-tenant moves for mergers, rebrands and group restructures — plus Google Workspace and ISP mailbox migrations into Microsoft 365 — run with the 4Sight group's 4migrate practice so mail, files and identities arrive intact.
Managed application hosting
Patching, monitoring and backup verification handled continuously, so your IT team is freed from administering servers and virtual infrastructure — you find out about problems from us, not from users.
Is cloud cheaper than running our own servers?
Usually — but honestly, it depends. Cloud turns a capital purchase into a predictable monthly cost and removes the expenses on-premise budgets forget: UPS and generator power, cooling, the three-to-five-year hardware refresh, and the IT hours that keep it all alive. For most teams the five-year comparison favours cloud; for large, stable workloads owning can still win. We run that comparison on your numbers before recommending either.
Is it legal to keep our data outside Botswana?
The Data Protection Act, 2024 restricts transferring personal data outside Botswana unless the destination country is on the approved list or another lawful mechanism applies — and it requires a copy of transferred personal data to be retained in Botswana during processing. That is exactly why Replic8's local hosting exists: regulated data stays in-country while productivity workloads run on Microsoft's cloud, and we map which data belongs where.
What is CSP licensing and why buy Microsoft through a partner?
CSP is Microsoft's Cloud Solution Provider programme: you buy Microsoft 365 and Azure through a local partner instead of directly. The prices are set by Microsoft either way — what you gain is monthly flexibility as headcount changes, local invoicing, and one accountable support desk that already manages your environment.
What happens to the cloud when our internet goes down?
The honest regional question. Our answers: local hosting on Replic8 shortens the path your traffic travels; offline-capable applications like cached Outlook and synced OneDrive keep staff working through an outage; and dual-ISP or LTE failover covers the connection itself. We assess your actual line quality before any migration — cloud readiness is measured, not assumed.
How long does a cloud migration take, and how much downtime?
A small business typically moves in two to four weeks, a mid-size organisation in two to four months — driven by the number of applications, data volume and any legacy systems. Actual downtime is small: cutovers are scheduled after hours and run phased or in parallel, so most users notice the new environment before they ever noticed a gap.
Platforms: Microsoft Azure · Microsoft 365 · CSP Licensing · Replic8 Cloud · VMware · Veeam · Acronis · 4migrate