Electricity and Control June 2024

INDUSTRY 4.0 + IIOT : PRODUCTS + SERVICES

Listed among the continent’s fastest growing companies

Integrated cloud platform provider, South Africa-based Routed, has again been recognised among the con tinent’s fastest growing companies – in the FT/Statista 2024 rankings. In the announcement of the third annual Financial Times’ rankings of Africa’s Fastest Growing Companies, Routed made the list for the second successive year, ranking 98th in the overall ranking and 14th in the cate gory for IT & Software Services. The FT/Statista 2024 annual ranking of Africa’s fast est growing companies looks at a range of industries, ranking them based on the common denominator of their compound annual growth rate (CAGR) in revenue. “With fewer than half the companies that were listed in 2023 making the grade again in 2024, Routed’s second successive annual ranking is a significant achievement,” says Andrew Cruise, Managing Director at Routed. He points out that cloud computing remains one of the biggest trends in 2024, adding that Routed has built its business on addressing all enterprise cloud, recovery and modern application development requirements. “The cloud market is continuing to grow exponentially and our work in this space has helped us to make the FT list again. Today, Routed is positioned as one of the best

cloud providers in the local market, as a result of the trust we have built up with channel partners, and our ability to enable a seamless cloud journey,” he says. “We describe ourselves as a ser vice provider to service providers, and our strong cloud skills and ex

Andrew Cruise – Managing Director, Routed.

perience, together with our commitment to our custom ers, are factors that have helped us build our business into one of the best subscription-based private cloud platforms available.” Cruise adds that Routed’s ability, working with its partners, to deliver some of the most complete VMware cloud-based infrastructure deployments available locally is a key driver of company revenue. He notes too that as a South African company, Routed is in a position to deliver personalised, local support when clients need it. This is backed up by a team of local experts who understand the local business environment and local organisations’ needs and are well-equipped to deal with issues promptly. He says, “Routed is thrilled to be recognised again by the FT for its continuing growth.” □

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