Steve Porter gets out of bed every day to make sure that the clients of Metrofile Cloud can keep their businesses running when disaster strikes. In a world of public cloud offerings with all the bells and whistles, Metrofile Cloud's private cloud business takes a no-nonsense approach to delivering cloud services to South African businesses of all sizes - and with a real person on the other end of the phone when you need help. In this episode of Ghost Stories, Steve's candid approach comes through strongly in these discussion points: The layers of risks faced by South African businesses The danger of "sticker shock" in public cloud pricing models and why these models are often overkill for the needs of local businesses The critical importance of having a public cloud exit plan Whether data stored on a public cloud is truly safe and impossible to lose (spoiler alert: it isn't) The pros and cons of private cloud and where such a solution may be more suitable than public cloud Steve isn't for everyone. Metrofile Cloud isn't for everyone. But if it resonates with you, then this might be the most important podcast you listen to for your business this year. Find out more about Metrofile Cloud here and connect with Steve on LinkedIn here.