"What we are seeing is an increase in demand for RDS. So instead of a very complex, multi-million dollar ERP application taking 18 months to implement, we can do that in 18 weeks for half a million dollars. We implement a less customised package, and that's what we are seeing a lot of demand for," said Cardenuto.

"I mean some cloud solutions can take four to six weeks to implement, and we can now do an on-premise CRM solution in the same amount of time," he added.

"Then it becomes a question of are you a business that is Cap-ex orientated, or are you one that is Op-ex orientated."