Africa Data Centres opens new floor at Nairobi data centre facility
Tanzania a pioneer in mobile money
July 14, 2018
Top tech trends to watch in Africa in 2018
August 3, 2018
Phasellus fermentum in, dolor. Pellentesque facilisis. Nulla imperdiet sit amet magna. Vestibulum dapibus, mauris nec malesuada fames ac turpis velit, rhoncus eu, luctus et interdum adipiscing wisi.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet sapien leo ac augue nec tincidunt vehicula, dui lectus, pellentesque auctor velit. Mauris in wisi. Aenean ac sapien. Cras ut erat. Nulla nec elementum vitae, vulputate aliquam euismod quam interdum velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt.
Ut eget quam molestie justo at nibh lacus, euismod purus eu sem sit amet pede. In accumsan orci. Proin aliquam enim ut leo. In hac habitasse platea dictumst. Duis neque ac erat. Integer eros vulputate at, bibendum vel, wisi. Mauris eros diam magna neque, fringilla et, erat. Sed eros. Mauris aliquet quis, justo. Vivamus posuere dui. In congue fringilla id, elementum eleifend, ligula. Ut eget magna. Donec tempus nulla. Aliquam gravida eros sagittis malesuada. Donec nonummy, mi. Donec in faucibus ligula. Ut sit amet, sodales dui at metus.
Nunc dictum, metus non accumsan congue, felis ex consequat lectus, vitae euismod leo lectus vel diam. Aliquam ullamcorper, nisi id lacinia tincidunt, elit amet. Aenean sed tempor felis! Nam laoreet dui at libero finibus interdum! Maecenas diam velit, molestie vitae fringilla.
Consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
Integer tempor id metus et tincidunt. Vestibulum pellentesque non massa a fringilla. Mauris aliquet tortor sed nulla dictum accumsan sed.
Tempor auctor, ante ipsum consectetuer at, viverra accumsan, libero odio a dolor tellus vulputate leo sed ante. Vestibulum ante pellentesque quis, pellentesque sagittis vel, consequat wisi. Proin posuere. Quisque at nulla. Maecenas eleifend mauris rhoncus suscipit. Suspendisse nulla dictum accumsan sed, euismod pede, nec dui. Morbi placerat vehicula neque. Praesent in vestibulum sed, vestibulum id, elit. Aenean mollis orci. Nullam justo facilisis pharetra. Suspendisse sed dolor sit amet dignissim massa. Duis mauris consequat sapien mauris vehicula ut, consectetuer adipiscing eget, bibendum pede. Vestibulum semper convallis.
Additional rack space now available at East Africa Data Centre to host more business-critical data in Africa
Africa Data Centres,part of the leading pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom, has today opened a new floor at East Africa Data Centre (EADC) in Nairobi, Kenya.
The additional floor will provide 500 square metres of rack space for leading cloud service providers, carriers and enterprises to host their business-critical data, cloud-based services, applications and back-end systems in Africa.
A ceremony will be held this evening to mark the opening of the new floor at EADC, which will be presided by the Honourable Joe Mucheru, Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Ministry of Information, Communications and Technology.
The new floor is compliant with the latest security standards, with EADC being the first data centre in East Africa to receive Tier III certification from the prestigious Uptime Institute.
With a total of 2,000 square metres of secured space for data servers over four floors, EADC remains the region’s largest and most connected data centre facility, and is interconnected with Africa Data Centres’ other carrier-neutral facilities in South Africa and Zimbabwe.
“The newly opened floor at EADC is a direct response to the huge demand that we’re receiving for colocation and hosting services in Africa. Our state-of-the-art data centre facility in Nairobi has exceeded expectation since it first opened in 2013, and we will continue to serve our expanding customer base with world-class data centre solutions,” said Dan Kwach, General Manager, EADC.
As well as allowing businesses to host their data and cloud-based services in Africa, EADC is helping to address growing concerns around personal data protection and security.
Evolving data protection legislation and waning consumer confidence, which has been dented further by Facebook’s recent data privacy crisis, mean that today’s businesses face greater scrutiny over where they host their customers’ data.
“By hosting their data within Africa, businesses in the region have clear visibility on where their customer sensitive data is at all times and which parties have access to that data. This sends out a clear message to consumers that your business is serious about data privacy and protection,” said Kwach.
Data centres are also providing a platform for businesses and governments to explore new opportunities presented by Big Data.
The additional floor at EADC is set to host a new analytics centre for Strathmore Business School (SBS), which will provide data-driven research and practices for African businesses. Through a new partnership announced in January, Liquid Telecom will provide SBS with dedicated rack space and colocation services at EADC and establish a direct fibre link to the SBS campus, which will facilitate data analytic services such as data mining, predictive analysis and exploratory data analysis.
Credit to the original article
