O Africa Data Centers, the largest network of interconnected data center facilities and cloud carriers in Africa, part of the Cassava Technologies group, has taken a significant step in its large-scale expansion across Africa, joining forces with the leading internet exchange point from Nigeria: IXPN.
"The IXPN is arguably the leading internet exchange point in Nigeria and provides Africa Data Centers with the necessary connectivity to provide customers with market leading service,” said Angus Hay, executive at Africa Data Centres.
"The partnership will allow Nigerian entities to migrate their systems to a world-class data center with complete confidence, knowing they will have access to a highly available, secure and connected ecosystem of strategic partners.“, he informed.
In today's digital economy, companies worldwide are moving to cloud and internet-centric technology, where they find the expenses associated with running their infrastructure, including backup generators and physical security, too high.
Shared data center resources lower the total cost of ownership while increasing availability and connectivity and bringing new opportunities for partners to innovate.
"Organizations are moving away from their on-premises equipment to promote greater business agility and scalability. For this, they need a reliable specialist provider to host their systems, but, as well as a coction provider, who can assume the role of a trusted partner, and provide excellent local and international connectivity.“, he reiterated.
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Effective cloud services cannot be implemented without stable Internet access and robust and reliable data centers. This is the essence of the partnership between Africa Data Centers and IXPN – bring to the table by looking at the internet, and the data center vendor provides the local ecosystem for customers.
IXPN, Nigeria's leading internet exchange provider, allows local content and service providers to connect directly to the local internet traffic exchange instead of having their data travel long distances.
They are increasing the speed with which end users can access online resources, bringing content closer to the customer, resulting in significant improvements in business efficiency.
"We are excited to partner with Africa Data Centers to provide an additional point of presence for our members in the new Eko Atlantic City. Our partnership with Africa Data Centers gives our members access to more observation facilities, particularly in Lagos, which will significantly improve connection performance, reduce bandwidth costs and lower latency for Nigerian internet traffic“, underlined Muhammed Rudman, CEO of IXPN.
