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boon for Africa’s economy
Muggie van Staden, MD of
Obsidian Systems
end-users in Africa.
Town) Region has
s. “We can confirm
three availability zones
-1b, af-south-1c) and
orkloads in Cape
ham, MD of Autumn
th Obsidian.
ed that for now use of
should be limited to
oads while the central
team performs some tests and monitoring
of the environment, he said there are
very clear benefits linked to the launch. In
terms of connectivity, it will largely remove
dependency on international Seacom
lines and enhance national connectivity
but he stressed that some services do
need international access. “There will
undoubtedly be latency improvements
in speed. We’ll need to measure these
but we can expect some significant
improvements,” he said.
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e to support Egypt’s
Having a local presence in-country will
support VMware’s vision to help companies
build, run, manage, connect and protect any
app on any cloud and any device.
This is especially important in Egypt, which
has a large population of young people,
creating strong demand for quality customer
experience and employment opportunities.
The company is expanding ICT knowledge
in Egypt through its partner programmes
and through recent initiatives such as
its collaboration with Egypt’s National
Telecommunication Institute (NTI).
ve the local and
ing on a range of
port, commercial and
t management and
ware intends to hire
in Egypt in the first
new office.
VMware also formed a collaboration
with Egypt’s Information Technology
Institute (ITI), an affiliate of the Ministry
of Communications and Information
Technology (MCIT) in April 2019, to
support Egyptian ICT students with
professional training.
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