Actis investee Rack Centre announces US $ 100 million expansion to create West Africa ’ s largest data centre
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data centre space from cloud uptake , telecommunication investment and outsourcing of IT facilities by enterprises in the region . In March 2020 , Actis , a London private equity firm , announced an investment in Rack Centre , taking a controlling stake in the business alongside Jagal . The funding for this expansion will come from a US $ 250 million pan-African data centre platform established by Actis and Convergence Partners , a leading ICT infrastructure investor in Africa .
Rack Centre , a leading carrier neutral data centre operator in West Africa , has announced an expansion programme that will increase capacity to a total net white space of 6,000 square metres and allow for 13MW of IT power capacity in its Lagos campus .
This will be in addition to the current expansion already underway to double existing capacity to 1.5MW and 1,200 square metres of white space in early 2021 . The expansion will bring unprecedented carrier neutral scale to West Africa and is in response to increasing demand for
Tim Parsonson , Co-Founder of Teraco Data Environments , the largest carrier neutral operator in Africa , joins the Board as Chairperson . The platform has also engaged Frank Hassett , a veteran of the global data centre industry and previous Vice President of Infrastructure at Equinix , who brings over 1,300MW of build and operate experience , to assist with hyperscale expansion .
Mimecast now certified in the ServiceNow store
Mimecast has announced it has received certification of its application with ServiceNow , available now in the ServiceNow Store . Certification by ServiceNow is only granted to apps available in the store and signifies that Mimecast has successfully completed a set of defined tests focused on Now Platform security , compatibility , performance and integration interoperability . The certification also helps ensure that best practices are utilised in the design and implementation of Mimecast with ServiceNow .
The new integration is engineered to boost helpdesk efficiencies by allowing customers to remain in the ServiceNow administrative console and toggle to the appropriate Mimecast security action they wish to perform . This gives joint customers the ability to quickly and easily monitor the health of their critical infrastructure , such as email queue volumes and automatically respond to issues before they become a potential problem .
Mimecast and ServiceNow joint customers will benefit from the added layers of efficiency offered by quick access to routine functions , all from one application . Mimecast has identified the most frequently performed functions , previously managed exclusively in the Mimecast administrative console and have moved them fully into ServiceNow . Actions available within the ServiceNow console include managing the hold queue , managing URLs and senders and tracking the status of Mimecast services . www . intelligentcio . com INTELLIGENTCIO
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