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Raxio Data Centre receives Uptime Institute Tier III Certification

Raxio Data Centre is officially the First Tier III certified data centre in Uganda after it received the Uptime Institute Tier III Certification recently .

Qualys extends partnership with Armor to include compliance and monitoring

The certification was achieved after a diligent assessment and evaluation by expert teams from The Uptime Institute in the United States and United Kingdom to ensure it meets the stringent requirements of Uptime ’ s Tier III Certification .
With the certification , Raxio Data Centre becomes one of less than 15 Tier III , privately owned , carrier-neutral data centres in Africa and the second in East Africa . The Uptime Institute ’ s teams evaluated all aspects of design and equipment , such as power , cooling and fire suppression and detection . A Tier III data centre requires no shutdowns for equipment replacement and maintenance .
James Byaruhanga , General Manager , Raxio Data Centre , said : “ The Tier III Certification by the Uptime Institute demonstrates our ambition to achieve the highest standards , and validation that we meet global standards of modern data centres . This also demonstrates our longterm commitment to existing and future customers as we provide colocation of their data infrastructure .”
Byaruhanga explained that Raxio Data Centre hosts the Uganda Internet eXchange Point which allows networks to directly interconnect and freely exchange data traffic at a common point , making the Internet cheaper , faster and more reliable .

Qualys , a pioneer and provider of cloud-based security and compliance solutions , has revealed that Armor , a global provider of cybersecurity software that protects workloads in public , hybrid and private cloud environments , is integrating the Qualys CloudView app , which includes Cloud Inventory and Cloud Security Assessment , into Armor Anywhere , a cloud security platform .

The Qualys CloudView app extends Qualys ’ relationship with Armor .
Qualys Cloud Agents are already embedded and fully integrated with the Armor platform to deliver asset discovery and inventory , plus vulnerability assessment , including configuration controls , threat prioritisation and patch detection . This integration now provides compliance and monitoring of public cloud workloads to Armor customers .
“ The Qualys Cloud Platform is highly scalable and easily integrates with Armor ’ s security and compliance platform ,” said Mark Woodward , CEO , Armor . The addition of Qualys CloudView allows us to further accelerate compliance outcomes and protect customers from intentional and accidental risks in their public clouds .”
Philippe Courtot , Chairman and CEO of Qualys , said as a leading security provider , Armor is a trusted advisor helping companies to secure their hybrid cloud environments . “ This expanded partnership enables Armor to further extend visibility into public cloud services to easily manage continuous compliance and risk for their customers ,” he said . • www . intelligentcio . com INTELLIGENTCIO
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