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Cohesity brings Backup-as-a-Service to Australia and New Zealand

Asia Pacific ( Sydney ) Region , this Backup-asa-Service ( BaaS ) empowers local customers to focus on managing their data while Cohesity takes care of the underlying infrastructure .
Cohesity also announced that its BaaS offering expands protection to support Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud ( EC2 ) Virtual Instances and Compute Infrastructure , Microsoft 365 SaaS applications , in addition to data sources such as VMware , NAS and SQL Server . requirements head-on – a key priority for many customers in the region . This SaaS solution also helps partners , who can add their unique value and resell the solution through our distribution channel or via the AWS Marketplace .”
Brad Newton , Managing Director , Cohesity A / NZ

Cohesity has announced the general availability of DataProtect-as-a-Service to customers in Australia and New Zealand .

Hosted in the Amazon Web Services ( AWS )
“ We are thrilled about this new offering because it gives Australia and New Zealand customers another way to consume the exceptional capabilities of our DataProtect backup solution – only this time in a SaaS model that ’ s fully managed by Cohesity ,” said Brad Newton , Managing Director , Cohesity A / NZ .
“ The availability of this offering coincides with rapid cloud adoption we are seeing in A / NZ and the need to address data residency

Ukheshe Technologies brings its digital-first solutions to Asia-Pacific challenged by constraints in building fully integrated SaaS platforms .

“ Ukheshe aims to partner with local institutions by offering credible , agile solutions in an ever-changing market ,” he said . “ Our payment technologies also solve the problems of expensive acceptance rails and carrying cash , particularly in markets within Asia-Pacific where digital wallets are expected to become the preferred online payment method over the next four years .”

Ukheshe Technologies , a South African digital fintech enablement provider , is expanding its footprint into the Asia-Pacific region as it introduces digital-first payment solutions via key partnerships .

The move comes as Ukheshe continues to build on its reputation as a trusted enablement partner , having established relationships with financial service players including Mastercard , as well as a number of high-profile telecommunications providers and other organizations throughout Africa .
Clayton Hayward , CEO of Ukheshe says that while Asia ’ s traditional banks and telcos have responded proactively to rapid disruption in the digital payments environment , they are
Ukheshe ’ s imminent expansion will be led by Donovan Drew who has been appointed as President : Asia-Pacific .
“ With an increased need for cost-effective digital payment solutions , our value proposition delivers an integrated solution platform for merchants , aggregators , retailers , banks and their customers ,” he said . p
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