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Somerville invests in new national network powered by Cisco today ’ s co-location requirements , high-capacity traffic volumes and better architecture for optimized handling of traffic .
At the same time , customers will benefit from proactive incident reporting and network management propelled with QoS-based reporting for latency sensitive traffic .
Somerville , one of the most experienced end-to-end IT service providers in Australia , has announced the launch of a AU $ 1.2 million national network upgrade , powered by Cisco carrier network technologies , to support its expanding customer base and cater to demanding connectivity requirements .
The new Somerville network doubles the company ’ s network capacity and provides Australian public and private sector enterprises with the digital infrastructure to emerge stronger in a post-pandemic business environment .
Built on Cisco ’ s Network Convergence System ( NCS ), the network features the latest architecture and deployment capabilities , increased capacity and stronger performance , broader security and visibility . It will support Somerville customers with industry-leading 100 and 400 Gigabit Ethernet capacities to cater for
“ Our aim is to modernize our existing network and support customer solutions and application driven methodologies , while at the same time building customer resilience , delivering high availability and increasing our overall network capacity to 400 GB capability ,” said Osh Ranaweera , Connect Services Manager , Somerville .
Somerville ’ s new national network has been designed to drive down total cost of ownership by minimizing outages with proactive alerting capabilities .
Sophos announces plans for new data centers in India and Brazil
Sophos , a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity , has announced plans for new data centers in Mumbai , India , and São Paulo , Brazil .
The new data centers are planned to enable organizations in these regions to meet strict data sovereignty laws and regulations , which are increasingly required for those in banking , government and other tightly regulated market sectors .
Raja Patel , Senior Vice President of Products at Sophos , said : “ As a global cybersecurity leader , Sophos has been at the forefront of helping businesses of all sizes meet regulatory requirements to store data incountry as they rapidly adopt Software-as-a- Service ( SaaS ), cloud and hosted services .
“ It can be very costly for businesses if they don ’ t have the proper data controls and compliances in place and Sophos recognizes the need to accommodate the fast-moving changes in how the world is accessing and storing data .
“ As organizations advance technically with cybersecurity , they should know their vendor and solutions provider take regulations in their region seriously .”
The new Sophos data centers in India and Brazil would also provide organizations across all industries with the ability to store , manage and access data locally from Sophos Central , the cloud management platform that supports Sophos ’ portfolio of advanced , next-generation cybersecurity solutions and services .
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