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FEATURE : DATA CENTERS
its service capacity , innovation , experience and infrastructure , for the provision of IT Managed Services ,” said Luis Gabriel Castellanos , Manager of IFX Networks in Colombia .
“ We thus consolidate our presence in Central America , a region in which we have already been working based from our offices in Panama and Guatemala , countries where we also have had direct operations since 2016 and 2018 , respectively .”

DESPITE THE EFFECT OF THE PANDEMIC AND THE CONSEQUENCES LEFT BY THE PASSAGE OF TWO HURRICANES , HONDURAS HAS MULTIPLE STRENGTHS AND POTENTIAL FOR FASTER DEVELOPMENT .

In his opinion , Honduras ’ greatest demand for services is focused on connectivity requirements , migration to the cloud , desktop virtualization , Business Continuity solutions , colocation services and information security .
Business verticals , financial services , manufacturing , government , commerce , agribusiness , food , transportation and tourism are mainstream for the Honduras economy .
Argentina , and provides technical support to 3,200 corporate customers , including large companies , government and IT channels .
This has allowed them , as has happened worldwide , to automate their processes , guarantee Business Continuity and quick implementation of new models associated with teleworking , electronic commerce , virtual education and telemedicine , among others , contributing to the economic reactivation .
Knowing the environment of the users in every country has been vital for a portfolio design and has been founded on three business lines : Managed Cloud , Managed Network and Managed Solutions .
Business outcome
IT process outsourcing
Castellanos said : “ The challenge of competing and being more efficient made the business community of this country understand the convenience of appointing their technological processes to a supplier with a comprehensive service . In this way , the companies ’ resources have been focused on business priorities and not on operational issues .”
IFX Networks has 22 years of experience , 15 data centers from the southern United States to Chile and
IFX Networks grew 18.6 % in 2020 , compared to 2019 . This figure relates to the management in 17 countries where the firm operates .
“ Reaching this growth in a pandemic context is relevant . It shows how responsive the company is , and confirms that we are achieving our role as a technological ally for corporate business ,” said Castellanos .
In terms of verticals , the industry and services achieved the best performance with 50 % of revenues ; government grew 30 % and IT channels 20 %.
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