Intelligent Data Centres Issue 39 | Page 10

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Raxio Group continues pan-African expansion by investing in Tanzania ’ s first carrier-neutral Tier III data centre

he Raxio Group , a premier pan- African data centre developer

T and operator , has announced it is investing and establishing ‘ Raxio Tanzania ’, one of the first state-of-the-art , carrierneutral , Tier III data centres in the country . Raxio Tanzania is the latest facility to be part of Raxio ’ s fast-expanding network of

interconnected carrier-neutral , Tier III data centres across the African continent .
As the second largest economy in the EAC , with an estimated population of roughly 60 million and 86 % mobile penetration in 2020 , Tanzania is one of the biggest consumer markets in the region . The country has also been one of Sub-Saharan Africa ’ s fastest-growing economies , boasting average GDP growth of approximately 6 % in the period 2001 – 2002 – projected to be 5.8 % in 2022 .
With three subsea cables already landed in the country and another set to land in 2023 , Tanzania will be an increasingly important connectivity hub for the region . Expanding the infrastructure backbone is critical to supporting the continued digital and economic growth of the region and Raxio Tanzania will serve as a key enabler of international IP transit for Tanzania ’ s six landlocked neighbours .

IDC study : Data mobility engine can serve as core of effective data management strategy

esearch firm IDC predicts that , over the next five years , more than 80 % of the data collected by organisations

R will be unstructured data and that will only continue to grow 40 – 50 % per year for most enterprises . utilisation and the fact that more than 80 % of the data created over the next five years will be unstructured ( i . e ., file and objectbased ),” said Burgener .

With the sheer volume of unstructured data yet to be created and used in the years ahead , it ’ s safe to say that the way organisations manage their data will need to evolve .
IDC ’ s Research VP of Infrastructure Systems , Platforms and Technologies Group , Eric Burgener , authored an IDC Analyst Brief , sponsored by Datadobi , titled The Data Mobility Engine as the Foundation for an Efficient Data Management Strategy .
In the analyst brief , Burgener urges organisations to implement a comprehensive data management strategy to confront this increasing influx of data , noting that a data mobility engine provides the foundation for an effective data management strategy and can drive significant benefits for the hybrid multicloud enterprise .
“ A good ( data management ) strategy takes into account not only the heterogeneity of storage in most enterprises , but also a number of other areas , including on-and off-premises deployment models , application availability , data integrity , security , compliance and regulatory needs , efficient resource
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