NEWS
BT–SA announces new infrastructure offering
ridging Technologies SA (BT-SA)
has announced its new Asset
Infrastructure Offering which
ensures that enterprises not only have
installation of infrastructure but can
procure the assets themselves from BT-SA.
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“We understand that there are many
businesses that are under financial
pressure, but still need to put the right
infrastructure in place,” said Isaac
Mophathlane, Director of BT-SA.
With a good infrastructure plan in place,
whether finance is needed for generators
or data centres, the money would be
available. The benefits include being able
to work within capital budget constraints,
not having to shell out cash up front and
be able to make re-payment over 24 to
60 months.
“When infrastructure needs upgrading, it
doesn’t mean that business needs to fail,”
said Mophathlane.
“With careful, thoughtful planning
and getting the right finance in place,
business not only gets to continue, but
to thrive.”
“BT-SA is aware that projects of all kinds
of sizes can be financed, ensuring that
business not only continues, but flourishes.”
Many organisations don’t take into
account how the failure of infrastructure
can detrimentally affect business. When
catastrophe strikes outside of budget
cycles, a severe strain is placed on
available cash flow because not enough
thought had been given to upgrading IT
infrastructure in good time.
Colt Data Centre Services announces expansion
into Frankfurt
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olt Data Centre Services (DCS) has announced the
expansion of its presence in Germany with its new
Frankfurt West data centre.
The strategic decision to expand comes alongside demand in
the region from cloud service providers but also complements
the company’s investment drive into new and existing
markets, which recently included Tokyo and Mumbai.
Germany is experiencing strong and continued demand for
new data centre capacity from cloud service providers that
require large contiguous space.
Colt DCS’ expansion means the company will be able to
accommodate both large enterprises and major cloud
providers with increased capacity and connectivity solutions.
Frankfurt is one of Europe’s premier connectivity centres, second
only to London as the continent’s most important data hub. With
many global carriers terminating in Germany’s financial capital,
Frankfurt boasts Europe’s largest single data cluster.
Colt DCS’ West Frankfurt data centre will boast 16 data halls
over 8,000sqm, each capable of delivering up to 1.75MW
IT power. The new facility will provide a significant power
capacity of 25 MW, with the first phase of delivery expected
Q4 2020.
This capacity will enable Colt DCS to offer its customers
access to the largest international carriers and to carriers the
huge volumes of data traffic that pass-through Frankfurt – one
of Europe’s ‘Big Four’ interconnection hubs alongside London,
Amsterdam and Paris.
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