EC News DeskSiemon, hosted an African channel and service provider partner event at the stunning Southern Palm Beach Resort in Mombasa, Kenya. The three-day event took place in early December and provided an opportunity for Siemon and its longstanding distribution partner, Mart Networks Group, to reconnect with all of their partner companies and thank them for their continual hard work during these challenging past two years.
Representatives from partners across the continent followed the invitation to beautiful Diani Beach at the edge of the Indian Ocean to meet in a relaxed environment, strengthen business relations and have an opportunity to learn more about Siemon’s innovative IT infrastructure portfolio.
The meeting agenda included a conference, an excursion to Kisite Marine Park and Wasini Island where there were plenty of opportunities to watch dolphins and snorkel in the pristine waters, followed by a Kenyan barbeque dinner. At the evening conference Siemon’s global intelligent building solutions specialist Bob Allan shared Siemon’s knowledge on the latest technology trends impacting intelligent building infrastructure and the company’s solutions portfolio for smart buildings. He was followed by Gary Bernstein, Siemon’s global data centre solutions specialist who discussed key infrastructure considerations including singlemode and multimode fibre cabling options as enterprise data centres look to adopt next-generation speeds.
The event also celebrated the successes that Siemon and its long-standing channel partners are enjoying in Africa. As the continent continues to experience broad investment in the data centre sector, Siemon has firmly established itself as a leading provider of quality data centre design services and cutting-edge IT infrastructure solutions within the finance, education and colocation data centre markets. The company is set to grow its footprint in the region in 2022 as the growth in internet penetration and a rising demand for cloud-based services will result in further data centre development.
Iyer Sivakumar, Siemon’s territory sales manager for Africa, commented, ‘Our partners play a fundamental role in achieving success. Their dedication and hard work ensure that end users can rely on advanced data centre and intelligent building solutions that support them today and for many years to come. The event gave us the opportunity to grow closer together, strengthen our relationships and we look forward to working together on forthcoming projects.’
