GEC NEWS WIRECollaboration with Gijima and Vodacom expected to fuel cloud adoption across Africa
IBM has inaugurated its new IBM Cloud Data Center in Johannesburg, South Africa. The new cloud center is the result of a close collaboration with Gijima and Vodacom and is designed to support cloud adoption and customer demand across the continent. IBM will provide clients with a complete portfolio of cloud services for running enterprise and as a service workloads.
The new facility underscores IBM’s growing cloud footprint, which now includes 46 cloud data centers across six continents. The news also reinforces the joint partnership between SAP and IBM aimed at accelerating a customers’ ability to run core business in the cloud.
“We’re working to drive cloud adoption that best leverages a customer’s existing IT investments,” said Hamilton Ratshefola, IBM Country General Manager in South Africa. “Our new Cloud Data Center gives customers a local onramp to IBM Cloud services including moving mission critical SAP workloads to the cloud with ease. It also gives customers the added flexibility of keeping data within country which is a key differentiator for IBM.”
“Vodacom’s extensive Fixed and Mobile network infrastructure, Pan African and global footprint and its investment in data center infrastructure provides the ideal platform and environment to deliver cloud services to large and multinational enterprises.” said Vuyani Jarana, Chief Officer of Vodacom Business.
