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The insurance company is setting up a new datacentre in Dar es Salaam using Siemon cabinets and Z-MAX cabling solution.

As part of its upgrade programme, National Health Insurance Fund decided to configure a new datacentre at its headquarters in Dar es Salaam.

With a population of almost 52 million people, Tanzania is the 13th largest country in Africa but still one of the poorest in the world. However, there has been growth in the national economy and the government has pledged to improve the level of healthcare across the nation.

Launched in 2001, the National Health Insurance Fund is Tanzania’ s largest health insurance scheme and is compulsory for public sector workers. The scope of National Health Insurance Fund coverage has been widened since 2009 to include private sector workers and cover a range of heath related services, with employers giving 3 % contribution and employees also paying 3 %.

As the scope of National Health Insurance Fund has grown, so has the organisation’ s reliance upon information technology to facilitate its administration and support services. As part of its upgrade programme, National Health Insurance Fund decided to configure a new datacentre at its headquarters in Dar es Salaam.

Bakari Yahaya Mhamali, National Health Insurance Fund’ s Datacentre Manager, explains,“ We wanted a facility that could provide us with cutting edge performance in the short-term but also cope with our projected expansion plans. To configure the best possible solution, I contacted Emerging Communications.”

Also based in Dar es Salaam, Emerging Communications provides qualitative and cost effective services to a variety of clients and has a diverse range of accreditations and approvals from technology vendors.

Saidi Buhero, Emerging Communications’ s Managing Director, states,“ We have a team of qualified, motivated and experienced personnel that can configure datacentre solutions. As a Siemon Certified Installer, after discussing the various options with Bakari, I had no hesitation in recommending a solution that made extensive use of the company’ s products.”

Buhero’ s strategy centres around deploying six Siemon VersaPOD www. intelligentcio. com INTELLIGENTCIO

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