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Andrew Bennett appointed Business Development Manager for Routed
Andrew Bennett
Local cloud platform provider Routed is excited to announce the appointment of Andrew Bennett as the company’ s new business development manager. He is expected to strengthen current customer relationships and unlock new revenue streams, while also exposing Routed Hosting to key commercial and enterprise clients.
Bennett is well known in the local ICT arena, having begun his career at Dimension Data before moving to more senior roles at Sun Microsystems, Microsoft and VMware. He brings deep experience in enterprise and commercial accounts, channel sales and direct client management to his new role.
He says that his near three decades of sales and business development experience in South Africa’ s IT arena has given him a good foundation regarding customer and partner requirements. Many of the relationships he has built over the years are still in place, he adds, noting that his years of industry exposure and experience will assist and help guide Routed into the future.
Bennett adds that cloud, hosting and managed services – when managed
correctly – offer many benefits outside the complicated costing and billing models. Routed Hosting has a track record of overdelivering on client and partner expectations, which he says positions them well to capitalise on future trends and expectations.
Founded in 2016 in response to a growing demand for data centre hosting solutions following the rapid growth and penetration of fast, reliable connectivity services in South Africa. Routed is led by industry veterans with over 35 years of experience in delivering and managing secure cloud and infrastructure solutions both locally and internationally.
“ My goal in this new position is to expose Routed Hosting to a pre-defined set of both commercial and enterprise accounts, as well as assisting and expanding the company’ s current customer relationships to include net new potential customers and partners,” explains Bennett.
Digital Realty expands peering in Maputo with Mozambique Internet Exchange
Digital Realty, global provider of cloudand carrier-neutral data centre, colocation, and interconnection solutions, announced that the Mozambique Internet Exchange, MOZIX has launched a new point of presence at Digital Realty’ s Maputo One, MPM1 data centre. This strategic move enhances local peering capabilities and reinforces the country’ s digital infrastructure by enabling more efficient and cost-effective traffic exchange between network operators.
MOZIX’ s deployment at MPM1 marks a significant milestone in Mozambique’ s digital transformation journey. As the country’ s only Internet Exchange Point, IXP, MOZIX plays a vital role in keeping local Internet traffic within national borders, reducing latency, improving user experience, and minimising reliance on costly international bandwidth.
“ MOZIX has been instrumental in fostering a more robust Internet ecosystem in
Mozambique,” said Luís Neves Cabral Domingos, Director, Eduardo Mondlane Informatics Centre, CIUEM.“ With traffic peaking at over 150 Gbps and 19 active peering members, our expansion into Digital Realty’ s MPM1 data centre allows us to further our mission of enhancing network efficiency and resilience.”
Located in the heart of Maputo, MPM1 offers a highly interconnected environment for domestic and international carriers, content providers, and enterprises. With more than 15 networks already connected, the facility now serves as a critical hub for Internet exchange and digital innovation in the region.
“ The integration of MOZIX into our Maputo facility represents a major step forward for connectivity in Mozambique,” said José Almeida, General Manager, iColo: A Digital Realty Company in Mozambique.“ As a carrier-neutral facility, MPM1
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provides a robust platform for peering and interconnection, and we are proud to support the growth of the local digital economy through enhanced infrastructure.”
According to the Internet Society Pulse, over 35 % of Mozambique’ s local Internet traffic is currently routed through IXPs within the country.
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