INTELLIGENT BRANDS // Cloud
CMC Networks solve African cross-
border cloud connectivity issues
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MC Networks, a global
telecommunications carrier, says
Teraco’s Africa Cloud Exchange will play
an important role in its recently launched Multi
Cloud Connect solution, enabling its customers
direct connection to AWS Direct Connect and
Microsoft Azure Express Route cloud platforms
across multiple countries in Africa.
Marisa Trisolino, CEO, CMC Networks, says
that as the largest Pan-African provider of
connectivity, the collaboration with Teraco, is
crucial to Multi Cloud Connects success.
“By providing the essential building blocks,
the Africa Cloud Exchange greatly assists
us to provide our customers with the most
direct and best possible cloud experience
across the continent with stringent service
levels to suit,” said Trisolino.
Multi Cloud Connect will enable much
sought-after connectivity for African
countries trying to connect to cloud regions
located in South Africa.
“This is a significant offering that enables
African ISP’s and carriers to connect directly
without having to route to Europe and back
to Africa,” added Trisolino.
“Leveraging CMC’s extensive African
footprint Multi Cloud Connect will also
drastically reduce latency through the
African Cloud Exchange.”
Having first engaged with Teraco over 10
years ago through its carrier neutral data
centre offering and NAPAfrica, Africa’s largest
Internet eXchange point, Trisolino says
CMC Networks has offered hosting services
and peering diversity to a multitude of its
customers. “We believe the nature of the
Africa Cloud Exchange will encourage and
lead to increased cloud innovation,” she said.
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“It is an outstanding platform and will
support us to achieve our strategic cloud
objective, which centres on solving cross-
border cloud connectivity problems
throughout Africa.”
Andrew Owens, Teraco peering and
interconnection specialist, says that Africa
Cloud Exchange improves hybrid and
multi-cloud performance through direct
interconnection. “We empower our carrier
communities to do more in the cloud by
providing secure, direct, flexible network
connections to a wide range of local and
global cloud service providers,” he said.
“By using an interconnected network
architecture approach, Africa Cloud Exchange
will improve cloud application performance,
reduce latency, scale on demand, lower
network costs, and visibly deliver a better
cloud experience to end users.”
Having established itself nearly 30 years
ago, CMC Networks built and manages the
most extensive network across Africa with
more than 80 Points of Presence servicing 51
African countries and in excess of 108 Points
of Presence globally across USA, Europe,
UAE, India, Asia and Australia.
“The cloud era is a very exciting one for us,”
added Trisolino.
“With our significant Africa network, Cloud
Connect will undoubtedly play a vital role in the
growth and improvement of cloud adoption
across the African continent.”
Countries that can expect sub 100ms RTD
include Angola, Benin, Botswana, Ghana,
Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi,
Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria,
Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia
and Zimbabwe. n
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