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Boston IT Solutions South Africa partners with Liquid C2 to deploy Azure stack in Zambia
Boston IT Solutions South Africa , a business of Boston Limited , is pleased to announce a partnership with Liquid C2 , a business of Liquid Intelligent Technologies . The partnership is meant to a turnkey solution to deploy hybrid cloud infrastructure on the African continent . Boston ’ s value-adds to Liquid C2 included designing the solution , as well as hardware and software integration .
Liquid C2 operates Africa ’ s widest Azure Stack deployment across four countries and deployed the only African Cyber Security Fusion Centres in South Africa and Kenya , with another four to be launched in 2023 .
The first of these Azure centres will be launched in Zambia , enabling businesses in the region to access cloud solutions that meet the local data regulatory requirements and efficiently run latency-sensitive business applications .
According to Winston Ritson , Chief Operations Officer of Liquid C2 , “ The availability of Azure Stack in the country means that through our partnership with Boston , we can ensure that businesses comply with their country ’ s data sovereignty and compliance laws . In addition to being able to cater to the ever-growing demand for cloud solutions , we are now confident that our customers will experience the same consistent services across the continent .”
“ We do not drop boxes . We are enthusiastic about the value we add to customers ,” said Chris Coetzee , Business Director , Boston IT Solutions South Africa .
As the longest-standing global supplier of Supermicro , Boston is expertly positioned to add value to customers . Boston ’ s value-adds to Liquid C2 included designing the solution , as well as hardware and software integration .
Additionally , the partnership will ensure that units are shipped directly to the country , the kit is installed onsite , and final testing is done before going live . Most importantly , Liquid C2 and their customers will also take advantage of the 24x7 next-business-day onsite support .
This unique service offered by Boston is unmatched by any other distribution in the region . As a result of the reference architecture , this solution can be easily replicated and deployed in multiple remote locations throughout Africa .
By providing a turnkey solution for each installation , Liquid C2 can efficiently set up Azure clusters for their customers . This turnkey cluster offers them a reduced total cost of ownership , TCO while shortening their return on investment , ROI period . This results in savings for their customers .
Liquid C2 is a business of Liquid Intelligent Technologies , a pan-African technology group , offering managed cloud and security services , product solutions , and related professional and advisory services in 22 African countries . It operates Africa ’ s widest Azure Stack deployment across four countries and deployed the only African Cyber Security Fusion Centres in South Africa and Kenya , with another four to be launched in 2023 .
Liquid C2 was selected as an Operator Connect launch partner by Microsoft in six countries . The organisation was a finalist in the Microsoft Partner of the Year 2021 in South Africa and Microsoft Partner of the Year in Ethiopia and Côte d ’ Ivoire in 2022 and 2023 .
Boston IT Solutions South Africa is a business of Boston Limited . Boston Limited has been synonymous with servers , storage , and solutions for 30 years . p
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