Boston
IT Solutions South Africa, a business of Boston Limited (Boston) has announced a partnership with Liquid C2, a business of Liquid Intelligent
Technologies (Liquid), to provide them with a turnkey solution to deploy hybrid
cloud infrastructure on the African continent. The first of these 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”.
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 24/7 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.
“We don’t drop boxes.
We are passionate about the value we add to customers,” said
Chris Coetzee, Business Director, Boston IT Solutions South Africa. “We are excited about bringing offerings
like these to new territories where there previously was no public cloud
available to this scale. This is an incredibly exciting opportunity for every
party involved. By helping Liquid C2 connect people across an entire continent,
Boston can show our technical capabilities to model and deploy large and
complex systems. We cannot wait to see what new doors open thanks to the
increased connectivity across borders. Today, we live in the information age,
and we want the flow of information to be fast, consistent, and high quality
across the world.”
This investment from Liquid C2 and Boston showcases the
commitment from both organisations to accelerate digital transformation on the
continent by empowering businesses with a cloud solution that meets in-country
regulatory demands. Most importantly, it also offers highly secure, reduced
latency, and real-time business continuity with flexible adoption models.