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Cassava Technologies, a pan-African technology group, has had a busy week in which it has announced a satcoms deal with Eutelsat Communications for its Liquid Intelligent Technologies business and a partnership with AWS for its Liquid Cloud division.
With Eutelsat, Liquid has signed a multi-year, multi-beam agreement for capacity on the Eutelsat Konnect satellite to address the connectivity needs of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and small office / home office (SOHO) customers in Uganda, South Sudan and the eastern regions of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Under the agreement, Liquid will leverage capacity on the Eutelsat Konnect satellite to increase its portfolio with affordable internet services in territories underserved by terrestrial networks.
Liquid already uses Ku-band capacity on Eutelsat’s Eutelsat 7B satellite for VSAT services in sub-Saharan Africa under a long-term contract that was renewed and expanded in 2021.
Liquid will also host the first Eutelsat Konnect ground gateway in sub-Saharan Africa. Located in Krugersdorp, South Africa, the gateway will help Eutelsat expand local coverage and secure and create new business opportunities by offering enhanced broadband service performance.
Liquid Cloud, meanwhile, has announced that it has been approved by Amazon Web Services (AWS) as a Direct Connect Delivery Partner. It is one of only four partners in Africa to secure this achievement.
This partnership will bring significant benefits to Liquid Cloud’s multinational and large enterprise customers as, through AWS Direct Connect, customers can connect to the AWS cloud, bypassing the public internet via a dedicated connection.
In addition to Liquid Cloud customers having access to a range of services which already include Microsoft and Oracle, they will also, says Cassava, experience a more consistent, reliable and stable performance.
This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Frank Cittadino, SVP of Edge Services at Zayo
The transition to a digital-first society has accelerated rapidly in the past several years. With more work happening remotely and people connecting through online channels, navigating life in a dispersed world has made consumers more dependent on digital technologies. … [visit site to read more]
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The Irish wholesale provider Enet says it will be investing more than €50m in its fiber reach. That’s in addition to the investments they’ve already completed within their Dublin metro network. The buildouts are planned to take place over the next 5 years. … [visit site to read more]
IBM has partnered with Bharti Airtel to help deploy the operator’s edge computing platform in India, which will include 120 network data centres across 20 cities.
Airtel’s edge computing platform is deployed as a hybrid environment based on IBM Cloud Satellite and Red Hat OpenShift. With a focus on delivering secured and open cloud services at the edge of the network, the platform is aimed at helping businesses improve performance and customer experience by reducing latency while addressing data security and sovereignty requirements.
The business value delivered by edge computing can be significantly enhanced when combined with 5G. In India, where 5G is expected to be rolled out later this year, it has the potential to create a cumulative economic impact of $1 trillion by 20351.
Ganesh Lakshminarayanan, CEO of Enterprise at Airtel Business, said: “As India gears up to experience 5G, we see a massive opportunity to help businesses across industries transform how they deliver goods and services. We have the largest network of edge data centres available in India under the Nxtra brand and we will leverage our work with IBM to help Indian businesses address their critical business needs with greater efficiency, making it significantly easier for companies to process workloads where their data resides.”
Harnessing Airtel’s 5G connectivity and highly secured edge computing capabilities from IBM can enable enterprises to deploy and manage workloads in near-real time. Industries including telecommunications, financial services, healthcare and government can benefit from reduced latency, high availability and increased connectivity speeds.
“As businesses – particularly those in regulated industries – work to modernise their infrastructures, they need to be able to do so in a way that enables them to stay compliant, without becoming overburdened by their compliance obligations – regardless of where their data resides,” said Howard Boville, Head of IBM Cloud Platform.
Two new data centers in the southwestern US, and two expansions in eastern Europe. … [visit site to read more]
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Two of the nine core values at Bicom Systems are courage and caring. When it was time to determine a charity to donate to this year, there was no denying that Make-A-Wish was the perfect option. In fact, the Make-A-Wish New Brunswick headquarters is upstairs in the same building as our Canadian office!
Make-A-Wish fulfills life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses in every community in Canada and more than 50 countries worldwide. Children’s wishes range from a bedroom makeover to a trip to Disneyworld.
“Wishes have proven physical and emotional benefits that can give children with critical illnesses a higher chance of survival. When a wish is granted, a child replaces fear with confidence, sadness with joy, and anxiety with hope.” – Make a Wish.
Over the past few months, the Bicom Systems Canada team has been fundraising to raise money for a child’s wish in Saint John, NB. Here is how it turned out!
Our first initiative was our spare change campaign. We set out a jar in the office kitchen and encouraged our employees to add their spare change to it. Although it was a small action, quarters and dimes really add up.
As the days began to get longer and the temperature warmer, that only meant one thing. Cold cans and bottles were being opened! In New Brunswick, the public can redeem their deposit-bearing beverage containers at registered depots and receive money in return.
The task was simple. On Thursday, July 7th, we asked our employees to bring their containers to the office. Volunteers filled the beds of their pickup trucks and headed to the redemption depot! And just like that, we added $116 to our donation.
By now, we had close to $500 for Make-A-Wish, and our efforts were not going unnoticed. Bicom Systems announced they would match our donations up to $1,000! The team had until the last week of August to reach this goal and started brainstorming ideas for a final push.
Our final fundraising event for Make-A-Wish was called ‘Once Upon a Time… and a BOOM! POW!’ On August 19th, we invited tiny Bicomers, friends, and family to a meet-and-greet session. Children had the opportunity to meet their favorite Ardenelle Princess sisters and America’s favorite Captain.
The sessions were $25 and included:
And guess what? We raised enough money to meet our goal! With all the fundraising efforts and generous matching contributions from Bicom Systems, our team donated $2,050 to Make-A-Wish!
Thank you to each #Bicomer in the Saint John office. Thank you to the company. And most importantly, thank you to those who attended our event. We are thrilled to know this donation is going towards granting a wish for a child in the Saint John area.
Lumen will have a new CEO in place when election day rolls around 8 weeks from now. Current CEO Jeff Storey will be retiring, and the company is bringing in some outside talent to take his place. Kate Johnson has been named as Storey’s successor, and will take over on November 7 of this year. … [visit site to read more]
