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Seacom, with over 17,000 Kilometres of fibre optic cable has been selling fibre connectivity wholesale. PHOTO | FILE
By OKUTTAH MARK
The undersea cable fibre optic provider Seacom is
betting on Cloud computing services offered by its subsidiary firm,
Pamoja services, to sign up businesses and home Internet users.
Seacom, with over 17,000 Kilometres of fibre optic cable
connecting East and South Africa to Europe, has for the past five years
been selling fibre connectivity wholesale but has now incorporated
Pamoja to drive uptake of its extra capacity by selling directly to
homes, small and medium businesses.
“The past five years were about unlocking different
bottlenecks in the ICT chain across Africa. We now believe that
consumers are going to experience the next generation of data
connectivity leading to greater use of streaming data, efficiency at the
work place, home offices and dynamic social media,” said Brian Herlihy,
Seacom’s Founder.
The cloud infrastructure has enhanced storage of
confidential and sensitive data, as well as service interruptions
associated with cloud services delivered from outside Africa.
“We plan to continue evolving our core
infrastructure to lead the region into the next stage of ICT growth,”
Seacom chairman Nizar Juma said in a statement, after conclusion of a
board meeting in Maputo, Mozambique.
Recently Pamoja launched a business management Software for ISO certification through easy online automated processes.
The cloud-based software dubbed RUBiQ is a
management software application, comprising various modules that helps
embed good governance, risk and compliance as an operating norm, without
the need for several different systems to manage the business.
Pamoja partnered with Camara International as its channel partner and exclusive reseller for RUBiQ.
Under the agreement, Camara International will also
provide the technical skills to configure the systems to meet the
clients’ existing needs.
RUBiQ targets both big corporations and Small and
Medium-Size SMEs. The services are provided on per user, monthly
subscription basis, hence eliminating the intensive capital expenditure
required to deploy such systems.
The software also enables dashboard-based
reporting, which provides a real-time visibility of the claims and their
financial impacts.
Through the cloud-based services, which has
consolidated all ISO certification processes on one platform, companies
can also monitor and evaluate their processes online in real time.
RUBiQ has the ability to intelligently trigger
alerts in case of procedural mishaps and allows organisations to set
strategic goals and report on areas that need improvement.
In Kenya the software has been deployed by Kenya
Ports Authority KPA, who has been able to optimize its overall service
efficiency.
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