Network Platforms protected fibre link comes with special offer

Issued by Rubicomm for Network Platforms
Johannesburg, 03 Nov 2015

Gavin Epstein, Sales Executive at Network Platforms

Service-driven ICT solutions provider Network Platforms recently developed a robust and scalable fibre infrastructure between Hetzner's Centurion Data Centre Park and Teraco Isando. The solution sees Network Platforms provide an impressively rich array of services and connectivity to clients hosting in Hetzner's world-class hosting facility.

To commemorate the launch, Network Platforms has created an introductory special offer that delivers Internet connectivity out of Hetzner Centurion at an extremely affordable rate.

"Network Platforms will be offering a superb rate to the first 50 clients who sign up," says Gavin Epstein, Sales Executive at Network Platforms. "The offer provides usage-based Internet access at R1.20 per GB, inclusive of VAT, with a minimum commitment of purchasing 400GB per month."

The special runs until the end of November 2015, or until 50 clients sign up, and is a superb opportunity for them to experience the superior bandwidth, capabilities and performance of the Network Platforms solution. The company uses five international seafloor cable systems - SAT-3, Seacom, WACS, SAFE and EASSy - and offers quality carrier grade bandwidth alongside peace of mind, thanks to the protected fibre infrastructure provided between Hetzner and Teraco.

"Clients can either co-locate their infrastructure in a Network Platforms rack based at Hetzner Centurion, or alternatively install cross-connects between the client's rack and our aggregation point in Hetzner," says Epstein. "We can offer dedicated capacity to our clients that require this level of service."

The solution consists of an aggregation point of presence at the Hetzner Centurion data centre that includes a protected fibre ring that runs back to Teraco Isando. This ensures there are a number of redundancies built into the system so customers always receive high levels of service. Through this implementation, Network Platforms can now provide tenants within the Hetzner data centre a variety of value-added services that range from remote NAP Africa ports to Layer 2 access to infrastructure at Hetzner through fibre, microwave or a combination of connectivity options.

Clients can take advantage of the offer immediately and will be able to enjoy impressive capabilities alongside equally impressive pricing.

Network Platforms

Network Platforms is a service-driven ICT solutions provider.

The company owns and operates from data centre infrastructures across South Africa and London.

It has established partnerships with several leading and international technology services and solutions businesses, including Cyberoam, Cisco, Microsoft, VMware, Teraco, HP and Mimecast.

Network Platforms utilises its expertise and these resources to deliver professional, comprehensive solutions for internal IT managed services, connectivity and cloud services.

It adopts a proactive rather than reactive management of a client's IT infrastructure.

Network Platforms focus is on keeping its clients' IT systems operational, available and secure - always with the objective of ensuring unreliable and inefficient IT systems do not impact on a business' bottom line.

In data- and tech-driven economies, the modern business has to be agile, streamlined and efficient.

Decision-makers rely on systems that are operational, available and secure in order to enable them to focus on everyday demands of expanding businesses, managing costs and increasing revenues.

Network Platforms' company has developed a Managed Services Model that provides affordable proactive IT management and support to growing businesses.

This model and proactive solution incorporates a comprehensive range of support services, including application bandwidth monitoring, hardware and firmware management, configuration backups, maximum security and ongoing proactive server monitoring, among others.

Network Platforms' solution portfolio covers various technologies, including layer two connectivity, VPN, local/international breakout, physical and virtual hosting and ADSL reseller model.

The Network Platforms value proposition includes guaranteed service levels and nationwide service and support, focused on connectivity, cloud services, IT management, VPN management, IP PBX/ VOIP communication, infrastructure monitoring, and virtual hosting, among others.

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