Internet Solutions, a leading converged communications services provider, has upgraded its ftp site - ftp.is.co.za - to a whopping 8TB of storage space and completely replaced the old platform.
"This has allowed us to take on new shareware mirrors and provide a better service to the South African community," says Anthony Southgate, marketing executive at IS. "Slow transfer rates are now a thing of the past."
Users will find the following distributions on the site: Linux distributions - Suse, OpenSuSE, Redhat, Fedora, Mandriva, Ubuntu, Debian BSD-based distributions - FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD
Other Mirrors include Apache, CPAN and ISC with new software being added constantly.
Southgate continued: "Monthly downloads average in excess of 1.4TB of data, of which more than 1TB was to South African users. Our role here is to add value to the South African community by providing a local ftp service that rivals those seen internationally and providing fast, cost-effective downloads." Suggestions for new sites can be mailed to ftp-admin@is.co.za.
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Internet Solutions (IS) has transformed its business model and become a leading converged communications service provider in South Africa.
The business was founded on the principle of developing a robust infrastructure in order for corporates and other organisations to conduct e-business. Over the past 13 years IS has established itself as a leader in this space, attracting over 80% of South Africa's top businesses as clients. From listed companies to non-governmental organisations, local and national government and smaller companies, IS is delivering solutions to meet the business needs of hundreds of customers, including the appointment by the State Information Technology Agency to provide the national and provincial governments with Internet services.
During its 13-year life span, IS has evolved and grown its service offerings. Today, the company is the leading hosting service provider and security service provider in South Africa, as well as having significant market share in the virtual private network, mobile solutions, VOIS, African solutions and application service provider space.
Internet Solutions, with an Empowerdex BBB rating, has earned an impressive collection of accolades, including eight First National Bank "Most Admired" awards, two Financial Mail "Best Company to Work For" awards, a place in the Top Unlisted Company Awards, first place in the ISP category for ComputerWeek Strategist's Best of Breed IT Awards, 2004, and eighth in the Top ICT Companies, 2005.
The company partners with major players such as Cisco, Microsoft, Oracle, BT and AT&T, and in 2002 was certified as a Cisco Managed Security Service Provider, the first and only company outside of the US to be awarded this accolade.
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