ICT solutions provider Network Platforms has built a fibre link between Hetzner's Centurion data centre and Teraco Isando to boost interconnectivity.
The solution ensures that Hetzner and Network Platforms can offer their businesses a range of services and connectivity alongside reliability, flexibility and cost-effective implementations, says Network Platforms.
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.
According to Gavin Epstein, sales executive at Network Platforms, Teraco has the biggest peering point in Africa, which is a huge advantage, and Hetzner offers quality affordable hosting.
"Network Platforms has now implemented fibre connectivity to Hetzner's Centurion operations where Hetzner hosts a significant number of servers for its customers", says Epstein.
He notes the objective of the solution is to bring in connectivity and to support Hetzner's growth as a vendor neutral, multiple connectivity provider.
Also, it will connect the Teraco and Hetzner data centres so as to stimulate business between the two environments, he adds.
With the uptake of hosted services or cloud services, customers need to have access to their applications at all times and also to ensure they partner with correct provider that meets their requirements, says Epstein.
He points out organisations are starting to understand cloud and are asking the correct question, that is, what are the virtual cloud redundancies, what security is in place, what connectivity is required to access cloud infrastructure.
"As cloud gains momentum, this solution developed by Network Platforms, Teraco and Hetzner is delivering exactly what the modern enterprise needs."
Teraco is known as the biggest peering point in Africa, also known as NAP Africa, says Epstein adding NAP Africa in the Teraco environment is a very strategic infrastructure for many organisations to connect to.
"Through the fibre links, Network Platforms can effectively deliver remote peering points to NAP Africa so other customers can potentially peer with NAP Africa Johannesburg and Cape Town."
Organisations can now peer directly on NAP Africa, which has the benefits of speed, access and connectivity, says Epstein.
Users gain faster access to all peers on the NAP Africa exchange as well as landing content from Akamai, Google and Microsoft, he adds.
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