21st Century Tech, VMware launch SMART platform

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Nigeria’s ICT powerhouse, the 21st Century Technologies Limited, is partnering VMware to provide cloud programme codenamed SMART Digital platform, reports ITRealms.

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO), 21st Century Technologies, Chief Wale Ajisebutu, said that the service illustrates to the customers that the company’s public cloud service is validated and compatible for use with VMware vSphere, the leading virtualisation platform for building cloud infrastructures and is secure, managed, agile, resilient and transformative for tomorrow’s digital business- all which will be enabled by SMART.

A member of the VMware Cloud Provider Programme, 21st Century Technologies provides its VMware IaaS powered service as a set of cloud computing services across a common platform, using proven VMware technology that organisations already use in the existing data centres.

The VMware cloud provider programme provides global cloud services and is the preferred choice of VMware cloud provider programme service partners in more than 100 countries globally.

“Digital innovation and engagement models are crucial in the fourth industrial revolution. I am positioning 21st Century Technologies Limited to use digital channels to engage with customers and provide innovative solutions that addresses their specific needs and requirements” said, Wale Ajisebutu, CEO, 21st Century Technologies.

“Technology is fast becoming the most crucial element for businesses of all sizes going forward. Our solutions will provide customers with opportunities for unlimited growth, cost reduction, and increased profitability.” Ajisebutu added.

“VMware has a clear and unique position around Hybrid cloud and enabling cross cloud functionality to help out over 600,000-plus customers to manage an increasingly complex multi-cloud, multi-device IT environment, with a software-defined approach,” said David Funnell, manger, Cloud Provide Programme at VMware West Africa.

“VMware IaaS powered services delivered by service providers within the VMware Cloud Provider Programme can provide the efficiency, agility and reliability inherent in cloud computing. We look forward to supporting 21st Century Technologies as a strategic partner for VMware in West Africa as it empowers organisations with a simple and flexible path to the cloud.”

According to him, the company opted to partner with VMware and ensure it attained IaaS Powered validation because the company is today the infrastructure platform of choice of 100 per cent of the Fortune 500 and has saved customers tens of billions of dollars in their road to the cloud.

Furthermore, VMware has a vast partner ecosystem with access to more than 75, 000 solutions providers worldwide who as a result can take advantage of open interfaces, more solutions and broad software support.

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21st Century Tech rejigs, gears up to tackle major challenges

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Nigeria's information technology powerhouse, 21st Century Technologies Limited, has rejigged her operations towards resolving some of Nigeria’s toughest challenges, reports ITRealms.

The chief executive officer, 21^st Century Technologies Limited, Mr. Wale Ajisebutu, made this disclosure at the weekend, noting that Nigeria’s socioeconomic challenges includes power and energy infrastructure, food security and agriculture, wealth creation and employment, mass transportation, land reforms, security, and education.

These problems, he said, have significant negative impacts on nation’s economy.

According to him, 21st Century Technologies Limited has developed sets of solutions to address and shape the present and future of Nigeria and Nigerians.

“Central to all these are tailor-made solutions to address these challenges; they are indigenous solutions with global standards. We believe that Nigerians deserve the very best. That is why the solutions are local to address local challenges” Ajisebutu said.

ICT solutions remain the vital instrument that can be used by Nigerians to enhance service delivery strategy and bring about innovations for the development of the economy.

“That is why the solutions have been developed by some of the world’s best brains taking into consideration the Nigerian environments, because we cannot copy what work in other climates and expect them to work perfectly here” he said.

21st Century Technologies, he said, is building infrastructure, platform which include applications that will revolutionise ICT in Nigeria, stressing that the company is the vanguard of IT development with the introduction of various portals and applications.

As said by him, with two decades of experience, Ajisebutu pointed out that his company is fully mobilized and perfectly positioned to build converged, multi-service and efficiently managed communications networks in Africa.

He emphasised that 21^st Century Technologies owns and operates the most extensive optical fibre cable metropolitan networks in Nigeria with speeds up to 10Gbps, high-speed Corporate Dedicated Internet Access and IRUs for a total of 10Gbps, fully redundant International subsea fibre capacity with two separate vendors.

Currently, Ajisebutu said, the company is the leading commercial Data Centre Service Provider in Nigeria, specializing in the commercial protection of off-site data, server hosting, indexing, records archiving, etc. in our state-of-the art facilities that meet strict measures of security, stability and fire prevention.

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