Vodacom Business awarded local hosting contract

Vodacom Business has been awarded a contract to host the Kaseya IT Center family of cloud-based IT service delivery products exactly developed for IT managed service organisations and internal IT departments.

Garth Hayward, Regional Manager for Kaseya Africa, says: “Our decision to have Vodacom Business host our offering brings with it the substantial upfront cost savings for clients who require an advanced automated IT service management platform for which Kaseya is internationally recognised as the leader.

Incredibly exciting

“This is an incredibly exciting, dynamic time for the IT services market in Africa, and our relationship with Vodacom Business and continued investment into Africa represents our confidence in the region.”

* Discovery and IT inventory * Patch management * Help-desk * Performance, SNMP and log monitoring * Agent IT automation procedures * Management reporting * Live connect remote access * IT service delivery kit * Support for servers, workstations and notebooks running Windows or Mac OS X

The leaders in cloud computing

“As the leaders in cloud computing, we are excited to welcome Kaseya and their users into our cloud,” says Ermano Quartero, Managing Executive at Vodacom Business. “Kaseya's management have fully grasped the concept of cloud computing and the opportunities for their clients. We look forward to a long a fruitful relationship.”

Vodacom Business is a leading provider of total communication solutions; a then and there-generation network provider operating on a single business driver that understands business voice, video and data requirements. Vodacom Business delivers end-to-end converged solutions, extending from mobile to fixed-line access mediums, virtual private networks, voice over IP solutions, hosted facilities, data storage, backup, security and application solutions.

Vodacom Business was launched in February 2008 and has invested in significant infrastructure and has a tier one Internet network capability as so then as a corporate grade national MPLS VPN. These services include then and there-generation IP voice, managed networks and infrastructure, Internet access, hosting and storage. Recently launched solutions include a Premium Business ADSL service, virtual hosted call centres, and a rounded, feature-rich suite of hosted services used in cloud computing.

Passionate about information and communication innovation, Vodacom Business offers a comprehensive portfolio of business solutions across its state-of-the-art converged network platform, which is built on world-class infrastructure. By understanding specifically what companies expect from a voice and data communications service provider, through extensive global experience, skills and knowledge, Vodacom Business delivers holistic solutions that address these needs - providing businesses with service, innovation and value propositions that are cost-effective, reliable, secure and scalable.