EMC Corporation, a global leader in enabling businesses and service providers transform their operations and deliver IT (Information Technology) as a service, is expanding its operations in Nigeria with the establishment of a new office in Lagos to support growing market demand and customers needs.
The expansion of EMC’s operations in Nigeria has become imperative in light of the consistent growth of the local economy, according to the firm. The $25 billion firm at a press conference in Lagos, is also extending its educational services offering to clients in Nigeria through a brand new local training centre that will enhance customers’ readiness and ability to redefine their IT.
Adrian McDonald, president of EMC Europe, Middle East and Africa, said the company values its customers and partners in Nigeria who are contributing to our growth in the country and across the region. He said the new office reiterates EMC’s commitment to assist enterprises across Nigeria achieve their business objectives as they transform their IT infrastructure.
“Customers in Nigeria and the region continue to call on EMC as their top choice for their Information Technology (IT) transformation journeys and we remain committed to and focused on delivering innovative products and solutions which enable our customers to reduce their costs, increase their revenues and deliver new value to their customers,” he further explained.
The new year is expected to usher in unprecedented change in the technology industry as one era of computing gives way to the next – built on mobile, social networking, cloud services and Big Data analytics technologies. In view of this, businesses are looking for the tools and support to help them manage this challenge and redefine the delivery of IT so that it becomes a truly competitive advantage to their business.
Speaking in the same vein, Rasheed Jimoh, regional manager for English Speaking West Africa, EMC, said the Nigerian market is growing fast, further adding that technology needs are evolving as business leaders increasingly look to IT to help enable, drive and lead their strategic initiatives.
“Many organisation have recognised the need to invest in cloud computing, Big Data analytics and information security solutions.”
Critical element of EMC’s expansion in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, is the launch of its new training centre in Lagos which will deliver a comprehensive range of leading-edge IT courses to businesses, channel partners and service providers, as well as EMC employees.
The courses will cover a range of systems and solutions such as EMC VNX Series high-performing unified storage; Data Domain protection storage for back-up and archive; NetWorker back up and recovery software; VMAX enterprise storage systems; VMware; Big Data analytics; and cloud computing.
“EMC is keen to bring the knowledge transfer closer to Nigeria’s and West Africa professionals through our Educational Services Programs and to help our customers to effectively lead their ITand business transformation,” he added.
By: Ben Uzor Jr
