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Cybercloud platform attains VMware cloud service verification

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Cybercloud platform, the first indigenous VMware Cloud Service Provider in Sub-Saharan Africa has recently been verified, giving its customers extra assurance that the platform offers cloud technologies and services based on VMware Cloud infrastructure.

VMware is a global leader in cloud infrastructure and digital workspace technology.

Dave Funnell, VMware cloud provider program manager, Sub-Saharan Africa, who announced this new feat explained that “it means when you see the VMware Cloud Verified logo, you know you can easily access the full set of capabilities of VMware’s Cloud Infrastructure. Get the ultimate in cloud choice through flexible and interoperable infrastructure, from the data center to the cloud. Support all your apps – from existing to cloud-native to SaaS – across private, public and hybrid clouds using services displaying the VMware Cloud Verified logo.”

Speaking to journalists about what this new development means for business, Laurel Onumonu, the head, Cybercloud business, said that featuring the VMware Cloud Verified logo in any marketing campaigns and content signals to customers and prospects that foundational cloud technologies and services are based on VMware cloud infrastructure.

“We have domesticated VMware services locally and organizations can rest assured of their data security, integrity and availability. We are aware of the data sovereignty policy of the federal government, hence we built a VMware Verified Cloud Platform situated in a Tier 3 Certified Data Centre. We are proud to say that Cybercloud offers true first Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) services in Nigeria,” Onumonu said.

Recently, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) expressed readiness to comply with full implementation of this provision in Nigeria. This means that sensitive financial and commercial data will no longer be hosted abroad.

This is the void Cybercloud has stepped-in to fill – as a company of forward-thinking individuals, the company has taken the initiative to set up Nigeria’s first true cloud service with features that meet the Nigerian Data Sovereignty stipulation.

“Adding the VMware Cloud Verified logo to offerings confirms to customers and prospects that foundational cloud technologies and services are based on VMware cloud infrastructure, including VMware vSphere, VMware vSAN, and VMware NSX,” Onumonu said.

According to her, the VMware Cloud Verified logo represents compatibility (an assurance to customers that CyberCloud services are compatible with clients’ VMware virtualised environments; awareness (the logo is a recognition of our commitment to cloud freedom and choice via the VMware Cloud Infrastructure); opportunity (helps organizations drive revenue by delivering services at a reduced infrastructure cost).

Launched in 2018, Cybercloud is Nigeria’s first true Cloud Service Provider; set up to provide cloud service with the added ease of configuration and management, custom partitioning, and full Information Technology (IT) infrastructure capability. It aims to be the go-to place when the need arises to move from the heavy capital expense-based IT infrastructure model to the cost-friendly subscription-based model.

 

Jumoke Akiyode-Lawanson