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Symantec, Pamoja Africa partner to roll out cloud services to Africa

Pamoja's Albie Bester

Pamoja's Albie Bester

12th February 2014

By: Natasha Odendaal

Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

  

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Seacom subsidiary Pamoja Africa and security technology solutions development group Symantec have teamed up to distribute Symantec’s suite of cloud services in sub-Saharan Africa to meet growing security, compliance and archiving needs.

The partnership would allow the cloud services unit, which was incorporated into Seacom in 2011 and officially launched last year, greater access to cloud services, while providing Symantec an “exciting new route” to market the services.

“Through a new data-peering arrangement between Seacom and Symantec, these services are delivered [using] the shortest and fastest route to the Pamoja cloud data centres in South Africa and Kenya,” the parties said in a statement.

The alliance was a “win-win for all stakeholders”, said Pamoja GM Albie Bester, adding that it was a “progressive step in demonstrating the value of cloud to emerging markets – particularly to help businesses effectively safeguard their information and enhance their operations”.

Pamoja was established to develop affordable cloud and enterprise services for Eastern- and Southern Africa-based small and medium-sized enterprises, leveraging Seacom’s infrastructure and exposure to partnerships and Africa’s growing mobile and Internet market to entrench its services model.

“These enterprise-class cloud services have typically only been accessible by larger organisations . . . this changes with the Pamoja partnership in that small business and corporate customers can enjoy the same level of protection and service,” said Symantec cloud services manager Mark Smissen.

“It’s an opportunity for Symantec to address underserved and unmet needs of customers and partners in Africa, and to do this quickly,” he noted.

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