Data Centre war in SA

[rpm]

Hosting war in SA

Telkom’s Cybernest plans to shake up an already competitive market

 

[dabbler]

Is it data center or centre?

 

[Albereth]

Is it data center or centre?

Either - depends on whether you prefer the US or the UK option.

 

[packetloss]

Called them 4 times the last 30 days.
Filled in 2 Application forms on their website.
No answer......

sigh

 

[Albereth]

Big question still regards disaster recovery and coupled with that, availability.

 

[Bosvark@]

Internet Solutions not even mentioned here...

 

[Moederloos]

Good luck to anyone using them.

 

[ToxicBunny]

I think everyone would be surprised to find how many sites are actually hosted in Cybernext locations already.

 

[Silver-0-surfer]

Called them 4 times the last 30 days.
Filled in 2 Application forms on their website.
No answer......

sigh

+1 someone eventually called me back and I was promised that sales would call me that same day...24hours later and I'm still waiting:erm:

not too upset though, kind of expected this, it is telescum you know

 

[Crowley]

I think everyone would be surprised to find how many sites are actually hosted in Cybernext locations already.

Not really if you actually read the article.

Cybernest currently has 83 non-Telkom clients

 

[Moederloos]

What a name anyways. Makes me think of a nest of rats.

 

[ToxicBunny]

Yeah.. but those 83 clients are very possibly some rather large enterprise clients...

 

[The_Unbeliever]

a data center in SA?

must be burning money on bandwidth then...

...bring on LLU, then you'll see some serious action.

 

[Albereth]

a data center in SA?

must be burning money on bandwidth then...

...bring on LLU, then you'll see some serious action.

Burning money on something - a lot of companies have put fibre into the ground, or will do it for you and then charge huge fees. Sort of means that lots of folk don't want any LLU.

 

[LordFoom]

Either - depends on whether you prefer the US or the UK option.

Yeah, but pick one when you're writing an article, don't vacillate between the two.

 

[DblD]

don't make me choke from laughter on my cereal


until we can have real broadband internet connectivity under R400 ALL inclusive there is no point in facilities like this..

oh and one could hardly call this the "war"

 

[Aragon]

New and existing players have invested in high end hosting facilities, with Business Connexion (BCX) being the first player to build a true Tier 4 data centre.
[..]
In June last year Neotel launched its new data center at its premises in Midrand
[..]
In late 2008 Vodacom Business launched its R100-million hosting facility in Midrand
[..]
In November last year Telkom launched its ‘green data centre’

And yet it's still sooo expensive.

until we can have real broadband internet connectivity under R400 ALL inclusive there is no point in facilities like this..

Putting consumption in front of creation is ludicrous. The two go hand in hand.

 

[Crowley]

don't make me choke from laughter on my cereal


until we can have real broadband internet connectivity under R400 ALL inclusive there is no point in facilities like this..

oh and one could hardly call this the "war"

Datacentres aren't there to host your family albums and mp3's. They are there for corporates who host huge amounts of data and/or who wants to make sure their data is safe and backed up every day.

 

[ToxicBunny]

I would love to know how BCX have built a Tier 4 DC when we only have a single Power supplier in this country...

 

[ToAsTeD]

I would love to know how BCX have built a Tier 4 DC when we only have a single Power supplier in this country...

Was thinking the same thing, maybe there backup power suppliers are gennies? not another supplier?