MainOne secures SAP certification to enhance cloud solutions in West Africa

11 Aug 2016
Financial Nigeria

Summary

MainOne’s MDXi is reportedly the largest data centre in West Africa with the ability to deploy cloud services for enterprises across Africa.

Funke Opeke, Chief Executive Officer, MainOne

MainOne, a leading provider of innovative telecom services and network solutions for businesses in West Africa, said on Thursday that its data centre subsidiary, MDXi, has become the first data centre in West Africa to secure the SAP HANA® certification – a highly coveted certification given by SAP, the German software giant.

With the new certification, MainOne said MDXi will be enabled to host and manage SAP applications for enterprise cloud platforms via a consumption-based delivery model.

"We are pleased to receive the SAP certification for Infrastructure Operations Services, as it validates our commitment to providing world-class data centre and cloud solutions in Nigeria,” said Funke Opeke, MainOne’s CEO while receiving the certificate.

“With this certification from SAP, it is now possible for Nigerian enterprises and businesses to host SAP applications in-country on MDXi’s cloud platform and optimize their accounting processes, data analytics and sales chain management. This will improve response times for SAP applications, ensure data security and assure more cost effective subscription charges.”

The SAP data centre certification process is a rigorous process that culminates in an onsite audit session to ensure that a data centre provider meets all the local and global requirements as required by SAP. Some of these criteria include quality and knowledge management as well as data centre, network and connectivity, back up and data recovery, IT service and project management.

”More than ever, SAP Africa is excited about the SAP HANA® certification of partners like MainOne,” said Kudzai Danha, the Managing Director of SAP West Africa. “The current market demand for attractive business applications in the cloud presents great business opportunities and through SAP HANA®, customers can innovate and redesign business processes, capitalizing on the agility of this unique platform.”

MainOne’s MDXi is reportedly the largest data centre in West Africa with the ability to deploy cloud services for enterprises across Africa.


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