AWS unveils data centers in South Africa, to enhance network activities in the country. Amazon Web Services has officially launched its data center in the Cape Town region of its country. AWS also revealed that the AWS region in Africa could enable government organizations and businesses to build cloud applications. Government organization and businesses can also keep their data locally and reaching users with lower latency.
“The cloud is quickly transforming business and lives across Africa. And we are glad to be a part of that change,” says Senior VP of Global Infrastructure and Customer Support, Peter DeSantis.
“The company has been assisting the growth of the local technology community in the South Africa for over 15 years. During that time, developers, builders, organizations, and entrepreneurs have requested we bring AWS to most regions in Africa. And today we are unveiling it in Cape Town Region. We foresee innovation and creativity that will result from African organizations building in the cloud.”
Impact
AWS regions are made up of available zones, which feature one or more data centers located in distinct geographic locations. They are also placed in a significant distance to reduce the risk of impacting business continuity. AWS delivers low latency for high availability applications and easy usage. Its clients and customers are also focused on high availability designed to operate on multiple availability zones. And this will deliver greater fault-tolerance.
All AWS infrastructure regions around the world and those in Cape Town are equipped with standby power to allow reliable and continuous power availability. This is also necessary to maintain operations during load shedding and electrical failures in the country. With this, AWS now has a zone around the world. It has 73 availability zones within 23 geographic regions around the world. Amazon has also announced plans for twelve more availability zones around the world. AWS would be available in more regions like Japan, Indonesia, Spain, Italy, and more.
About AWS
AWS offers more scalable, reliable, and inexpensive cloud computing services to clients and consumers. It helps both small and large businesses reduce the cost of acquiring servers and other IT infrastructure. AWS has been able to power thousands of businesses around the world.
AWS delivers low pay as you use pricing with no long term commitments. It allows clients and consumers to manage global infrastructure and pass low-cost saving benefits. The company also offers global cloud infrastructure that allows its users to quickly experiment, innovate, and iterate data. After developing a new application, users don’t have to wait for months for instant deployment.
AWS is open to the flexibility that is you can choose the development platform that is adequate for your business. Users can also decide to choose the services he needs. Amazon web services are durable and secured with industry-recognized audits and certifications. This service also offers security, databases, and customer relationship management.
AWS has services like deployment management service, application services, developer tools, and tools for the internet of things. The service has emerged as one of the best cloud computing services in the world, far ahead of IBM, Microsoft, Google, and more.
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