The cloud has changed how businesses can operate and excel, yet it remains challenging for many organisations to make the change and realise its advantages. Vodacom's Virtual Data Centre Solution is perfect to banish those problems and help companies of all sizes get enterprise-grade performance and visibility from cloud services.
"We've engineered the Vodacom Virtual Data Centre Solution to give organisations a viable avenue for true cloud adoption," says Sabelo Mabena, Executive Head of Department for Business Development for Cloud at Vodacom Business. "We're making it much easier to take advantage of cloud innovation and efficiencies and use hybrid cloud across private and public cloud services. It's all about choice, backed by Vodacom's exceptional infrastructure, technology skills, and business experience."
The Vodacom Virtual Data Centre Solution offers high computing, storage, managed and professional services, and dedicated virtual web and application servers in a shared hosting environment, part of a complete and robust IT cloud platform with the highest levels of availability, responsiveness, security, and full remote and self-service management capabilities.
To ensure the best performance and support, Vodacom has built a Cloud Provider Platform leveraging VMware’s validated design principles resulting in Vodacom achieving their VMware Cloud Verified badge. This distinction designates Vodacom as an expert in deploying, automating and managing virtual infrastructure resources in multi-tenant cloud environments, using VMWare's best-of-breed tools.
“Partners that are VMware Cloud Verified provide organisations with complete and advanced VMware Cloud technologies, along with interoperability across clouds for greater advantage for their customers’ businesses,” says Sumeeth Singh, Head of the Cloud Service Provider Business at VMware Sub-Saharan Africa.
“VMware Cloud Verified services delivered by VMware Cloud Providers can provide the efficiency, agility, and reliability inherent in cloud computing. We look forward to supporting Vodacom as it empowers organisations with a simple and flexible path to the cloud.”
Yet that is only the starting point. Vodacom is a leader in connectivity and technology solutions, managed services, enterprise cloud hosting, and business transformation. All these factors combine for a unique, next-generation solution offering that is already helping medium and large organisations get the most from modern business technologies. And unlike many public cloud requirements, applications don't need reconfiguration to work on Vodacom's cloud solution.
A secure cloud partnership
Vodacom Virtual Data Centre Solution clients run applications day-to-day with clear visibility, efficiency, and strategy—with no bill shocks or unexpected hits to their return on investment.
They innovate faster, respond quicker to market needs and wield the agility required in today's business arena. Vodacom's reliable connectivity takes the form of dedicated internet access and hosting bandwidth, and the cloud offering runs in Vodacom's world-class Gauteng, Cape Town and Durban data centres (with an additional site in Rosslyn, City of Tshwane) to ensure both hardened security and low latency.
There are no surprises, such as egress charges. Clients use the solution's self-service portals to track real-time billing (in ZAR to avoid foreign currency fluctuations), add new workloads, adjust computing and storage, and more. Using the Vodacom Virtual Data Centre Solution also bolsters ESG.
“Sustainability is top of mind for VMware, to amplify Vodacom’s commitment to renewable energy and reducing carbon emissions VMware has awarded Vodacom with a Zero Cabon Comitted badge. We look forward to supporting Vodacom's commitments whilst expanding their services offered.” Says Lee Syse Lead Cloud Solutions Architect – Cloud Service Providers in Sub-Saharan Africa
"The public cloud is not the only way forward for business cloud ambitions. Hidden costs, challenging reconfigurations, and several other issues create barriers to effective migration, operations, and innovation. The Vodacom Virtual Data Centre Solution was built to tackle this directly and give an alternative to companies. Whether they want basic cloud hosting, advanced integration, or step into hybrid- and multi-cloud, Vodacom Business and the Vodacom Virtual Data Centre Solution provide the answers."
Why Vodacom’s Data Center Services?
We provide a secure space in a cabinet to house your equipment, while we manage the Data Center facilities, network connectivity, and physical security. Our state-of-the-art data centers give you the flexibility to administer and manage your servers, delivering the performance, security and scalability that your business requires.
