One third of all Kenyan enterprises now view the implementation and expansion of cloud capabilities as a key priority for the future, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC).
“Stable and reliable connectivity will be a key value proposition if service providers are to convince enterprises to move the majority of their IT services to the cloud,” said Leonard Kore, research analyst for telecommunications and media at IDC East Africa.
“The majority of enterprises in Kenya view infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) solutions as a more attractive offering than software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions as they give a more clear and quantifiable ROI [return on investment], especially in the datacenter realm.”
He said the need to reduce data centre costs in the form of infrastructure maintenance, power and cooling, as well as rising fuel prices for backup generators, are major drivers of IaaS adoption in Kenya.
According to the IDC more than half of the country’s enterprises are seriously considering IaaS technology because of the “easier monitoring and control of their datacenter expenditure, the desire for improved data centre recovery and business continuity capabilities, and the increasing implementation of virtualisation and cutting-edge security solutions in the cloud.”
HumanIPO reported this year China’s ZTE Corporation was in talks with the Kenyan government to provide cloud computing and LTE services geared towards effective service delivery.
“In order to help Kenya attain world class excellence in ICT, we would like to work together with the Kenya government to accelerate ICT development,” ZTE Corporation Kenya chief executive officer (CEO) Liu Sen said.
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