Dubai, United Arab
Emirates, July 17, 2017: eHosting DataFort (eHDF), the region’s leading Managed
Hosting and Cloud infrastructure services provider, today announced that it
invested over AED 20 million in its T3 Data Centre upgrades over the last 12
months. Such investments were strategically implemented to tackle the future
demand for Data Centre usage in the Middle East which is witnessing strong
growth. The investments will also enhance and widen the portfolio of services
offered.
“Conscious of the increase in the Managed and Data Centre
service markets in the UAE which according to IDC indicates an expected annual
growth rate (CAGR) of 19.8% between 2013 and 2018 to reach a total of $971.8
million by 2018, eHDF charted out a strong plan to strengthen its Data Centers
in Dubai. Our upgrades were systematically planned, procured, installed and
tested in alignment with the existing design and needs of our future business.
We are confident that our investments will facilitate business transformation
and are especially designed to meet the growing demands of our customers,” said
Yasser Zeineldin, CEO, eHosting DataFort.
The range of upgrades include the
deployment of Cisco Application-Centric Infrastructure (ACI) that will strengthen eHDF’s
delivery of a much faster and more agile services while reducing administrative
complexity and Infrastructure costs. Simultaneously, laying of overhead cable
trays for data cables in two layers - one for copper and another for the fibre
optic cable was carried out. The Data Centre, which spans 1000+ sqm white space
received a new raised flooring, which was incorporated for better cooling
efficiency. To supplement the existing
backup power, higher and more effective battery replacements were made with
additional run-out testing.
Also, the re-alignment of the hot and cold aisles was carried out under
the new raised flooring to meet the new technology upgrade requirements and
provide required uniform and un-hindered air flow. With growing need for additional security, eHDF upgraded its
access control system and CCTV system with IP encoding of all cameras and email
alerts in case of faults with a 1-year video back up for governance and
compliance purposes. In keeping with the available technology to ease
processes, eHDF also replaced physical logbooks with an electronic visitor
management system with dual factor authentication.
“We are seeing an increased demand from our customers for
enterprise-grade Data Centre facilities as they prepare for digital
transformation and evolving data needs of a hyper connected world. As an
industry leader, eHDF continues to invest and provide best in technology and
infrastructure,” added Zeineldin.
The Data Centre facility follows international standards - While
eHDF has always focused on providing customers with high quality of service,
reliability, availability and assurance of Service Level Agreements (SLAs), the
international standards support the company’s ongoing philosophy to follow the
highest levels of service standards. Working towards the company’s goals of
becoming more environment friendly, investments were also made in a
non-hazardous & non-toxic nitrogen based fire suppression technology for
the new facility.
eHDF has invested in a
Building Management system (BMS) that helps monitoring & maintaining the
new Data Centre’s equipment and systems. This would allow the company to
effectively manage and measure the power usage, enabling customers to plan
their infrastructure based on the same.
The
upgraded Data Centre will continue to deliver world class solutions in
accordance with the Middle Eastern requirements.
