SEACOM and Microsoft have launched a cloud service in Kenya that the companies say will allow customers to extend their on-premise networks into the cloud without going over the public internet. The service, named Azure ExpressRoute, was the by-product of intense negotiation between the companies to identify opportunities for collaboration in the East Africa's growing cloud computing market. This service addresses these issues by providing a private, secure and high bandwidth connection to the cloud. Tonny Tugee, SEACOM General Manager East North East Africa region says the company will be providing low latency connection with guaranteed throughput and uptime as part of the partnership. "Data movement between the user and the cloud resources of Azure will be seamless, similar to working within your office local network.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 24, 2018 11:48 UTC