Tata Communications Lanka launches Managed Hosting Services

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Tata Communications Lanka, a subsidiary of Tata Communications, expanded its portfolio with the launch of the Managed Hosting Services in Sri Lanka, bringing the global footprint to the local industry and society. Being a leading global telecom player, Tata Communications operates in several key markets around the world and this latest extension in Sri Lanka will mark its 43rd data centre location globally.

Managed Hosting Services enable Tata Communications Lanka to offer the latest technology to manage and develop the IT infrastructure of an organisation. This results in a range of benefits to the customer including cost effectiveness due to elimination of high capital expenditure and administrative costs, increased efficiency and productivity through uninterrupted IT services, the ability for an organisation to focus on their core business competencies since the professional team at Tata Communications Lanka will take complete responsibility of the IT infrastructure of the company and much more.

“The Managed Hosting Services is nothing new to Tata Communications since we are one of the leading global players in the market. We have a competent local team supported by our global expertise in Managed Hosting Services. At Tata Communications Lanka, our focus is to enrich IT and ICT capabilities in Sri Lanka and the new service will take us a step closer to doing so,” said Tata Communications Lanka Limited CEO Janaka Jayalath.

The Managed Hosting Services presently offers data centre services with co-location, managed security services, managed back up services, managed storage, virtualisation and managed email services that are provided through a state-of-the-art data centre located in Sri Lanka with the hope of expanding the services in the future.

This is the first time in Sri Lanka that a company such as Tata Communications, backed by global expertise, entered the market for Managed Hosting Services. The core advantage of working with Tata Communications Lanka is that the sphere of services offered by them have been perfected on a global platform and they adhere to high standards that are expected the world around. These advantages coupled with the local team’s knowledge and competencies in the local market; provide an unmatched service in Sri Lanka.

“Flexible solutions and pricing models are the two key things we pay attention to. For Tata Communications Lanka, Managed Hosting Services will require continued investments in technology and expertise where we will continue to invest to enable our customers with the latest in technology and to keep our customers ahead of their competition,” added Jayalath.

“Further, we believe that this service will be a catalyst for the small and medium scale enterprises to leapfrog in to state-of-the-art IT enabled environment, thus giving the edge to compete in the globally connected economy,” he added.

TATA Communications Lanka Ltd., is a subsidiary of TATA Communications, a TATA group company and one of the largest telecom players in the world. TATA Communications Lanka Ltd., brings with it the rich traditions and business ethics of the TATA Group. The company commenced operations in February 2004 and within a few years of its operations, the company has created a niche for itself for catering to the international telecommunication needs in Sri Lanka.