Mr. Leon Davis, managing director, Huawei Nigeria has commended Galaxy Backbone Plc, a public enterprise of the federal government for its ability to effectively manage its world-class Data Centre (DC) for the past one year.
Galaxy Backbone Data Centre (GBDC), built by Huawei Nigeria, is a state-of-the-art Information and Communications Technology (ICT) facility with a 30 TB storage capacity that offers entity-specific solutions which include sever/application hosting, collocation services and data administration.
Davis explained that his company was able o complete the DC project on schedule in spite of the harsh and challenging environment because of the support and cooperation it received from Galaxy Backbone team in less than one year of its establishment.
"Galaxy Backbone is a serious and committed organization that delivers if it says it will deliver. You have demonstrated this by your ability to manage the facility, unarguably the most modern and sophisticated data centre in the Nigerian public sector for one full year without a down time", Davis said, describing it as a feat considering the adverse operating environment" he said
He, however, pledged Huawei’s readiness to support Galaxy Backbone towards delivery more networks for its valued customers.
Earlier in his remarks, Martin Ahachi, chief technical officer, Galaxy Backbone Plc, thanked the Huawei team for the cordial relationship that exist between the two organizations as demonstrated by the presence of the high powered team led by Mr. Davis.
Ahachi explained that the first anniversary of the GBDC was being celebrated by the company in recognition of the efforts, sacrifices and commitment of the management and staff of Galaxy Backbone which resulted in the company’s data centre not experiencing a single down time for one year, even against the background of a challenging operating environment such as public power outages and other recurrent variables.
He also announced that the company has commenced the deployment of a Wide Area Network Infrastructure (WANI) which consists of satellite, optic fibre and digital microwave radio for connectivity and other IP services delivery.
Galaxy Backbone Plc was established primarily to provide a common platform for the provision of network connectivity and other transversal services to the public sector.
It also has the objective of deliverying connectivity and digital access that will enable relevant solutions to governance and other underserved communities and locations in Nigeria.