India’s state owned telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and Dimension Data, an ICT solutions and services firm have launched enterprise cloud services in India.

With this BSNL has made debut BSNL into the enterprise cloud services space through its Internet Data Centres (IDCs) on Dimension Data’s Managed Cloud Platform (MCP).

Kiran Bhagwanani, CEO, Dimension Data India said that India is a key market for Dimension Data and the company continue to make significant investments here.

This public-private collaboration has signed on 15 user enterprises across Financial Services, IT / ITES, Education and Government sectors.

Based on a standardised architecture, the MCP offers enterprises the advantage of being able to support public, private and hybrid cloud models. All MCPs are enterprise-ready, offering multiple layers of security, administrative controls, highest availability SLAs, 24/7 phone support and integrated management capabilities.

Specifically architected for Large Enterprise needs, these services have already been acknowledged as ‘Leaders’ in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Cloud IaaS, and have more than 1,000 clients globally.

Kapil Sibal, Minister of Communications and IT who was present on the launch said that  said, with the central, as well as State governments strategically investing in strengthening their E-Governance initiatives to benefit citizens, this public-private partnership to offer cloud services is another step towards realising the larger goal of bridging the gap between citizens and the government.”

R. K. Upadhyay, Chairman & Managing Director, BSNL, said  “The IDC and Cloud Services have not only enabled us to build and add new strategic capabilities to our portfolio, but also, it has benefited our clients who can leverage our flexible sourcing options or simply host their entire IT assets within our secure environment and with expert care. The fact that we have already signed on 15 leading organizations is a clear indicator of the value we are delivering.”

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