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“ It ’ s not just managing data centres , it ’ s also to dive into local communities and look to the future ”
– Commercial Manager , Ronald De Almeida ( Schneider Electric )
teams to train clients on whatever aspect they have purchased , in order to make clients completely selfreliant , with a backup if required .
“ We are embarking on a programme in Angola with Utanga University , which is the technical university in Luanda with over 25,000 students ,” De Almeida says . “ We are setting up a data centre for the university , but it is also a training centre where students can learn the technology of the data centre and we encompass this whole programme as a global exercise . “ It ’ s not just managing data centres , it ’ s also to dive into local communities and look to the future .”
Future growth Five years ago , MULTIPLA worked to convince the Angolan community to dive into the data centre industry and utilise colocation , to which its ongoing success speaks for itself . Today , the company continues to work on developing its cloud services , providing new products and looking towards new business opportunities , supporting clients throughout their business operations .
“ We now have a five-year-old data centre ,” concludes Nogueira . “ In terms of the services and support which we provide to our clients , there is no other competitor in the market .”
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