Thursday, June 10, 2010

UPDATE 1-Egypt's Raya to build data centre near Cairo | Reuters

UPDATE 1-Egypt's Raya to build data centre near Cairo | Reuters


Egypt is trying to build up its broadband and other infrastructure to attract more technology-related industries such as call centres to take advantage of the country's relatively inexpensive labour costs. [ID:nLDE5BE1VP]

The GPX data centre, to be built on Cairo's outskirts, will allow firms to switch between different Internet service providers if one carrier's service is disrupted, as well as helping back up and recover information.

Such services are vital to brokerages and Internet-based companies, whose businesses depend on smooth and uninterrupted connections to the Web.

"If you're trading, you want to have a network that's resilient," GPX's President Nick Tanzi said. "You can't stop trading, so we offer a place to put back-up computers and servers."

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