INDIAN EXPANSION
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“ WE HOST AND BUILD DATA CENTRES FOR OUR CUSTOMERS ALONG WITH THE IT , NETWORK , SECURITY AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE THEY NEED . WE ’ RE MAKING IT EASIER FOR THEM TO MANAGE THEIR IT REQUIREMENTS WITH ONE PARTNER ”
— Kamal Nath , CEO , Sify Technologies
“ It has been a fruitful journey across 25 years of transformation ,” confirms CEO Kamal Nath , who joined Sify in 2012 . Overseeing the transformation of the company from a standalone network and data centre hosting service provider to a fully-fledged digital ICT solutions and services company , Nath ’ s stewardship heralded a fourth transition in 2017 . The addition of further portfolios to Sify ’ s data centre and cloud offering set the framework for the company ’ s “ Cloud @ Core ” approach , which began in 2018 .
INDIAN EXPANSION
Looking back at Sify ’ s genesis and how the company became a major force in the Indian market , Nath recalls a time when most of the data centre players were telco service providers operating data centres at their point of presence ( POP ). “ It was a natural extension of our telco business ,” he says . “ However , we didn ’ t follow the traditional path as we thought it was important to develop data centre hubs in major cities like Mumbai , where we set up our first commercial data centre in 2000 . This was the key to our
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