By Hiran H. Senewiratne
At a time when most local mobile phone operators are facing challenges in the internal and external economic environments, "Sri Lanka’s premier connectivity provider Dialog Axiata Plc performs well in its business and was able to register a 7 percent plus year on year growth, a top official of the company said.
"The market is challenging and tough but we are doing good and we have been able to register a 7 percent year –on- year growth, which is a significant achievement in this scenario, Group-Chief Executive Officer, Dialog Axiata Plc Dr Hans Wijeyasuriya told The Island Financial Review at a function Wednesday at the Dialog head office in Colombo that announced the launch of Cumulus, its cloud services portfolio. The event also marked the establishment of the nation’s leading business solutions hub service for the SME sector.
He said that they are quite confident and positive of the future and will always introduce state -of-the art technology to the country.
This cloud service is designed to meet the business imperatives of speed to market, cost efficiency, agility and innovation. "Cumulus brings together the knowledge and strengths of Dialog’s best-in-class communications technology, delivering unmatched broadband connectivity options, and state-of- the-art cloud infrastructure of global technology partners, to provide Sri Lankan businesses with a truly local cloud experience, built to global standards with the unmatched Dialog service promise, Dialog sources said.
Group Chief Officer for Dialog Enterprises Jeremy Huxtable said the launch of Cumulus, Dialog’s local Cloud platform, builds on the investments that have already been made in data centers and connectivity.
He said that services they provide are cost effective, easy to use and will support the growth of Sri Lanka’s business community. "With the support of our partners in this project we are able to deliver world class IT services at a fraction of today’s cost, Huxtable added.
"The programme yet again emphasizes Dialog’s commitment to Sri Lankan businesses and entrepreneurs and has invested US $ 175 million for infrastructure development to provide a quality service, he said.
Reza Shah, Head of business development - ASIA DirectFN said that Dialog has provided them with a state-of-the-art innovative hosting solution "for our requirement to manage a mission critical stock brokering application for stock brokers in Sri Lanka."
"We have found these solutions to be economical and scalable, meeting the demands of our clients. The ISO 27001: 2013 certified data centre of Dialog offered us the added confidence in achieving information security expectations for our solutions. Dialog’s agile and innovative solution backed by their enterprise support processes, also offer us the opportunity and the freedom to decide on future expansion, he said.www.island.lk
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