The#nbsp;largest telecom operator Kazakhtelecom and#nbsp;Smart Cities, a#nbsp;member of#nbsp;BTS Digital's AITU digital ecosystem, have signed an#nbsp;agreement on#nbsp;cooperation in#nbsp;developing cloud technologies in#nbsp;Kazakhstan and#nbsp;expanding the#nbsp;line of#nbsp;cloud solutions and#nbsp;products. The#nbsp;first few joint cloud services have#nbsp;already been presented on#nbsp;Kazakhtelecom's business portal ismet.kz.
"To#nbsp;date, Kazakhtelecom maintains a#nbsp;network of#nbsp;27 data#nbsp;centers in#nbsp;major cities and#nbsp;regional centers of#nbsp;the#nbsp;republic, where about 1600 racks are#nbsp;placed. High capacity, a#nbsp;serious degree of#nbsp;protection, and#nbsp;an#nbsp;increased level of#nbsp;fault tolerance of#nbsp;our#nbsp;data centers allow customers to#nbsp;economically and#nbsp;promptly deploy their digital projects on#nbsp;the#nbsp;virtual capacities of#nbsp;Kazakhtelecom. We have all#nbsp;the#nbsp;necessary infrastructure, and#nbsp;our#nbsp;cooperation with#nbsp; the#nbsp;leading specialized company "Smart Cities" is#nbsp;another excellent opportunity to#nbsp;supplement the#nbsp;product portfolio of#nbsp;Kazakhtelecom's cloud and#nbsp;digital projects with#nbsp;demanded cloud services. Shortly we#nbsp;plan to#nbsp;launch joint cloud products for#nbsp;IT developers: Kubernetes as#nbsp;a#nbsp;Service and#nbsp;analytics service - Database as#nbsp;a#nbsp;Service, and#nbsp;by#nbsp;2025 our#nbsp;joint range of#nbsp;services will increase at#nbsp;least three times", - noted Marat Abdildabekov, Director General of#nbsp;the#nbsp;Information Technologies Division of#nbsp;Kazakhtelecom JSC.
"We are#nbsp;pleased to#nbsp;offer a#nbsp;wide range of#nbsp;cloud solutions developed in#nbsp;strategic partnership with#nbsp;Kazakhtelecom based on#nbsp;our#nbsp;Aitu.Cloud platform.
Why is#nbsp;this#nbsp;important for#nbsp;businesses? The faster a#nbsp;company adapts its#nbsp;digital services to#nbsp;the#nbsp;market, the#nbsp;more new#nbsp;and#nbsp;loyal customers it#nbsp;will#nbsp;have. With#nbsp;cloud-based tools, the#nbsp;time to#nbsp;develop or#nbsp;launch new#nbsp;services/applications and#nbsp;scale them is#nbsp;reduced many times over.
It#nbsp;also saves on#nbsp;infrastructure administration and reduces the#nbsp;company's need for#nbsp;highly specialized specialists because the#nbsp; provider will#nbsp;maintain the#nbsp;infrastructure. In#nbsp;addition, unlike traditional IT infrastructure, cloud services are#nbsp;charged only for#nbsp;those resources and#nbsp;the#nbsp;time the#nbsp;company requires them. At#nbsp;the#nbsp;same time, according to#nbsp;the#nbsp;legislation of#nbsp;the#nbsp;Republic of#nbsp;Kazakhstan, the#nbsp;data will#nbsp;be#nbsp;securely stored on#nbsp;the#nbsp;republic's territory.
Our#nbsp;solutions will#nbsp;help to#nbsp;significantly reduce the#nbsp;cost and#nbsp;time of#nbsp;bringing new#nbsp;products or#nbsp;projects to#nbsp;market, giving a#nbsp;competitive advantage to#nbsp;domestic businesses," said Mikhail Minkin, Deputy General Director of#nbsp;Smart Cities LLP.