Vodacom, Rack Centre Get Internet, Infrastructure Recognition

Vodacom Business Nigeria has received ‘The Internet of Things-Focused Company’ and ‘Enterprise Solutions Provider of the Year’ awards at the 2017 Beacon of ICT awards.
Rack Centre, a premium carrier neutral data centre, won the ‘IT Infrastructure Provider of the Year (Data Centre)’ category for the third year at the same event
The BoICT awards, the organisers said, aimed to recognise outstanding contributions to the growth of the Information and Communications Technology in Nigeria.

While receiving the awards, the Managing Director, Vodacom Business Nigeria, Mr. Lanre Kolade, said, “We are proud of our achievements over the years and are grateful to all our customers who have come to realise the benefits of using our solutions.”
He added, “These awards recognise the leadership position we have established in delivering enterprise-grade total communications solutions in the industry. We will continue to take the lead in leveraging technology to drive businesses growth which will in turn accelerate economic development in Nigeria.”
The 2017 BoICT Awards saw over 1,952,739 Nigeria CommunicationsWeek readers vote in different categories, with Vodacom Business Nigeria emerging as the clear winner of the Internet of Things-Focused Company, a new category introduced this year.
In addition, Vodacom took home the ‘Enterprise Solutions Provider of the Year Award’, a title the company held in 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017, the organisers said.
Vodacom, Rack Centre get Internet, infrastructure recognition
The awards, the group added, followed the successful partnership recently established between Vodacom and the Kaduna State Government in the launch of the ‘ICT for development initiative’.
According to the group, the project supports mass service delivery in healthcare and education in Kaduna State through the deployment of mobile-based solutions to promote efficiency in each sector.
Similarly, for the second year running, Rack Centre won of the ‘ICT Infrastructure Provider of the Year’.
The Managing Director, Rack Centre, Mr. Ayoyunde Coker, in 2016 emerged the ‘ICT Personality of the Year’ and delivered the year’s distinguished lecture on ‘Data Centre as Kiln of Industrialisation and Transformation’.
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April 25, 2017