Kazakhtelecom (Kazakhstan) to hold annual Soft Day conference

/KASE, November 22, 12/ - JSC "Kazakhtelecom" (Astana), whose securities are officially listed at Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), has provided KASE with the following press-release of November 22, 2012: quote Traditional "Soft Day" conference arranged annually by Information Systems Board of JSC "Kazakhtelecom" for corporate sector is held today in Pavlodar, attended by heads of IT-departments of subsidiary companies of Samruk-Kazyna and representatives of major banks. The main goal of "Soft Day" is presentation of new possibilities of JSC "Kazakhtelecom" as a data and communications operator. Innovation services whose number increases each year are rendered based on a developed network of data-centers. As Kazakhtelecom's Chairman Kuanyshbek Esekeev pointed out in his welcoming speech, the company is the largest provider of data transmission network services. "Our data super-highway encompasses entire Kazakhstan, data transmission channels are reserved. And, what is important, high-caliber specialists work at Kazakhtelecom, who are ready to support your IT-systems", - stressed Mr. Esekeev speaking to "Soft Day" guests. During the conference the first Data Processing Center (DPC) TIER III in Central Asia built by Kazakhtelecom in association with Hewlett-Packard, the leader in DPC construction, was visited. Class TIER III warrants for a high level of data confidentiality and protection of client's data which plays strategic role in doing business, as well as means a reliability level allowing conducting of repair and maintenance jobs without the need to stop the DPC. On the Basis of Pavlodar DPC services will be rendered build on cloud computing technologies: a cloud server platform, a cloud data storage system, virtual data processing center, software for businesses, interactive communication and data exchange system, cloud teleconference. The network of Kazakhtelecom's data centers covers the entire country and counts 14 units with around 14 thousand clients. Data centers render such services as virtual hosting, VPS, Colocation, Dedicated, as well as a series of innovative services: teleconference system, Microsoft Hosted Exchange, Microsoft Hosted SharePoint, launched in July this year. In 2013 "Kazakhtelecom" continuing its co-operation with Microsoft under a Memorandum, intends to introduce communication software-client Microsoft Hosted Lync to the market. Besides, the launch of Dynamic Cloud Server Service and Private Cloud is in the pipeline. PR service JSC "Kazakhtelecom" unquote [2012-11-22]