{"id":52889,"date":"2022-03-06T17:12:53","date_gmt":"2022-03-06T17:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/2022\/03\/06\/vodacom-launches-aws-outposts-innovation-lab-to-accelerate-technology-innovations\/"},"modified":"2022-03-06T17:12:53","modified_gmt":"2022-03-06T17:12:53","slug":"vodacom-launches-aws-outposts-innovation-lab-to-accelerate-technology-innovations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/2022\/03\/06\/vodacom-launches-aws-outposts-innovation-lab-to-accelerate-technology-innovations\/","title":{"rendered":"Vodacom launches AWS Outposts Innovation Lab to accelerate technology innovations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/453b8126-4909-5c56-ae74-db97723d0bf3.jpg\" class=\"type:primaryImage\"><\/p>\n<p>Vodacom has launched Africa\u2019s first Amazon Web Services (AWS) Outposts Innovation Lab in partnership with AWS and Intel.<\/p>\n<p>According to the telecommunications company, the Johannesburg-based laboratory will aim to accelerate technology innovations across different industries and deliver faster scalability.<\/p>\n<p>Vodacom customers can get in touch with the company to authenticate their hybrid use cases and test their workloads on AWS Outposts before deploying them in production.<\/p>\n<p>This laboratory will act as a Proof of Concept (POC) setup for customers to test their applications and environments for performance on AWS Outposts.<\/p>\n<p>Vodacom said the Intel-powered AWS Outposts is a fully managed service that is designed to provide AWS infrastructure, services, APIs, and tools to virtually any on-premises or edge location.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt enables the running of applications that have low latency, data residency, and local data processing needs on-premises, while reducing the time, resources, and operational risk required to procure, manage, and upgrade on-premises infrastructure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vodacom Business managing executive for cloud, hosting and security, Kabelo Makwane said, \u201cWe are proud to collaborate with AWS in rolling out AWS Outposts on the continent. 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