Success Damian:
In a press statement, the event which has been slated to hold on
Thursday, May 27, 2021 at the Oriental Hotel, Lagos will gather industry
stakeholders in the Cloud hosting services and Data Centre to discuss issues
around the growth of data hosting, preservation and utilisation in the country.
The NITRA Technology Forum
with the theme: ‘Achieving 30% Growth in Local Cloud Hosting by 2024’, will
also discuss challenges and solutions to factors mitigating against
effective domiciliation of Nigeria’s locally-generated data.
According to the
organisers, the choice of Mr. Rudman to chair this Edition was borne out of his
passion and contribution to the growth of local content in the industry and
everything data.
Rudman is also the
current President of NiRA, the .ng registry, as well as the DNS Administrator
contact for Nigeria. He is a member of ccNSO, and has worked in a technical capacity
with many Nigerian Internet Service Providers.
According to the Chairman of NITRA, Mr. Chike Onwuegbuchi,
over the years, Nigeria has been grappling with the need to secure the
country’s data and further boost local content in all sectors of the economy,
and key stakeholders are worried and concerned about how the sector is faring
in this area, and how it can achieve local hosting of our sensitive data.
Growth should be inside-out.
The Covid-19 pandemic has also presented an eye-opener to
many companies on the need to fortify their data and cloud architecture.
“Specifically, the
Forum will offer Cloud service companies, data infrastructure companies and
other stakeholders, opportunities to reach out to their target market with
solutions that address their challenges and needs.
“Through the Forum,
stakeholders will be able to discuss current challenges affecting Cloud
businesses, policies that should facilitate growth and solutions to the
challenges identified,” Onwuegbuchi said.
The world increasingly exploits
information technology for innovative services and competitive advantage, the
data centre is playing a rapidly expanding role in job creation and growth of
cloud hosting services in the country as well as the overall economic recovery.
As an aspiring digital
economy, Nigeria has also witnessed significant investments in data centres
being established in the country. And it has often been argued that the
availability of world class Data centres in Nigeria is critical infrastructure
required for the implementation of the country’s Broadband initiatives, hence
the convergence of the forum by NITRA, the umbrella association for ICT
journalists in Nigeria and watchdog to the growth and development of the
industry
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