Computech Draws The Line Of Quality Through IT Infrastructure

The term infrastructure has been used throughout history to describe the large and complex structures of military projects, civil projects, and public utilities. The word was first used in 1875 in France to describe railroad planning.

Today the term is used to encompass the ever-growing foundations, structural components, and relationships of today’s integrated business frameworks. The term, taken from the French infra, means under or below. This highlights that a firm foundation is needed to support a strong organisational framework.

This firm foundation can be a building block for any businesses success. Computech is one such company that takes your success very seriously. Founded in 1987, Computech Limited is a leading East African systems integrator, providing technology solutions to solve businesses’ most important problems.

Computech has significant experience across industry sectors, products and services, with substantial work done in providing professional services, infrastructure solutions, technical support, and technology outsourcing to all sectors. Key clients have ranged from banking and financial services, telecommunications, manufacturing, government, and NGOS. Key partners include household names such as HP, Microsoft, and Cisco, many of whom first entered the East African market in partnership with Computech.

Computech’s IT infrastructure revolves around back up and replication, computing, data centres, physical security locations and storage. In an increasingly fast paced world, it is understood that data is the currency in the digital era. Computech have the means to protect, enhance and streamline this currency to a level where, it allows for growth and scale. The IT infrastructure consists of all elements that support the management and usability of data and information. The structure also includes hiring, training, policy, testing, process, upgrades, and repairs.

With regards to data centres, Computech can install additional space and equipment required to support data center operations — including power transformers, your uninterruptible power source (UPS), generators, computer room air conditioners (CRACs), remote transmission units (RTUs), chillers, air distribution systems, etc. Plus, the operations staff assures that the systems (both IT and infrastructure) are properly operated, maintained, upgraded and repaired when necessary. In most companies, there is a division of responsibility between the Technical Operations group in IT and the staff responsible for the facilities support systems.

The services for all IT infrastructure avenues are laid out in tiers.Tier 1 = Non-redundant capacity components (single uplink and servers). Tier 2 = Tier 1 + Redundant capacity components. Tier 3 = Tier 1 + Tier 2 + Dual-powered equipment’s and multiple uplinks. Tier 4 = Tier 1 + Tier 2 + Tier 3 + all components are fully fault-tolerant including uplinks, storage, chillers, HVAC systems, servers etc. Everything is dual-powered.

This goes to show just how detailed the Computech team is in ensuring the structures required for the operation of a physical facility or business operation are up to par. As mentioned earlier, IT infrastructure has evolved to include the true backbone of business and technology, this is an understanding that Computech has carried to the next level.