[kictanet] Open Data - Where does it sit?

[Francis Hook]

Hi Ali
I think Infocom are already leading the way with a proposed shared Tier IV
datacentre.   Then it will be up to vendors to gravitate around this to
offer their XaaS among other things


On 11 July 2011 19:28, Ali Hussein <info at alyhussein.com> wrote:

> Lucy
>
> All I can say is - We live in a Global Village.
>
> I honestly believe that this is a wake-up call for Local Service Providers.
> However in defence of them the investment required to set up and run a
> Rackspace calibre service is huge...but so are the returns... So my question
> to us in the private sector is who will step up? Or should we wait for the
> Min of Info-comm to lead the way like they did with the undersea cable?
>
> Do I hear KDN; Wananchi; Safaricom; Airtel; Orange et al pick up the
> gauntlet?
>
> Ali Hussein - Sent from my BlackBerry®
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lucy Kimani <lkimani at yahoo.com>
> Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 11:28:47
> To: info at alyhussein.com<info at alyhussein.com>
> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Open Data - Where does it sit?
>
> All I will one up on Francis and Ali why wouldn't a Google for example not
> have dedicated IDCs built in Kenya considering said centers could then serve
> east africa and yes it does matter where the data is hosted legally if such
> data were to be subpoenaed for whatever reason then if hosted in US they
> would have to be produced hence implications of jurisdiction matter in that
> the datacenter is located within US jurisdiction and must therefore abide by
> the laws.
>
> LK
>
> On Jul 11, 2011, at 9:57 AM, "Ali Hussein" <info at alyhussein.com> wrote:
>
> > My two cowries (to quote Francis :) ) :-
> >
> > Why not mirror the service locally? That way we get the best of two
> worlds...
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Ali Hussein - Sent from my BlackBerry®
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
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