Galaxy Backbone Showcases Services At Jos 2022/2023 International Polo Tournament
By Na'ankwat Dariem
Galaxy Backbone Limited is showing its multiple Information Communications Telecommunications, ICT, services at the ongoing tournament, which kicked off on 26th December 2022 and will end on 2nd January 2023 in Jos, the Plateau State capital.
In a statement by the Head, Media, Tasiu Pantami said this year’s tournament, which witnessed the official opening of the Club House, was conducted by the Governor of Plateau State Simon Lalong.
Galaxy Backbone provides quality IT infrastructure and shared services for agencies of the Federal Government and the private sector in a smart, secure and sustainable manner.
The Managing Director, GBB, Professor Muhammadu Abubakar have assurance that the Galaxy Backbone remained committed to deepening its partnerships with local ICT companies across the country to ensure that more organisations at the state and local levels benefit from its connectivity rollout and digital services and solutions.
As an enterprise ICT organisation, he says the management will leverage and tap into the passion of polo players, spectators/fans to have a feel of the brand’s quality services to attract potential customers while expanding its fiber optic coverage.
Among the services are its Datacentre , Cloud and Cybersecurity Services, smart home plans (e-Connect services) which offer Fibre-to-Homes, Fibre- to-Estates and Fibre-to-Small Offices for Residents of the Federal Capital Territory – Abuja.
Following an official upgrade of the Jos Polo club to a grade A level, it is currently hosting 42 teams during this tournament.
Through these, the company is deploying the strength of its fibre connectivity services to connect more people, improve efficiency of businesses and enhance the productivity of their clients.
The organisation is using the tournament to showcase its innovative services and partnerships to drive the nation’s digital transformation agenda for the implementation of the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy (NDEPS) 2020-2030.
In support of this year’s tournament, Galaxy Backbone Ltd is providing free Wifi for the 8 day duration of the tournament and will ensure uninterrupted services to public and private organisations involved with the organisation through support for collocation, hosting and disaster recovery for organisations.
The recent launch of the Galaxy Backbone’s National Shared Services Centre (NSSC) enables the provision of uptime Certified Tier III in Abuja and Tier IV services in the country to both the government and private sector organisations to strengthen their asset bases and guarantee information storage capacity.
To achieve this, the agency is deploying state-of-the-art digital infrastructure and applying international best practices to backstop public sector organisations’ sensitive data and enabling a growing number of private sector organisations with digital services to facilitate their digital transformation journey.
According to Professor Abubakar, the huge investments in infrastructure were for the benefit of the public and private establishments and the experience of GBB so far is a testimony to its ability to manage and continue in the line of business.
Lateefah Ibrahim