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Geoff Dornan , CTO CMC Networks
CMC Networks , a global Tier 1 service provider , has partnered with Cerba Lancet Africa , a player in clinical pathology and medical diagnosis in Africa , to boost healthcare across the continent . The partnership supports digital health innovation with a combination of solutions spanning software-defined wide-area networking , SD-WAN , Microsoft Azure Peering Service , MAPS and zero-trust security .
CMC Networks ’ Dedicated Internet Access , IP Premier service enables Cerba Lancet Africa to use MAPS to better manage and monitor its decentralised workforce . With traffic prioritisation and best-in-class SLAs , Cerba Lancet Africa gains guaranteed , low-latency connectivity to Microsoft public cloud services such as Microsoft Teams via strategic regional hubs throughout South Africa , Nigeria , and Kenya .
Cerba Lancet Africa is a network of clinical pathology and medical diagnosis in Africa , with the ambition to become the diagnostic services provider in Africa . Cerba Lancet Africa operates a network of 160 sites across , Botswana , Eswatini , Ethiopia , Gabon , Ghana , Côte d ’ Ivoire , Kenya , Mozambique , Nigeria , Rwanda , Tanzania , Uganda ,
Zambia and Zimbabwe . With its African network of more than 100 ISO-accredited laboratories , employing over 1,700 workers serving more than 4 million patients a year .
“ Our customised solutions for Cerba Lancet Africa not only revolutionise healthcare processes , but also bolster the capture , management , and processing of massive amounts of data ,” said Marisa Trisolino , CEO at CMC Networks .
“ AI is rapidly transforming global networking , and this will enable our operations to move with greater agility and precision when serving new customer demand . Customers benefit from new levels of visibility , efficiency , and performance ,” said Geoff Dornan , CTO at CMC Networks .
Cerba Lancet Africa benefits from a fully managed applicationcentric network delivered using CMC Networks ’ Managed SD-WAN solution . The network provides increased reliability , flexibility and visibility with deployments across numerous African countries that support Cerba Lancet Africa ’ s strategic business and security goals .
The solution is FIPS compliant , meeting strict government , military and healthcare encryption and security requirements . Traffic is intelligently routed via the best path possible across both public and private clouds to enhance application performance . The centralised management controller is used to manage configuration and policy information , as well as network monitoring and alerting , and Zero-Touch provisioning of SD-WAN sites across Africa at scale .
CMC Networks implemented a Software-Defined Perimeter solution that uses identities and context to apply policies to all remote users and devices using least-privileged access across Cerba Lancet Africa ’ s network . The Zero-Trust architecture boosts security across the network with policies that can be used to evaluate and determine access to network services , such as time of day or whether the device is connecting from a secure or open Wi-Fi connection .
CMC Networks also upgraded its Global Network Operations Centre , with the move to its new offices in Sandton , South Africa . This upgrade will boost network and operational efficiencies and enhance customer experiences with the increased adoption of Artificial Intelligence , AI and automation . •
CMC NETWORKS PROVIDES SD-WAN , MS AZURE PEERING , ZERO-TRUST FOR CERBA LANCET AFRICA
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