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Use the Technology. Don't Buy it.

OmniClouds has a simple proposition — use the technology;
don’t buy it. Spread across 23 countries, it offers ICT as a service
and wants to be your partner in the cloud. OmniClouds’ unique
proposition is to empower organisations to reach cloud services
— or even their local and international branches — economically
and reasonably where they pay as per their usage.

OmniClouds has a simple proposition —

use the technology; don't buy it. Instead of
investing in Information & Communications
Technology (ICT), you should be simply
using it to grow your business. This greatly
reduces CAPEX and OPEX for organisations
making it much easier to launch and create
leaner more versatile verticals that can

address a disruptive market environment.

Tell us about OmniClouds and its operations.
At OmniClouds, we solve complex problems with simple strategies,
with one of the world’s most comprehensive platforms to cross
the chasm of the Information & Communications Technology
(ICT) sector. OmniClouds has a simple proposition — use the
technology; don't buy it. Instead of investing in Information &
Communications Technology (ICT), you should be simply using it Shaista Shaw
to grow your business. This greatly reduces CAPEX and OPEX for Head of Global Marketing
organisations making it much easier to launch and create leaner OmniClouds
more versatile verticals that can address a disruptive market
environment.

What does OmniClouds offer, and can you explain briefly what the
term 'cloud' refers to in the technology world?
In the old days, the ICT industry was on-premises, where you
hosted your servers and software, took care of your security,
and had your own IT people. The word "cloud" often refers to
the Internet, which more precisely means a Data Centre full of
servers connected to the Internet performing a service. However,
the term "cloud computing" refers to the on-demand availability
of computer resources such as storage and computing power
without the end-user having direct active management on them.

In a classical technological world, every single company has its
own set of applications installed on its premises at their own
‘Data Centres’, so this is what we refer to as an on-premises
solution. Now, unfortunately, these solutions are very costly. It

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