Corporate profile
Company Summary Started officially on 01 March 2005
100% Namibian owned 30% Employment Empowerment Share Scheme Service delivery is client-centric
Awards 2014
PMR Diamond Arrow Award for ISPs
2015
PMR Gold Arrow Award for Telecommunications
2016
PMR Diamond Arrow Award for Telecommunications
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Telecommunication Overview
Telecommunication technology and its systems have become such a crucial part of any enterprise that in the modern era it is not only a contributing factor to success, but forms the cornerstone of the digital era. The prominence of Telecommunications has escalated with the Internet of Things (IoT) becoming a reality. IT now holds the digital age in its hands and any enterprise conducting business without adequate systems may be deemed deficient. Sustaining business is a fine line between operational efficiencies, lower costs and increased revenues whilst also maintaining a healthy risk balance. These are the economic basics implemented by any enterprise in its strive to ensure overall growth that benefits both employees and the stakeholders. Now, more than ever, it is crucial for any enterprise to select an ICT partner that has reinvented the IT service delivery business model so that you can ke e p yo u r fo c u s o n w h e re i t i s n e e d e d m o st – yo u r b u s i n e s s !
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Always Prepared.
Paratus Overview
P a ra t u s l i v e s b y i t s m o t t o
A LWAY S P R E PA R E D . This motto is derived from the old Latin militar y term paratus. The Latin terms is used in various derivatives such as semper paratus and in omnia paratus, respectively meaning “Always Ready” and “Ready for Anything”. Paratus always has and will, now more than ever, continue its relentless strive towards challenging the status quo. Paratus has geared itself to deliver world class technology through power ful and committed employees, charged with vigour to ensure that each customer experience speaks of business value. Paratus considers itself an integrator of technology, an enabler of enterprise, and a key par tner in delivering next generation converged telecommunications ser vices.
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Paratus delivers all its products and services with a differentiating factor – Total ICT. Yes, that is everything under one roof. When your business objectives are set for transforming your ICT or ensuring that you move your company’s ICT needs into the next gear, whilst focusing on your core business – look no further. Paratus delivers a host of services that address every need of the ICT environment.
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The core network is springboard‌ The pressure on any enterprise network is rapid and ever-increasing. These pressures include: stability, security, flexibility, reliability, bandwidth growth, redundancy but most importantly any enterprise will confirm that it requires uptime. With higher bandwidth demands emanating from future data centre environments such as virtualisation, cloud computing, off-line and off-site storage as well as high demand access to video, voice and data services that include social media interaction – the next generation enterprise business has an intense need to cater for its users but also maintain a high level of business productivity. With this in mind, our network has been future-proofed to run from two physically separate data centres in Windhoek. Furthermore, the core network is interconnected with fiber optic connectivity that provides for future capacity growth as well as access speed requirements.
Our Solutions, Your Success.
Total ICT is the new buzzword and disintermediation, its carrier.
1 We have embarked on a strategic vision of empowering product delivery to the customer by ensuring that their services are disintermediated. Disintermediation shortens the supply chain, which means that service delivery is focused. As an enterprise client you are therefore able to mitigate the “supplier-blame-syndrome�.
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Many of our clients have now entrusted their entire
What makes our Total ICT solution an attractive of-
network to us - to manage and optimise. Our net-
fer is the TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) factor. We
work architects are able to assess, plan, design and
tailor each solution to fit your enterprise require-
build a future-proof network for your enterprise. We
ments and all aspects of the network can be of-
will ensure that your network operates at peak per-
fered on a rental basis. Each network element is
formance whilst providing optimum stability.
underwritten by leading insurers giving you further peace of mind.
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Therefore, with a Total ICT solution from Paratus – your business is unencumbered from a capital expense perspective, allowing you to allocate your capital to the core focus of your business.
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Communication
Communication is complex and even more so is human communication. It comprises of conveying information between two parties but also includes a complex process of emotional and physical interpretation. So the question is – is your business geared for collaborative communications? We have a host of solutions available to your business where you are able to deploy a state-of-the art unified communications solution. Video Conferencing can ensure the human element is not lost in your day to day communications or to bring your meetings closer to home. We partner with world-class suppliers of telephony products. Our customers entrust us with delivering clear and quality voice traffic. Our telephony platforms deliver approximately 2 million minutes per month to various destination, both locally in Namibia and internationally via our global interconnection partners.
Connectivity
One of the most impor tant options to consider is the method of connectivit y to communications. When considering an ICT par tner, it is critical to consider ever y aspect of the access network. When your business requires stabilit y, it cannot be argued that physical terrestrial access networks are the most stable and geared for triple and quad play applications due to its inherent abilit y to accommodate increased capacit y requirements. Radio access networks have the abilit y to provide excellent failover or redundancy options, although where traditional physical terrestrial access networks are not available, radio access networks do not fail to deliver the necessar y access required. Similarly, one can also consider satellite communications. Although much higher in latency than either the physical terrestrial access or radio access networks, it still has the abilit y to provide much needed connectivit y to your business from remote locations. Internal connectivit y is also a ver y crucial par t of the network for your business. If the internal local area network (LAN) is not adequately provisioned, it creates as much risk as the incorrect selection of access technology. The digital age has changed “life as we know it” – gone are the days of “having to be in the of fice to be at the of fice” – with mobile telecommunications you can take your of fice with you as well as your high speed connectivit y, allowing you to complete your tasks as you would at the of fice. Paratus state-if-the-ar t LTE Mobile Data network provides a platform to users in which they can be connected on the move. Paratus is able to provide a fully fledged connectivit y solution to your business with in-house exper tise for all t ypes of connectivit y architecture.
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Cloud Computing
When your business requires expansion of its data services beyond the on-site storage facilities, cloud computing plays an important role. Cloud computing relies on secure shared resources which can achieve coherence but also economies of scale, thus creating cost efficient off-site storage solutions. With the advent of cloud services and the expansion of almost any conceivable platform in the cloud environment, Cloud Computing has given way to new methods of product and software delivery. No longer is the cost of ownership a major factor in the acquisition of new technologies, but even your most critical business application vendors have conceded to the cloud computing model. Platform and software-as-a-service has become the niche in cloud services. Paratus offers various services as part of its cloud offering. Our data centre can cater for hosting your physical equipment, or host your server virtually in our state-of-the-art server environment with secure access to your data.
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Security Solutions Your business has many risk factors inherent to the digital age. Whether such risks originate from malicious software, phishing schemes, e-mail, browsers, SPAM or Malware – internet-based security threats are a reality. Your business may also be threatened with asset losses such as stock theft. Paratus has a broad spectrum of security solutions which addresses both internet-based threats as well as threats on your assets. We can provide physical CCTV and Access Control systems as well as Firewall, Antispam, malware and adware. When you are unsure about your security needs, look no further than our experienced team that can assess and provide you with a turnkey tailor-made security solution.
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Office Automation The ability to communicate well is not only verbal. The ability to present one’s thoughts on paper to clients, whether a presentation, strategy papers of financial figures – it is prudent to say that presentation is everything. With an office automation solution, you will be able to empower your employees and increase their productivity to present your business in the most visually appealing manner. We provide full service level agreement options that may include: maintenance, consumables, on-site repair or even remote assistance. Our solutions can be tailored to your business, whether you are in need of desktop printing or multi-function devices that increase employee productivity with services such as printing, copying, scanning, faxing, sorting and binding. Based on your per month usage, we have a multitude of offerings and options to cater for your needs.
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Paratus
106 Nickel Street, Prosperita \ Windhoek \ Namibia PO Box 90140, Klein Windhoek \ Windhoek \ Namibia t +264 83 300 1000 \ f +264 83 300 1485 www.paratus.africa