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Managed IT & Support

Data centre and hosting

Where servers, applications and websites run affects performance, security and cost. We help organisations choose suitable providers, set environments up properly and manage them afterwards, without tying you to one platform.

Discuss your project How the work is delivered

A good fit if

  • Back-office servers, exposed to grid outages and heat, belong in a proper data centre.
  • Nobody manages your host; you want providers compared on cost, location, support, security.
  • Contracts, sector rules or regulations require hosting in Nigeria.
  • You want hosted servers patched, monitored and backed up for you.

What is included

  • Review of current servers, applications, websites, providers and costs
  • Provider and location recommendation, estimates in naira (or US dollars where dollar-priced)
  • Setup: virtual servers, networking, firewall rules, access controls
  • Migration of servers, applications or websites
  • Patching, monitoring and alerts; backups with off-site copies, test restores
  • Domain and SSL management; documentation, credential handling, support contacts

What this service is

Where your servers, applications and websites run (shared hosting, virtual private servers, a local data centre or a public cloud region) and how that is set up and cared for. We own no data centres: we pick an established provider per workload, on fit rather than commercial ties, and manage it as a project or within managed IT services.

ProviderSuits
Local data centresColocation and hosting in Nigeria (for example Lagos, Abuja): in-country data, lower latency, sector expectations
AWSBroad infrastructure and managed services; nearest large regions in South Africa and Europe
Microsoft AzureMicrosoft 365 and Windows workloads; regions in South Africa and Europe
Google CloudData and analytics; regions in South Africa and Europe
DigitalOceanSimple, predictable servers and managed databases for smaller apps
Akamai Cloud (formerly Linode)Cost-conscious servers, straightforward management
BluehostShared hosting for small websites
No major public cloud region exists in Nigeria, and we never claim one. Naming a provider implies no partnership or reseller arrangement.

Choosing an approach

  • Performance
  • Location and latency
  • Availability
  • Security
  • Cost and exchange rate
  • Skills
The questions behind each
  • Performance: how much computing power, memory and storage, and how busy does it get?
  • Location: must data stay in Nigeria? Which location connects your users best, given that overseas regions add latency?
  • Availability: how much downtime can you tolerate; is redundancy across zones or sites worth the cost?
  • Security: which services must be reachable from the internet, and how is admin access protected?
  • Cost: the monthly cost, including storage, bandwidth and backups, and its exposure to exchange rates if billed in US dollars.
  • Skills: who will manage it, and how easily could another provider take it over?

Back-room servers often lack cooling, reliable backup power and physical security; moving them usually improves reliability and remote access. We weigh the monthly cost against replacing the hardware and its UPS, inverter or generator support, and if on-site still makes sense, we say so and help protect it. See cloud migration, and backup and disaster recovery for restore testing and recovery planning.

With personal data, hosting choices relate to the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023, including its rules on transfers outside Nigeria; we explain the technical side, not legal advice.

Delivery

How the work is delivered

  1. Review

    We inventory what you host, where it runs, its costs and its problems.

    Output: Hosting review.

  2. Recommend

    We compare providers and locations, checking vendor support, licence transfer, bandwidth, connectivity redundancy and cost.

    Output: Recommendation and naira cost estimate.

  3. Build and migrate

    We set up, move workloads in planned windows and test before cut-over.

    Output: Working environment and test results.

  4. Manage

    We patch, monitor, back up and support, reviewing costs and capacity regularly.

    Output: Reports and updated documentation.

Scope at a glance

Not included unless agreed

  • Hosting, data centre and cloud charges, billed by the provider
  • Developing or changing the software you host
  • OS, database and control-panel licences; hardware unless quoted

What we need from you

  • Admin access to servers, hosting accounts and DNS
  • Application vendors confirming supported hosting configurations
  • An approver, plus decisions on location, budget and maintenance windows

Before handover

  • Named admin accounts with MFA; firewalls expose only what must be public
  • Test restore done before go-live; every alert reaches a named person
  • Hosting and domain accounts in your organisation's name, so you keep control

What affects the cost

  • Number and size of servers, applications, websites
  • Performance, storage and bandwidth needs
  • Redundancy, availability, location and security requirements
  • Level of ongoing management

No package prices: estimates in naira from an agreed scope, taxes shown separately.

Questions buyers usually ask

Can our hosting be in Nigeria?

Yes, in local data centres in Lagos and Abuja; the large public clouds' nearest regions are in South Africa and Europe. Your NDPA transfer obligations and sector rules (such as the CBN's or NITDA's) decide. Support and backups may involve other countries, so we check and document where data is stored.

Is hosting included in managed IT services?

Management of hosted servers can be part of a managed IT agreement. The provider's charges are billed separately, directly to you or passed through at cost as agreed.

Not sure where your systems should run?

Tell us what you host today and what matters most: cost, location or performance. We will reply to arrange a conversation.

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