OREANDA-NEWS. On December 25, 2008 at the National Press Club a press conference on the opening Internet Data Center in Almaty held, established on the instructions of the President of our country on the development of Kazakhstan's market of Internet services, reported the press-centre of Kazakhtelecom.

On the project works the leading operator of Kazakhstan JSC "Kazakhtelecom" in the execution of orders of the Head of the state for the development of the domestic market for Internet services. In the first phase of the project - is opening the Internet Data Centers in Astana and Almaty cities. The second phase of the project, during 2009-2010 years, IDC will be established in all regional centers of the country. The third phase - in major cities of the country.

Internet Data Center (IDC) is a set of network and computer equipment, and specialized software. In fact, IDC is a powerful data center that provides a wide range of advanced infocomm services.

It should be noted that more and more big companies are beginning to use information technology to develop their business. However, the establishment of their own information infrastructure required to address a number of serious issues: the concept of information systems, project development, delivery and commissioning of equipment, deployment of necessary infrastructure, personnel training, development of relevant documentation. Member Center allows customers to avoid these problems and concentrate all efforts on developing the capacity of their own businesses. That is why the concept of Data Center has become particularly acute.

IDC offers a range of services: free email service, website hosting (web sites for clients server); Co-location (the deployment server client); Dedicated (providing dedicated server for rent), protection of information systems administration, and much more.

Thus, on-site Data Center for individuals the opportunity to posting personal Web sites for legal persons - their own equipment and Internet projects that promote business development. For the public sector are encouraged to use the infrastructure Data Center to perform tasks "e-government".

"Opening of Internet Data Centers in Astana and Almaty cities will certainly contribute to a market of Internet services and the development of the Kazakhstani segment of the Internet. Hosted by JSC "Kazakhtelecom" allows reliably and securely store large volumes of information, while the service is designed for different segments of users - individual, corporate clients and government bodies - said Chief Director for Information Technologies JSC "Kazakhtelecom" Marat Abdildabekov.

Established in Almaty Internet Data Center located in the building of a branch of JSC "Kazakhtelecom" - Directorate of Information Systems. As part of the project in the CID Almaty developed sub-hosting services for a 4 900 domain names, 10 000 copies of databases (mySQL, MsSQL), 150 virtual servers, with a total storage capacity of 140 terabytes.

For example, noted that "the Russian State Library" (RGB) has announced the completion of the project to build Europe's largest electronic repository of books. The amount repositories equal to 162 terabytes, which compares with 3 million books. It is just to note that the IDC will include an online store for customer service, integrated with the existing system of billing and management services. To date, hosting of joint-stock company "Kazakhtelecom" has already enjoyed more than 96 customer service Co-location - 56 customers, placing 158 servers.