IMRS cluster deployment is intended by ICANN to help Internet users in Africa have faster access to services on the Internet; Africa Data Centers (https://www.AfricaDataCentres.com/) has been chosen as the host of the IMRS cluster at their class-leading Kenyan data center facility.
Africa Data Centres, a business of Cassava Technologies, a pan-African technology group, is proud to be the co-location provider for the first ICANN Managed Root Server (IMRS) cluster deployed in Africa. The IMRS cluster deployment is intended by ICANN to help Internet users in Africa have faster access to services on the Internet and better protection against cyber attacks, which is aligned with the Cassava group’s vision of a digitally inclusive Africa.
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), in collaboration with its regional partners, recently announced that it is deploying a new ICANN Managed Root Server (IMRS) cluster in Africa, located in Nairobi, Kenya. ICANN is a global non-profit organization that coordinates the Domain Name System (DNS) and plays a key role in ensuring a global, interoperable and secure Internet.
An IMRS area helps to improve DNS infrastructure in any country, territory or region of the world. It is key to boosting Internet access and enhancing Internet stability. The IMRS cluster will reduce the impact of potential cyber attacks across Africa. One of the most common types of attacks, distributed denial-of-service attacks, works by overwhelming servers with a flood of queries or Internet traffic. IMRS clusters provide higher bandwidth and data processing capacity to alleviate some of that traffic.
Africa Data Centers has been selected by ICANN as the host of the IMRS cluster at their class-leading Kenyan data center facility. There are five IMRS clusters worldwide, two in North America, one in Europe, one in Asia, and the newest one in Africa.
“Improving users’ access to the Internet in Africa, and their security while using it, is part of ICANN’s mission to help make the Internet more secure, stable and resilient around the world,” said Göran Marby, ICANN President and CEO. “The installation of this new IMRS cluster would not have been possible without the participation of the local community. We are grateful to the Kenyan government for its support and commitment to advancing internet accessibility across Africa.”
“Africa Data Centers is proud to be chosen as the co-location provider for the first African IMRS group. This recognizes the quality of the facilities of Africa Data Centers but also our joint commitment with ICANN and its local partners to a digitally inclusive Africa. Africa Data Centers recognizes the contributions of these local partners and specifically the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Digital Economy – Republic of Kenya, the Communications Authority of Kenya and the Technology Service Providers of Kenya, whose Kenya Internet Exchange Point (KIXP) is also hosted. at the Africa Data Centers facility,” said Tesh Durvalsula, the CEO of Africa Data Centres.
Setting up this IMRS cluster in Africa ensures that online queries can be answered within the region, which limits its dependence on networks and servers in other parts of the world. The IMRS cluster also strengthens national and regional resiliency by helping root server traffic stay local.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Africa Data Centres.
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About ICANN:
ICANN’s mission is to help ensure a stable, secure and unified global Internet. To reach another person on the Internet, you must type an address – a name or a number – into your computer or other device. That address must be unique, so computers know where to find each other. ICANN helps coordinate and support these unique identifiers around the world. ICANN was formed in 1998 as a non-profit public benefit corporation and community with participants from around the world.
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