Cloud for the Indian Ocean - Virtual Developers Conference 2020
Channel: Mauritius Software Craftsmanship Community
Date: 2021-02-06

The advent of hyper scale cloud data centres on the African continent (Johannesburg and Cape Town) make huge reductions in latency from Indian Ocean islands to the cloud. We take a look at what this means for developers in Mauritius. How to get started and the help you can get, in terms of free cloud credits and online learning to get the cloud development 21st century skills to develop innovative applications. 


About: Ben Roberts
Group Chief of Innovation - Liquid Telecom

Ben joined LTK as CEO in 2013, and has been the Chief Technical Officer for Liquid Telecom Group since 2006. With over 20 years experience across a range of technologies in design, support, integration and operational management roles, he has led the group’s networking and product strategy, expanding its technology base and fibre network across Africa. Before joining Liquid Telecom, Ben was responsible for electronics design and satellite systems at Ericsson UK Limited. He also worked with Lotus Cars, the British sports car manufacturer, as an engineer. Ben holds a BSc Hons Physics from the University of Bristol in the UK.