Cybersmart Partners with Hexion, Cuts Storage Costs by 60% in South African Data Centres
Cybersmart, one of South Africa’s leading internet and cloud service providers, has announced a strategic partnership with Hexion, a next-generation data storage company developed and operated in South Africa. The collaboration enables Cybersmart to reduce its data storage costs by over 60%, while improving both performance and resilience across its cloud services.
Why Cybersmart Chose Hexion for Cloud Storage Efficiency
According to Laurie Fialkov, Founder and CTO of Cybersmart:
“With Hexion, we’ve found a partner who can match our performance requirements, deliver greater resilience, and reduce our storage costs by more than 60%.”
Cybersmart’s previous NAS (Network Attached Storage) architecture was no longer sustainable due to rising capital expenditure and the growing demands of data-intensive services. By switching to Hexion’s storage solutions, Cybersmart can:
- Cut storage-related costs significantly
- Improve data performance and resilience
- Free up capital for cloud service expansion
What Makes Hexion’s Storage Solution Unique?
Hexion’s storage area network (SAN) is entirely designed and engineered in South Africa. It uses:
- All-NVMe, distributed storage architecture
- Six geo-redundant data centres
- Advanced data protection and fault tolerance
According to Stuart Hardy, Managing Director of Hexion:
“Our mission with Hexion is to build storage that isn’t just price competitive, but genuinely better in every sense. It’s not enough to compete on price alone. Our platform has to offer class-leading performance and resilience.”
Benefits for the South African Cloud Market
By adopting Hexion’s SAN solution, Cybersmart is positioning itself as a more competitive player in South Africa’s growing cloud services sector.
Key Benefits Include:
- 60%+ reduction in storage costs
- Enhanced resilience to protect against data loss
- Faster data access speeds compared to traditional NAS systems
- Capital reinvestment into expanding cloud services and improving customer value
Why It Matters
With data storage demands increasing globally, South African businesses face mounting infrastructure costs and performance challenges. Cybersmart’s partnership with Hexion offers a model for:
- Modernising data storage solutions
- Improving financial efficiency
- Enhancing customer offerings in competitive cloud markets
