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Video: 10 Minute IT Jams - Who is Interactive?

04 Mar 2021
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Techday's 10 Minute IT Jams provide sharp, to-the-point insights into emerging and established technology companies that operate in the Asia-Pacific region.

Interactive is Australia’s largest privately owned IT company, providing cloud and managed services, data centre, business continuity and hardware maintenance.

In this IT Jam, we speak to Interactive national data centre manager Ben Richards.

In the video, Ben explains:

  • Interactive's data centre solutions
  • How the company incorporates resilience into its offerings
  • What makes Interactive different from other data centre solution providers
  • Interactive's Business Continuity solution
  • How end-users can get in touch with Interactive.
  • Watch the video below.

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