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Enterprises can now easily connect from 53 data centers or their offices in over 1600 cities

Chennai, India, August  22, 2019: Sify Technologies Limited (NASDAQ: SIFY), India’s most comprehensive ICT solutions provider with global service capabilities spanning domestic and international Telecom Networks, Data Centers, Cloud, Applications, Managed services and Systems integration, is bringing its services to Europe in partnership with ZSAH Managed Technology Services.

The partnership introduces a broader consulting practice from both organizations for the UK market.

Mark Ryder, MD, Sify Europe said, “We are excited about this new partner engagement since it combines Sify’s SAP Gold partnership and experience with AWS with ZSAH’s UK and European Private Cloud infrastructure and innovation. Multiple businesses in the UK are struggling to plan and migrate SAP ERP to S4 Hana. This new partnership allows the adoption of SAP S4 Hana on AWS to be done in the UK at a much faster pace, to extremely high standards and at a much lower cost than traditional UK based practices. Furthermore, the unification of resources brings unrivalled experience in migrating many other types of database migrations from on-premise to public cloud.”

Amir Hashmi, Founding Director, ZSAH Ltd added, “We are excited to bring our current and prospective clients new services via our partnership with Sify Technologies, where we will combine Sify’s SAP Gold standard expertise with our UK-centric knowledge, secure infrastructure, and consulting practice. This combined services bouquet will be the right fit to close the skills gap in the SAP ERP to S4 Hana space. More so, with the latent technical knowledge within our businesses, ZSAH and Sify can migrate multiple other databases at scale and can provide professional services over a vast set of network, infrastructure and application technologies.”

About Sify Technologies

Sify is the largest ICT service provider, system integrator and all-in-one network solutions company on the Indian subcontinent. We’ve also expanded to the United States, with headquarters in the heart of California’s Silicon Valley.

Over 10000 businesses have become Sify customers. We also partner with other major network operators to deliver global network solutions. Our customers can access Sify services via India’s largest MPLS network. Among the very few Enterprise class players in India, Sify, today has presence in more than 1600 cities in India and in North America, the United Kingdom and Singapore.

Sify, Sify Technologies, and www.sifytechnologies.com are registered trademarks of Sify Technologies Limited

Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  The forward-looking statements contained herein are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in the forward-looking statements. Sify undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statements.

For a discussion of the risks associated with Sify’s business, please see the discussion under the caption “Risk Factors” in the company’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended March 31, 2019, which has been filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and is available by accessing the database maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov, and Sify’s other reports filed with the SEC.

About ZSAH

Established in 2002, ZSAH are a London based, UK centric technology house that provide managed cloud, software engineering, and professional services. With infrastructure headquartered in Telehouse Canary Wharf, ZSAH operate from the best Data Center’s in the UK, Europe, USA, and Singapore which allows ZSAH to service multiple FTSE 100 firms across energy, pharmaceuticals, financial services, and other spaces.

Based in London, UK ZSAH’ s teams consist of smart, driven, responsive and security-minded people who deliver a personal, dedicated service. Together with its robust, reliable infrastructure, ZSAH’ s people can support, develop and manage UK business enterprise’s technology needs leaving each business to do what it does best.

This combination of personal service, experience, and strong architecture is rare, and having it yields potent capabilities, maintained and developed for UK business enterprises.

With the kind of partners, experience and ethics that characterize ZSAH, ZSAH enjoy exceptionally high loyalty, satisfaction and retention rates from its customers.

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ROSLYN HEIGHTS, N.Y., Nov. 19, 2018 /CNW/ — Advantage Communications Group, LLC (“Advantage”), a leading technology sourcing advisor for business customers worldwide, today announced that they have entered into a partnership agreement with Sify Technologies, India’s most comprehensive ICT solutions provider.  This agreement enables Advantage to offer Sify’s full portfolio of telecom, Data Center, Cloud, system integration and managed services to their global base of clients and partners.

Headquartered at Chennai, India, Sify is the largest service provider, systems integrator, and all-in-one network solutions company on the Indian subcontinent. They offer end-to-end technology solutions with a comprehensive range of products, delivered over their Tier 1 fiber MPLS network which spans 2,700+ PoPs across 1,600 cities and towns in India. Their network connects 45 Data Centers across the country, including Sify’s six concurrently maintainable Data Centers in Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi, and Bengaluru, and will incorporate nine new centers scheduled to open in the next 48 months. Sify has over 8,500 business customers, and they interconnect with other major network operators to deliver global network solutions.

“Advantage is thrilled to add Sify and their impressive service capabilities to our global provider portfolio,” said Jesse Bernstein-Ansaldi, Director of International Sales for Advantage. “The India market is rapidly growing, and Sify’s extensive network and Data Center footprint, combined with the wide range of application and consulting services that they offer, will help us address client unique connectivity requirements across the region.”

“Established, well known U.S. channel partners like Advantage play a critical role in Sify’s growth strategy,” added Mark Lander, Client Director for Enterprise at Sify. “India has the fastest growing economy in the world with an Internet industry that’s expected to grow to $250 billion over the next three years. The country’s Internet eco-system sits on the Sify backbone, which will create exciting opportunities for Sify and Advantage moving forward.”

Leading ICT Solutions and Services provider in India adds significant capacity and greater network intelligence

HANOVER, Md. and CHENNAI, India – June 28, 2018 – Sify Technologies Limited (NASDAQ: SIFY), an acknowledged ICT leader in the Indian Telecom and Data Center centric IT services space with global delivery capabilities, has selected Ciena’s (NYSE: CIEN) converged packet optical solutions to address rising customer demand and provide greater support for increasing data volumes, the Internet of Things (IoT), cloud-based services and Big Data analytics.

Sify can now scale its network capacity from 100G to 400G to deliver ultra-high, data-heavy bandwidth services and manage unpredictable traffic growth for its customers, which include Over the Top (OTT) providers, financial services institutions and healthcare organizations.

Key Facts:

Sify Technologies Limited is an information and communications technology provider (ICT) offering end-to-end solutions delivered over a telecom data network reaching more than 1,550 cities and towns in India.

With the growing adoption of both private and public clouds in India, bandwidth demand for connecting Data Centers and cloud providers is growing exponentially. Sify’s Data Center Interconnect and Cloud Interconnect offerings are designed to deliver the required bandwidth and performance characteristics for reliable and cost-effective solutions that power the cloud strategies of large enterprises in the financial services, media and digital verticals. Today, Sify’s Data Center Interconnect footprint covers more than 40 Data Centers in India. The Cloud Interconnect offering provides on-demand access to leading public cloud and SAAS providers in India. The Ciena deployment helps Sify scale its network on demand and provides the key network characteristics to support its customers’ requirements.

By leveraging Ciena’s Waveserver Ai and 6500 Packet-Optical Platforms powered by WaveLogic Ai coherent technology, Sify can program its network to adapt to changing service requirements in real-time while supporting large capacities in the metro networks.

Another key attribute of this deployment is Ciena’s advanced software capabilities, including PinPoint™ software that will allow Sify to address with precision any potential trouble spots, reducing the risk of outages and accelerating repair times from days to hours. Additionally, Ciena’s Blue Planet Manage, Control and Plan (MCP) software will give Sify real-time software control and improve network visibility.

Executive Comments:

“The elasticity of our network to support multi-cloud, multi-Data Center scenarios and its programmability to monitor, control and adapt to meet user demands in real-time is critical. Ciena’s understanding of our network infrastructure and their clarity in where and how we would benefit from integrating their solutions for more flexibility and scale in the network, especially in the context of Data Center/cloud driven east-west traffic, made them the right fit for our growth plans.”

Daniel Alex, President Telecom Business, Sify Technologies Limited

“As Sify Technologies supports more users, digital applications and connected things across India, they face the challenge of adapting to the demands being placed on their network. Ciena is committed to supporting Sify Technologies through its extensive experience and expertise, to deliver a more programmable infrastructure aided by software control and analytics to respond to changing network demands intuitively.”

Ryan Perera, Vice President and General Manager, Ciena India

About Sify Technologies

Sify Technologies Limited (NASDAQ NM: SIFY), is an acknowledged ICT leader in the Telecom and Data Center centric IT services space with global delivery capabilities. Among the very few Enterprise class players in India, Sify, today has presence in more than 1550 cities in India and offices in North America, United Kingdom and Singapore.

More than 8500 Enterprises access Sify’s IT services that’s focused on the Data Center and Cloud platform and connected through India’s largest MPLS network. As a truly converged ICT solutions and services provider, Sify is the preferred IT Services partner with a full suite of services ranging from Telecom connectivity services to Data Center transformation services along with Application and Security Services delivered on the same infrastructure.

Sify, Sify Technologies and www.sifytechnologies.com are registered trademarks of Sify Technologies Limited

About Ciena

Ciena (NYSE: CIEN) is a network strategy and technology company. We translate best-in-class technology into value through a high-touch, consultative business model – with a relentless drive to create exceptional experiences measured by outcomes. For updates on Ciena, follow us on Twitter @Ciena, LinkedIn, the Ciena Insights blog, or visit www.ciena.com.

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New Internet Exchange aims for acceleration of Internet growth in the Indian market

Amsterdam -6 February 2017 – AMS-IX (Amsterdam Internet Exchange) and Sify today announced the launch of AMS-IX India, a carrier-neutral, open Internet Exchange in Mumbai, India.

Job Witteman, CEO of AMS-IX, explains, “India is one of the world’s fastest growing internet markets. The growth is being accelerated by 4G adoption, large content players establishing a footprint in India and the supportive policies of the Government.” Mumbai, being the Internet gateway to the country, was picked as the initial location for the AMS-IX India exchange. This also gives accessibility to some of India’s largest Data Centers. The IX builds on the successful formula of AMS-IX in Europe, which has grown into the leading Internet Exchange of the world. The exchange in Mumbai is ready for orders as of today.

AMS-IX India

AMS-IX India is a collaboration between the India based ICT service provider Sify and the European based AMS-IX. Customers will be able to connect to the IX via dedicated ports with speeds of (multiple) 1Gbps or 10Gbps. AMS-IX India will serve as a neutral and independent peering platform with unrivalled quality offering both private and public peering services at carrier-grade level to Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet Content Providers (ICPs), and Telecom operators. By connecting to the exchange, content providers and eyeball networks are able to exchange their internet traffic and benefit from reduced latency and costs.

“We already see a major interest in this new exchange.” says Raju Vegesna, Chairman of Sify. “We believe, the exchange will create the right eco-system for acceleration of Internet adoption in India and will support the Digital India initiatives. The open nature of AMS-IX India will provide all content and internet service providers a truly global standard.”

Witteman, “AMS-IX is able to contribute to the success of this IX by bringing its know-how and experience in building and maintaining neutral and independent Internet Exchanges. We are very pleased to partner with Sify who brings a lot of local knowledge.”

About AMS-IX

Established in the early 1990s, AMS-IX (Amsterdam Internet Exchange) is a neutral, non-profit and independent Internet Exchange based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Internet traffic at AMS-IX has a peak of 5 Terabits per second (Tbps) and it interconnects more than 800 IP networks, making it one of the largest Internet Exchanges in the world.

The AMS-IX platform provides IP interconnection and peering services of a guaranteed high quality for all types of IP traffic, irrespective whether this is traditional data, Voice over IP, mobile Internet traffic or video. By means of peering, these networks can provide their end users (both consumers as well as companies) with stable, fast and cost-efficient Internet services.

AMS-IX also manages the world’s first mobile peering points: the Global Roaming Exchange (GRX), the Mobile Data Exchange (MDX) and the Internetwork Packet Exchange (IPX) interconnection points. Furthermore, AMS-IX also manages two additional Internet Exchanges abroad: AMS-IX Hong Kong and AMS-IX Caribbean on Curaçao. AMS-IX’s subsidiary company AMS-IX USA Inc. manages AMS-IX Bay Area, AMS-IX Chicago and AMS-IX New York in the United States of America. www.ams-ix.net

Information on AMS-IX India can be found on http://www.ams-ix.in/

About Sify Technologies

Sify is one of the the largest integrated ICT Solutions and Services companies in India, offering end-to-end solutions with a comprehensive range of products delivered over a common telecom data network infrastructure reaching more than 1400 cities and towns in India. This telecom network today connects 45 Data Centers across India including Sify’s 6 concurrently maintainable Data Centers across the cities of Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru.

A significant part of the company’s revenue is derived from Enterprise Services, comprising of Telecom services, Data Center services, Cloud and Managed services, Applications Integration services and Technology Integration services. Sify also provides services that cater to the burgeoning demands of the SMB community, much of it on its Cloud services platform.

Sify has a unified licence to operate NLD (National Long Distance), ILD (International Long Distance) services and ISP services and offers VoIP backhaul for international carriers. With the Sify Cable landing station and partnerships with submarine cable companies globally, Sify is present in almost all the spheres of the ICT eco system.

Sify has an expanding base of Managed Services customers, both in India and overseas, and is India’s first enterprise managed services provider to launch a Security Operations Center (SOC) to deliver managed security services. The software team develops applications and offers services to improve business efficiencies of its current and prospective client bases. Sify also offers services in the specialized domains of eLearning, both in India and globally. For more information about Sify, visit www.sifytechnologies.com

Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The forward-looking statements contained herein are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in the forward-looking statements. Sify undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statements.

For a discussion of the risks associated with Sify’s business, please see the discussion under the caption “Risk Factors” in the company’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended March 31, 2016, which has been filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and is available by accessing the database maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov, and Sify’s other reports filed with the SEC.

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Hyderabad, January 02, 2016: Sify Technologies today announced the setting up a state-of-the-art Global Delivery Center at Hyderabad. This will be the Company’s largest delivery center in India and will help drive its global ambitions.

It may be recalled that Sify had recently announced a global partnership with Fujitsu Limited to collaborate on providing ICT solutions. The two companies are collaborating to strengthen their global approaches to developing new customers and markets, and to jointly win multi-regional opportunities, starting with the North America market. When completed, this 200,000 sq.ft. Delivery Center will focus on supporting the partnership through the development of solutions for the Third Platform (also known as ”SMAC” Social, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud Platform)

Commenting on the development, Mr. K T Rama Rao, Minster of IT and Panchayat Raj, said, “We are happy to welcome India’s ICT pioneers, Sify Technologies, Global Delivery Center in Hyderabad. We are determined to position Telangana as the preferred destination for IT companies in India and are continuously streamlining measures so that it is EASY to do business here.”

Chairman of Sify Technologies, Mr. Raju Vegesna added, “This state-of-the-art Global Delivery Center will build solutions for the Third platform and support our applications and system-integration resources globally. Hyderabad, with its best infrastructure, Cosmopolitan culture, abundance of skilled domain knowledge resources, excellent education system and cost effectiveness is critical to our ambitions. The dynamic leadership in Telangana has also been very accommodative of IT entrepreneurial ventures. This Delivery Center will help further our credentials as a Global Managed Services player”.

About Sify Technologies

Sify is among the largest integrated ICT Solutions and Services companies in India, offering end-to-end solutions with a comprehensive range of products delivered over a common telecom data network infrastructure reaching more than 1300 cities and towns in India. This telecom network today connects 45 Data Centers across India including Sify’s 6 concurrently maintainable Data Centers across the cities of Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru.

A significant part of the company’s revenue is derived from Enterprise Services, comprising of Telecom services, Data Center services, Cloud and Managed services, Applications Integration services and Technology Integration services. Sify also provides services that cater to the burgeoning demands of the SMB community, much of it on its Cloud services platform.

Certifications

• ISO 9001:2008 – Enterprise Sales, Provisioning, support and customer relationship management of ICT solutions and services including VPN, Network, Voice, Data Center hosting, Integration services, security services and managed services.
• ISO / IEC 20000 – 1:2011- Data Center Operations.
• ISO/IEC 27001:2013 – Network Operations, Hosting at Data centers & PoPs and for providing Managed security services at SOC and for providing Managed Hosting services
• SSAE16 SOC2 Type II for Cloud Infrastructure
• TL 9000 for Enterprise Network Services, Network Integration Services including Design, Implementation and Support services. This certification is telecommunication industry’s quality system standard that expands the requirements of the International Standards Organization’s ISO 9000 quality management standard in use by industries worldwide.

Sify has a unified licence to operate NLD (National Long Distance), ILD (International Long Distance) services and ISP services and offers VoIP backhaul for international carriers. With the Sify Cable landing station and partnerships with submarine cable companies globally, Sify is present in almost all the spheres of the ICT eco system.

Sify has an expanding base of Managed Services customers, both in India and overseas, and is India’s first enterprise managed services provider to launch a Security Operations Center (SOC) to deliver managed security services. The software team develops applications and offers services to improve business efficiencies of its current and prospective client bases. Sify also offers services in the specialized domains of eLearning, both in India and globally. For more information about Sify, visit www.sifycorp.com

Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The forward-looking statements contained herein are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in the forward-looking statements. Sify undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statements.

For a discussion of the risks associated with Sify’s business, please see the discussion under the caption “Risk Factors” in the company’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended March 31, 2015, which has been filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and is available by accessing the database maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov, and Sify’s other reports filed with the SEC. For further information, please contact:

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