Internet Service Provider, Linkserve made it double last week, when it announced the appointment of mr. Victor Oisaghie as the company’s new Managing Director as well as the launch of a new product tagged Linkserve Hosting

Making the announcements, Linkserve’s Chairman, mr. Chima Onyekwere, said that the appointment of Oisaghie was in line with the company’s drive to reposition itself in the industry even as it strived to provide the best services possible to Nigerians tapping on Oisaghie’s skill and experience.

Onyekwere described the new Managing Director, as a strong IT person, being one of six Cisco certified internetwork experts in Africa.He said, “Like in everything else we do at Linkserve, we go only for the best because we believe that our clients deserve only the best. Linkserve’s network connection solution is second to none and will only get better as new technology is developed.”

Accepting to employ his knowledgeable skills to provide services to Linkserve customers, the new Managing Director, expressed  enthusiasm on joining the Linkserve team, saying, “I am happy to be a part of one of Nigeria’s landmark brands and look forward to playing my part in taking the company to the next level.

Linkserve possess the potential to continue in its pace-setting role in Nigeria’s ICT industry” he added.  Oisaghie, a Chemical Engineering graduate of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, is coming with over fifteen years experience in Information Technology and Consulting.

Before he joined Linkserve, he was the Technical Marketing Director for VRCon Incorporated, and was celebrated in the company as undoubtedly one of Africa’s leading IT engineers with vast experience in product and business development, project management and networking.

Oisaghie began his IT career with Optimal Systems Integration in Lagos and has since served in key leadership and management positions with several organizations including Anderson Consulting (Accenture), Chevron Overseas Petroleum Incorporated and Cisco Systems Incorporated.

He has expertise in network protocols, issue resolution, requirement analysis, design, component selection, change management and process re-engineering. Oisaghie takes over the Managing Director position from mr. Victor Emodi who resigned to further his personal career.

Linkserve also launched a new product,  Linkserve Hosting which it described as a complete web hosting automation control panel designed for web hosts to experience infinite hosting possibilities in cluster environments. It enables web hosting companies to manage all their servers through centralised interface.

Introducing the product, Onyekwere, stated that it is designed to ease the organisation’s clients. He said, “with Linkserve Hosting, our clients can manage routine tasks of registering new domain names, hosting their businesses websites, likewise transferring their domain names and web servers for hosting while enjoying the flexibility of the software designed to provide seamless and consistent service.’ He added that the software system can manage a cluster of web servers that exposes a centralised interface posing as a single virtual entity.

Also, Linkserve’s Product Manager, mr. Yinka Adesanya, who introduced the product with a live demonstration, listed the features and benefits that individuals using Linkserve Hosting will enjoy. He said, ‘Linkserve Hosting is designed for clients to experience infinite hosting possibilities in cluster environment. It enables clients to manage all their servers on both Windows and Linux operating systems through centralized interface as well as providing the option of managing and automatically regulating traffic within the cluster. It also lowers operational costs.’