Datasur is ISO 27001 & ISO 22301 Certified!

Amazing News! We have once again received our ISO 27001 certificate and as part of our commitment to being the best at what we provide and a forward- thinking company, Datasur recently successfully attained the certification for ISO 22301 Business Continuity Management System after an extensive audit of its processes, structures, policies and leadership. Both with (0) non-Conformities. This encompasses that robust systems and processes necessary to maintain information security and continuity of service and operations are guaranteed between our two local datacenters.

The Preparations:

ISO 27001 & 22301 is a daily task. Internally the organization is confronted with processes for everything. But it comes with a cost — the cost of transformation and commitment to follow through set policies and procedures. It brings in the perspective of information security & business continuity on everything that happens within our organization. It engages all functions of our organization from Commercial Affairs, Operational Affairs, HR to Finance. This requires commitment from all the departments of our organization for the ISO 27001 & ISO 22301 to function correctly.

The Main Benefits of Certification:

  • Trust and Security: As your Trusted ICT partner we ensure our services are safe, reliable and redundant. Being ISO certified not only draws in customers but also International business partners that help deliver innovation driven ICT solutions.
  • Improved Productivity: Complying to the ISO processes, structures, policies ensures our company from repeating errors and this helps increase our inner productivity which also helps our customers stay efficient.
  • Well-trained and dedicated employees: We ensure all staff is aware of our policies and thereby understand relevant processes, and that managers control this as part of their duties. We are committed to providing our customers and partners with the highest level of information security, business continuity and reliability, with respect to management of exposure to disruptions to their business.

To continuously provide an excellent and high-quality service to our customers, continuous investment and development in a state-of-the-art infrastructure and expert staff is one that will undoubtedly be continued.

We will therefore continue to undertake the necessary actions that comply to the ISO standards.

We would like to give special thanks to our employees, our stakeholders, board of directors, our partners and customers for trusting in us these past 8 years.

ISO 27001

ISOIEC-27001-10000401289-MSC-UKAS-NLD-3-en-US-20220817-20220818061124

ISO 22301

ISO-22301-C560454-1-en-US-20220817-20220818061214

Whitney de Rijp, MBA in Innovation and Technology.
Whitney de Rijp is a young driven Surinamese woman. She has been working at Datasur for over 6 years. Together with her top team, they ensure that customer data is stored securely all over the world which helps them focus on their core business.

Integrity, authenticity and just being herself is the mode for success as a Commercial Affairs Manager. Furthermore, she finds it very important to maximize effectiveness and of course lead by example. For both the internal and the external organization she is very transparent, which also fosters loyalty and engagement with the company goals.

Jurgen Schmeltz has as a Bachelor's degree in Information and Communication Technology and several IT certifications. His IT career started in Johannesburg, South Africa at IBM where he gained international experience for 5 years. When he came back to Suriname, he worked for two IT companies and also gained experience in VOIP, Backup Solutions and Microsoft Products.

At the moment Jurgen is a Cloud and Datacenter Infrastructure Specialist with many years of experience in the field of Microsoft Virtualization, Workplace Automation, Backup, Replication and Data Center Infrastructure. He currently holds the position of Operations Manager and is responsible for managing the Datacenter Operations such as Cloud and Network infrastructure.

Furthermore, he is also responsible for managing daily Facility Operations of the Datasur Datacenters and Project Lead for Cloud and Datacenter expansion projects. In his free time he’s a parttime lecturer at the two technical Universities in Suriname.

On behalf of Datasur Jurgen Schmeltz is also chairman of SUR-IX. The Suriname Internet Exchange Point which will be operational before the end of 2022

Sheetal Ganput works as the General Affairs Manager at Datasur. In this role she is part of the management team and reports to the CEO of Datasur.

She is a very self-driven, detail-oriented & hardworking young professional. She has helped to reorganize the company in the field of Office, HRM and Supply Chain Management.

Sheetal has her B.Sc. in Business Management and also completed her M.Sc. completed in Business Management with a specialization in Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Leadership. She is very progressive and is currently doing her Ph.D. study in Leadership & Management

Our CEO, Dr. Anvit Ramlakhan is a prolific strong inspiring inclusive young professional leader from Suriname, working in different fields to contribute for the betterment of humanity and the world. He is an experienced executive with a demonstrated history of working in the ICT industry for several years, with a widespread of skills in operations, quality, risk, project, business, strategy, product portfolio management (just to name a few). At Datasur Anvit oversees the total company performance on strategical level, with a strong focus on business growth, innovation, customer experience and financial profitability.

Furthermore, Anvit contributes to development of the Surinamese youth by lecturing and tutoring at four university study organizations in Suriname on undergraduate and postgraduate levels within study fields such as ICT, Electrical engineering, Organization management, Process management, Business intelligence, MBA, etc.

He has a strong professional background with a cum laude doctorate (Ph.D. in Management- Information and Technology) from the Akamai University in USA, Master of Science (M.Sc.) with merit in Information Systems from Anglia Ruskin University in London, UK and Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Telecommunications from Anton de Kom University in Paramaribo, Suriname. He currently is finishing up his MBA in Strategic Management and Leadership at the London School of International Business, London, UK.

Anvit has several prolific leadership and business certifications, ongoing humanity service, extensive spiritual drive and a personal theme which is as follows: “Continuous progressive successful excellence”. He is part of volunteer organization HSS for 20+ years, through which character molding, collaboration and way of living for the youth is created and augmented.

In January 2022 he has been elected for two years as Chairman of the ICT Association in Suriname, in order to help strategize the sustainable digital economic development of Suriname. Furthermore he also has been elected as Chairman for the Suriname Business Youth Association in June 2021 for a period of two years, whereby development and support of young entrepreneurs and professionals is one of the main goals. Anvit is also part of the presidential working groups on areas of e-Government and wage council.