Page 55 - Annual Report 2014

hubbing in review

The telecommunications industry is one that
thrives on partnerships and alliances as we tap
on one another’s assets so that customers get
to enjoy better service.

Significant 04/April 08/August
Achievements
FY2014 Introduced online social Launched SmartBusiness
launchpad Crowdtivate cloud marketplace for
03/March to help start-ups and SMBs to subscribe to
artists gain wider reach cloud-based software
Organised second and support applications and services
StarHub Synnovation
event to market
solutions to enterprises
and SMBs

to offer enterprise customers ‘StarHub Data Centre There are SMB users of IT, but there are also SMBs and Smarter
Powered by IO’ solution. other start-ups providing specific IT solutions. This technology
is a group that can make do with a leg up from bigger
Under this partnership, IO enables StarHub to offer a partners. Under the iPACT programme run by IDA, they SmartBusiness
more sophisticated data centre environment to meet can get access to partner with larger setups that have the platform brings
the most stringent needs of our customers in terms of wider reach into the market. We see our SmartBusiness together a range of
security and availability. Customers get to enjoy both cloud marketplace as a good platform for our SMB cloud applications
the benefits of the new technology that IO brings as partners to get started. We have joined iPACT and one like Microsoft
well as the reliability and resiliency of StarHub’s Fixed such SMB partner is Deskera, which offers an enterprise Office 365 and
Network as a total solution. collaboration suite that helps businesses to more easily McAfee Endpoint
organise their data, reports and documents. Protection to
IO’s data centre modules are integrated with its own enable office
comprehensive data centre infrastructure management DCNet automation
called IO.OS. This allows companies to proactively The telecommunications industry is one that thrives
monitor their data centre environment and to better on partnerships and alliances as we tap on one value
measure and analyse performance metrics across the another’s assets so that customers get to enjoy better
IT support infrastructure. service. In November, we teamed up with Japanese SMBs subscribe to
infrastructure and data centre provider KVH to offer its these applications
SmartBusiness KVH DCNet in Singapore. via a software-as-
Enterprise customers should not be the only business a-service model,
customers to take advantage of changes in technology. The DCNet is a private network that connects leading paying only for
We have introduced products and services to give data centres in Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore and the what they use, on a
SMBs the leg-up in the use of IT too. In August, we USA. By connecting to our network, DCNet is available monthly basis
launched the ‘SmartBusiness’ cloud marketplace. We in ten data centres here, which play host to major
use this platform to bring together a range of cloud application and cloud providers, carrier hubs and
applications like Microsoft Office 365 and McAfee content distributors.
Endpoint Protection to enable office automation.
The DCNet is meant for enterprise connectivity
We have also made it easy for SMBs to subscribe to requirements in areas like business continuity and
these various applications via a software-as-a-service diversification of data centre sites. KVH’s partnership
model, paying only for what they use, on a monthly with local service providers like us means that the
basis. With a dedicated online portal, IT managers DCNet is also useful for cloud service providers that
will also find it easy and convenient to manage usage need one-stop management of connectivity to various
across the company. data centre sites across broad geographies.

52 many lives of hubbing