SingTel and BiZNET sign marketing alliance to provide managed hosting services in Indonesia and across Asia
Singapore, February 28 2002 – SingTel has formed a marketing alliance with PT. Supra Primatama Nusantara (BiZNET), a leading Internet service provider and data center operator in Indonesia.This collaboration will enable the two companies to leverage on each other’s technological expertise and infrastructure in networking and data center operations to offer their respective customers a suite of hosting, value added services and network services on a regional basis.
The marketing alliance concluded between Mr Titus Yong, SingTel’s Chief Operating Officer of Managed Hosting Services Division and Mr Adi Kusma, President Director of BiZNET enables SingTel and BiZNET to resell each other's services in Indonesia and other countries in the Asia Pacific where SingTel operates the most comprehensive network of data centers under the company’s EXPAN brand.
“SingTel is pleased to have BiZNET, an established data center player in Indonesia as our marketing alliance partner.Our collaboration with BiZNET enables SingTel to enhance our network of data centers to yet another country in the Asia Pacific.Besides Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand where we offer MHS services with alliance partners, SingTel also operates its own data centers in Singapore, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Australia. SingTel is looking at establishing similar marketing alliances with partners in the Philippines, India and China to provide our customers a one-stop convenience for managed hosting services,” said Mr Titus Yong.
Mr Adi Kusma said that sooner or later every company will have growing needs for more communications, security and reliable disaster recovery facilities to support their business operations. “These companies will benefit from the availability of the best facilities and infrastructure available at BiZNET’s data center. The demand for such services have created new opportunities which many have not foreseen a few years ago. BiZNET is in a strong position to take full advantage of this growing trend.
Our target customers include large financial institutions, companies setting up businesses on the Web, dot-com companies, e-marketplaces, and application service providers. Our Internet data centers are the ‘next generation central offices’ for e-businesses and will provide e-business customers with the services they need for their mission-critical business applications. This marketing alliance will strengthen our ability to meet customers’ e-sourcing needs, including basic co-location, fully outsourced data center operations, and everything in between.”
SingTel’s data centers in the Asia Pacific are connected to the SingTel Internet Exchange (STiX), Asia's biggest Internet backbone, with connectivity to other Internet exchanges in the US, Europe and Asia. Customers who use any one of the EXPAN data centers can choose from a variety of networking servicessuch as SingTel ConnectPlus International Leased Circuits, Frame Relay, ATM and IP-VPN.These services are supported by SingTel's extensive and robust pan-Asian cable and satellite infrastructure. Customers are also assured of network diversity and scalable access to bandwidth which are important for many of the mission critical applications in today's competitive business environment.
