NTT Com to Open Data Centres in Vietnam and Singapore
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Telecommunications provider NTT Communications (www.ntt.com) announced on Friday it will open data centres in Vietnam and Singapore, as well as launch a new service that lets enterprise customers quickly establish seamless connectivity between core data centres under a major new strategy to expand business in the Asian region.
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NTT Com has been expanding its presence for enterprise customers in Asia by adding offices, data centres, network and cloud-based services and a Singaporean outsourcing provider.
With these additions, NTT Com expects to significantly upgrade its ICT solutions and quality of service for enterprise customers, particularly multinationals with multi-hub operations in Asia.
The Ho Chi Minh City data centre will open in the city centre in the third quarter of 2011. It is the second NTT Com data centre in Vietnam, along with Thang Long data centre in Hanoi.
The facility will be designed, constructed and operated by Global Data Service JSC, a joint venture between NTT Com and the government-owned Vietnam Posts & Telecommunications Group.
The data centre will be equipped with redundant power supply, cooling and network systems to ensure stable power supply and air conditioning during long outages.
GDS will be able to offer integrated solutions combining premium data centre and high-quality network resources.
The Singapore Serangoon data centre will begin operating as a dedicated premium data centre in Singapore in the first quarter of 2012.
Designed by NTT Com, the facility will be constructed and operated by NTT Worldwide Telecommunications, which specializes in the procurement and management of data centres worldwide for the NTT Com Group.
Meeting the special needs of multinational IT and financial firms operating high-spec, always-on communication infrastructure, the Singapore Serangoon data centre will feature fully redundant UPS systems, cooling systems and generators for possible power outages and other issues.
NTT Com expects the facility to obtain globally recognized certifications for safety, efficiency and eco-friendliness, such as environmental standards LEED and BCA Green Mark.
Both Asian data centres will incorporate NTT Com's exacting standards for uniform, world-class data-centre services, facilities and operations, which are closely aligned with those of globally recognized organizations, such as the TIA, The Uptime Institute, and the ASHRAE.
The inter-data centre connectivity service, whose applications will be accepted from Septermber, will help expand NTT Com's ICT solutions and quality of service in Asia.
The service will use a large-capacity backbone for high-speed, seamless rack-to-rack connectivity between core data centres in Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan and the United States, enabling seamless data communication as if the customer were using a single data centre.
Additionally, the service will be offered with guaranteed bandwidth (Type A) or best-effort delivery (Type B), with Type B being uniformly priced worldwide and Type A being priced according to the user's requirements.
"Targeting the fast-growing Asian market, which is expected to account for 40 percent of the global economy in 2030, NTT Com is leveraging world-class quality to offer unrivaled one-stop solutions, from networks to cloud-based services, for customers in this region," says Katsumi Nakata, executive VP of global strategy at NTT Communications. "We help multinational companies establish footholds and grow their businesses in Asia by offering them robust data centres, uniformly consistent network services, an expanding range of cloud services and expert local presence in individual Asian markets. This is why NTT Com is the ideal ICT partner among all global carriers operating in Asia."
WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW / By Justin Lee