March 12, 2010Tata readies for demand growth in managed services
Tata readies for demand growth in managed services
By Khoo Boo Leong | May 15, 2009
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PrintVirtualization efforts have enabled Tata Communications to unlock greater efficiency and flexibility within its infrastructure. That has resulted in the managed service provider offering hosting capabilities at a lower cost to a much larger segment of the market than it could previously serve.
The service provider has launched its multi-tenant virtualization product in India which, company officials report, has created a great deal of interest, and it expects to roll this out internationally in the next few months.
Data centers
Meanwhile, as part of a US$2 billion global expansion plan, Tata Communications will open a $180 million data center in Singapore in 2010 while a 21,400 square-foot Tier-3 data center in London, referred to as London 2, is scheduled to be ready for service this quarter.
A tier-3 data center, as classified by The Uptime Institute, is “composed of multiple active power and cooling distribution paths, but only one path active, has redundant components, and is concurrently maintainable, providing 99.982% availability”.
The Tata Communications Exchange flagship data center in Singapore will integrate into the service provider’s Tier-1 global network. It is being developed in partnership with Mapletree Industrial Fund, a pan-Asian industrial fund managed by Mapletree Industrial Fund Management Pte Ltd (MIFM)). MIFM is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mapletree Investments Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based real estate and capital management company.
Cable system
Meanwhile, Tata has also completed the main segment of its US$250 million TGN-Intra Asia cable system. The multi-terabit system spans 6,700 km connecting Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, Vietnam and the Philippines. It increases data and voice reliability by providing new route diversity for traffic generated throughout and into APAC.
As part of its focus on expanding communications services to and from emerging markets, Tata Communications is partnering with Globe Telecom and EVN Telecom to expand the TGN-Intra Asia Cable System into the Philippines and Vietnam respectively.
"The Asian market continues to be promising, even in the current economic environment. Businesses need to capitalize on the opportunities this region provides, and investments in Asia are critical for the growth of global business," said Vinod Kumar, president and COO for Tata Communications.
"Our large-scale investment in the Tata Communications Exchange, coupled with our submarine cable build-out, ensures scalability and global reach while delivering our commitment to meet customer requirements," Kumar added.
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