…CEO Group ICT, leading the Group’s enterprise business. His appointment, effective today, is the result of an extensive global search, both within the Group and externally. The SingTel Group announced a new organizational structure in March of 2012, which took effect on April 1, 2012. The structure comprises three customer units—Group Consumer led by Mr. Paul O’Sullivan, Group Digital L!fe led by Mr. Allen Lew, and Group ICT led by Mr. Chang. The three CEOs report to Group CEO, Ms. Chua Sock Koong.
Group ICT will focus its efforts on empowering businesses with the latest technologies and an extensive suite of enterprise-focused products and services. Mr. Chang’s previous position was Managing Director of Business Group, Group ICT. He joined SingTel in 2005 as Executive Vice President, Business Group responsible for extending SingTel’s lead in the enterprise customer segment. Under him, SingTel’s Business Group has enhanced its position as a leader in ICT, managed services and cloud computing. Prior to joining SingTel, he held multiple leadership roles at Cisco Systems (USA) Pte Ltd.
The Company has also announced the launch of its award-winning…
…cloud computing service, PowerON Compute in Hong Kong. PowerON Compute is SingTel’s cloud solution which provides on-demand ICT solutions and services to help businesses to lower their IT costs, increase productivity and improve agility. Powered by VMware, PowerON Compute Hong Kong ensures the security of customer’s data in SingTel’s state-of-the-art data centre in Hong Kong. As with the PowerON Compute cloud services in Singapore and Australia, PowerON Compute Hong Kong is a hybrid enterprise-class cloud service which provides computing resources that can be accessed by either a public internet connection or through a private secured network.
Enterprises pay only a monthly subscription fee to use PowerON Compute. This means that businesses do not need to worry about additional heavy capex investments on servers and maintenance cost when they consider taking on new projects or when it comes to seasonal peaks. PowerON Compute Hong Kong allows enterprises to scale up or down their usage of computing resources – rapidly and on demand – allowing them to use their financial resources more efficiently and productively to focus on core business goals and to also pursue other business opportunities.
The launch of PowerON Compute Hong Kong is part of SingTel’s initiative to roll out a federated cloud network linking Singapore, Australia and Hong Kong in the third quarter of 2012. With data centres in Singapore, Australia and Hong Kong, the federated cloud network will enlarge SingTel’s cloud footprint in Asia Pacific. This will offer customers a greater choice of locations from which to host their data so that they can be located closer to their regional operations. The pan-Asia coverage of the federated cloud will offer enterprises the convenience of dealing with a single cloud provider for a range of services. Customers can enjoy a one-stop convenience for negotiating a single contract for multiple geographies, buying the required cloud solutions, billing and liaising with a single point of contact, regardless of location.
