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VSNL, a leading communications solutions provider, announced today the
launch of its global Managed Hosting and Storage services for
enterprises seeking to enhance efficiencies, reduce ownership costs,
improve service quality and ensure business continuity in their IT
infrastructure environments. These fully managed services offer
streamlined, scalable and highly secure management of IT infrastructure,
network and storage initially in three globally diverse, world class
data centers in New York, Singapore and London. Each center is located
directly on VSNL’s high performance, high
capacity, and high reliability global communications backbone.
VSNL’s Managed Hosting Solution offers
enterprises the ability to outsource systems and applications to a VSNL
global data center, optimizing resources, reducing costs, and
guaranteeing the availability and security of data. It combines Data
Center facilities, VSNL’s global network, LAN
infrastructure, security and server systems in a fully managed, bundled
solution, backed by a 24x7 Managed Services Operations Center with the
highest levels of technical expertise. The service supports a complete
suite of operating systems environments including Windows, Solaris, and
Linux.
VSNL’s Managed Storage Solution offers a
subscription-based utility model, enabling enterprises to cost
effectively and reliably store mission critical data with the benefits
of a redundant, state of the art Fiber Channel Storage Area Network
(SAN), and protection against technology upgrades. VSNL’s
advanced storage service provides capacity on demand, allowing customers
to buy storage on an as needed basis to ensure predictable operational
costs and accommodate for variable capacity demands. This model
significantly reduces costs versus dedicated external storage options
and eliminates the upfront investments involved in creating a dedicated
private SAN.
“Our global customers can use VSNL’s
best-of-breed Managed Hosting & Storage solution to safely outtask
services and to reduce IT management complexity,”
said Vinod Kumar, President, Global Data Solutions, VSNL. “This
cost effective, highly resilient managed IT infrastructure service is
powered by VSNL’s globally consistent and
centralized management platform, technical expertise and industry best
practices. The combination of our IT infrastructure solutions with our
global network capabilities enables customers with a complete end-to-end
solution.”
Mr. Kumar added, “VSNL has consciously
decided to build a dedicated managed services operation from the ground
up, investing in mastering the ITIL service management framework to
ensure high quality delivery. This launch is a significant leap forward
in executing on VSNL’s mission to become a
leading managed services provider, as it provides the platform for us to
introduce new forward looking services such as managed applications,
business continuity solutions and global virtualization capability.”
VSNL’s Managed Hosting and Storage Solution
is ideally suited for enterprise customers looking to consolidate,
expand, centralize or globalize their IT infrastructure, while reducing
the cost of data center facilities, 24x7x365 data center management,
highly skilled IT resources, global IT platforms and global networking.
The service is also targeted toward content providers and Application
Service Providers (ASPs) seeking to quickly reach and support customers
in specific regions around the world without significant investments in
local assets, high cost IT resources and data center facilities.
Camille Mendler, Vice President, Enterprise Research for Yankee Group,
stated, “Multinational enterprises operate in
a state of constant flux, where managing and securing globally expanding
business operations is a primary concern. They need highly available and
flexible IT environments to support their growth - that's why they are
turning to service providers like VSNL for managed and outsourced
services in areas such virtualization, backup and applications
management.”
Mendler continued, “VSNL's investment in IT
governance and best practice skills such as ITIL responds to
enterprises' explicit expectations when selecting a competent partner
for managed and outsourced services. According to the 2007 Yankee Group
Managed IT and Communications Services survey of large North American
and European enterprises, commitment to quality rather than pricing
ranks as the number one supplier selection criteria for outsourcing
services.”
VSNL has made significant investments in its Managed Hosting & Storage
services to deliver an enhanced customer experience and operational
excellence using fully automated usage-based billing and a secure
customer-based web portal for analysis and reporting. Backed by industry
leading SLAs on availability, restoration and management, VSNL’s
operations teams provide proactive management and support, ensuring high
service availability through continuous monitoring and immediate alert
response, and following industry proven best practices in problem
detection, capacity planning and system optimization.
Abid Qadiri, Vice President, Managed Services for VSNL commented, “Our
solution allows enterprises to remain focused on their core competencies
rather than managing complex storage optimization, disaster recovery
planning, and the ongoing maintenance and security challenges associated
with hosting and storage management. VSNL leverages and passes on the
operational advantages of its offshore Indian operations to help
customers reduce costs, while improving service quality and mitigating
risk through the use of the VSNL global network, data centers,
specialized resources and sophisticated management tools.”
Further information regarding VSNL’s suite of
managed services solutions can be found at www.vsnlinternational.com.
About VSNL
Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL), a member of the US$ 27 billion Tata
Group, is a leading global communications solutions company offering
next-generation voice, data and value-added services to enterprises,
carriers and retail consumers. Voted the Best Wholesale Service Provider
at the World Communications Awards, 2006, VSNL is one of the world’s
largest providers of wholesale international voice services and operates
one of the largest global submarine cable networks. VSNL’s
customer base includes 1500 Global Carriers, 450 Mobile Operators,
10,000 Enterprises, 500,000 Broadband and Internet subscribers and 300
Wi-Fi public hotspots.
Rated amongst the Top 100 Emerging Global Challengers by the Boston
Consulting Group, VSNL has offices in over 35 countries including the
United States of America, Canada, the United Kingdom, South Africa,
Singapore, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka and India. VSNL’s
global transmission network of over 200,000 route kilometers and its IP
core with 200 points of presence, enable a range of services that
include voice, private leased circuits, IP VPN, Internet access, global
Ethernet, hosting, mobile signaling and other IP services. Our
philosophy of BusinessnRich drives us to
empower our customers to achieve enhanced value in their global
businesses.
VSNL (www.vsnl.com) is listed on the
Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange of India, and its
American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) are listed on the New York Stock
Exchange.
Forward-looking and cautionary statements
Certain words and statements in this release concerning VSNL and its
prospects, and other statements relating to VSNL’s
expected financial position, business strategy, the future development
of VSNL’s operations and the general economy
in India, are forward-looking statements. These forward looking
statements include, among others, statements concerning VSNL’s
communications and information services, business, its advantages and
VSNL’s strategy for continuing to pursue its
business, the anticipated development and launch of new services in its
business, the anticipated dates on which VSNL will begin providing
certain services or reach specific milestones in the development and
implementation of its business strategy, the growth and recovery of the
communications and information services, industry, expectations as to
its future revenue, margins, expenses and capital requirements and other
statements of expectations, beliefs, future plans and strategies,
anticipated developments and other matters that are not historical
facts. Such statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties
and other factors, including financial, regulatory and environmental, as
well as those relating to industry growth and trend projections, which
may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of
VSNL, or industry results, to differ materially from those expressed or
implied by such forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking
statements are based on numerous assumptions regarding VSNL’s
present and future business strategies and the environment in which VSNL
will operate in the future. The important factors that could cause
actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from
such forward-looking statements include, among others, failure to
increase the volume of traffic on VSNL’s
network, failure to develop new products and services that meet customer
demands and generate acceptable margins, failure to successfully
complete commercial testing of new technology and information systems to
support new products and services, including voice transmission
services, failure to stabilize or reduce the rate of price compression
on certain of VSNL’s communications services,
failure to integrate strategic acquisitions such as the Tyco Global
Network and Teleglobe International Holdings Limited and changes in
government policies or regulations of India and, in particular, changes
relating to the administration of VSNL’s
industry, and, in general, the economic, business and credit conditions
in India. Additional factors that could cause actual results,
performance or achievements to differ materially from such
forward-looking statements, many of which are not in VSNL’s
control, include, but are not limited to, those risk factors discussed
in VSNL’s various filings with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission. These filings are available
at www.sec.gov.