Connectria expands to Asia
Pacific to boost cloud adoption and
modernization
SINGAPORE, July 10,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Connectria, a global leader
in IBM Power Systems cloud services, an AWS Premier Tier Services
Partner, and now a LightEdge company, announced today that it is
now accepting clients at its two new data centers in Singapore.
Connectria notes that the facilities are designed to bolster
cloud adoption and modernization for IBM i and AIX systems,
offering seamless integration of public cloud with traditional IT
environments. These new facilities will help to meet the region's
increasing demand for IBM infrastructure modernization and hybrid
cloud adoption. AWS hybrid connectivity solutions help businesses
securely and efficiently move workloads from on premises systems to
the cloud while managing data across multiple environments and
ensuring business continuity.
Singapore continues to be one
of the fastest growing data center hubs in the Asia-Pacific region. In May, Singapore's Infocomm Media Development
Authority (IMDA) announced plans to unlock 300MW of additional data
center capacity in the near term.
"Our expansion into the Asia-Pacific market, alongside our strong
partnership with AWS, will significantly boost cloud adoption and
modernization for IBM i and AIX systems customers across the
region," stated Troy Mitchell, VP
of Channel & Alliances at Connectria. "We are thrilled to
offer these essential IBM services, including low-latency
connectivity of under 2ms to all three AWS Availability Zones in
the Singapore region."
"By building in the cloud, customers inherit resilient, secure,
and highly available infrastructure that maximizes uptime for their
most essential applications and data," said Chris Casey, Director, Partner Management,
Asia Pacific & Japan, AWS. "AWS and Connectria are
enabling the seamless integration of AWS cloud native services with
their business-critical applications running on IBM Power to
improve availability and resilience while accelerating innovation
for our customers."
Connectria's deployment of IBM Power10 P10 and higher systems in
a tested and proven architecture enables the scale, availability,
and resiliency demanded by the world's largest enterprise companies
including banking, insurance, and manufacturing.
Ryan Pelerin, Chief Commercial
Officer at LightEdge, said the company's seamless
integration of IBM Power with AWS provides many advantages, "By
offering direct AWS hybrid connectivity for IBM i and AIX systems,
customers can enjoy the reliability of IBM Power with the agility
of AWS. This enables customers to boost critical applications with
native AWS services, such as advanced data analytics, AI/ML, IoT,
and more, which can accelerate cloud innovation with meaningful
business outcomes."
The two data centers, which are located in Singapore (ap-southeast-1), leverage the
latest IBM Power10 hardware, and are strategically equipped to
enable businesses to harness the full spectrum of benefits offered
by both AWS and IBM Power. The data centers will also enable inner
region Disaster Recovery-as-a-Service (DRaaS) with low latency
connectivity to the AWS Asia Pacific (Singapore) Region. By connecting IBM Power
workloads to AWS, customers can more nimbly manage or augment
mission-critical applications with native AWS services for advanced
data analytics, AI/ML, IoT, and more to add new capabilities,
improve resiliency, and accelerate cloud innovation.
To help customers ensure quick and successful deployments,
Connectria can also provide migration services and IBM Power hybrid
cloud resources in an infrastructure as a service (IaaS) model, or
fully managed with support for both IBM Power and AWS. For
customers in highly regulated industries like financial services,
Connectria's data centers and managed services are compliant with
critical frameworks such as PCI DSS; SOC 1, 2, and 3; and
HIPAA/HITRUST.
About Connectria
Connectria is one of the world's largest cloud hosting and
managed services providers for IBM Power Systems, as well as an AWS
Premier Tier Services Partner. Connectria delivers an extensive
portfolio of managed and professional services with more than 25
years of experience supporting mission critical IT infrastructure
that businesses rely on every day.
Connectria is now a part of LightEdge, following the acquisition
in April 2024. The combined company
is now one of the only secure and compliant infrastructure
providers in the country offering both hybrid colocation and
tailored multi-cloud solutions.
Learn more at https://www.connectria.com/.
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