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Bayantel Strengthens Backend Infrastructure and Business Resilience with EMC Solutions
EMC Storage and Software to Support Bayantel's
Managed Services For Hosting Data and Applications
MANILA - Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Brigs Merin, Bayantel Chief Information Officer said, "Bayantel is the first and only telecommunications company to guarantee quality service on its voice, data and DSL services. Customer satisfaction is our commitment and the only way to deliver on that promise is to ensure that service interruption is avoided through round-the-clock availability of business-critical applications and data."
Bayantel's push to guarantee customer satisfaction led to their purchase of EMC CLARiiON® CX700 and CX500. Bayantel also acquired EMC software, including EMC Navisphere® for storage management, control, and monitoring, EMC SnapView for creating local copies of the database, and EMC MirrorView for remote data replication and disaster recovery. These solutions currently support a range of new services from Bayantel, including remote data and application storage services currently being used by leading online game providers.
Prior to implementing CLARiiON CX networked storage and EMC software, Bayantel had several application and storage servers with multiple brands. This scenario meant that information was very difficult to locate, retrieve, share and manage; and more importantly, data recovery was a challenging issue.
"EMC worked closely with Bayantel to first classify applications and data according to criticality and from there helped Bayantel identify their priorities," said Ronnie Latinazo, EMC Philippines Country Manager. "We then consolidated their data and applications to optimize data protection and storage utilization. This was a joint effort and a key process in carrying out an Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) strategy where data or applications are stored on the appropriate tiered storage.
Continued Latinazo, "EMC commends Bayantel for their commitment to deploy an ILM strategy that has since resulted in greater efficiency and data availability. EMC is proud to have been Bayantel's partner in this endeavor and we will continue to support them as they roll out services on our technology."
Bayantel's existing service areas in Metro Manila, Visayas and Mindanao regions combined cover a population of more than 25 million, nearly 33% of the population of the Philippines. Their data is in a constant state of flux with a customer base growing exponentially and the expansion of products and services, both domestically and internationally.
"We're at a strategic crossroads as we add new value to our services and pioneer unique offerings. The proven performance and scalability of EMC CLARiiON will support this growth and still meet our customer's expectations for shorter response times," said Merin. "We'll be able to honor our service level agreements because of the reliability of the CLARiiON storage systems themselves and the ability of EMC's software to push our data availability to new thresholds."
"We're at a strategic crossroads as we add new value to our services and pioneer unique offerings. The proven performance and scalability of EMC CLARiiON will support this growth and still meet our customer's expectations for shorter response times," said Merin. "We'll be able to honor our service level agreements because of the reliability of the CLARiiON storage systems themselves and the ability of EMC's software to push our data availability to new thresholds."
For more information on Bayantel, please visit www.bayantel.com.ph.
