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REACH cuts annual operating costs
by US$1 million with HP server and
storage refresh
by US$1 million with HP server and
storage refresh
Hong Kong-based telecommunications company,
Reach Global Services Ltd (REACH), was established
in 2001 as a joint venture between two of Asia’s
largest carriers. It is now the premier provider of
international voice and satellite services in Asia.
REACH has interests in more than 40 submarine
cables and international satellite systems and its
network stretches over 364,000Km around the
globe. It has commercial relationships with more
than 400 carriers facilitating access to over 240
countries and territories.
With half of its traffic terminating at major hubs in
Hong Kong and Australia, REACH runs a principal
and secondary data centre in Hong Kong focused
on Internet Protocol (IP) and two similar data centres
in Sydney for corporate applications.
Reach Global Services Ltd (REACH), was established
in 2001 as a joint venture between two of Asia’s
largest carriers. It is now the premier provider of
international voice and satellite services in Asia.
REACH has interests in more than 40 submarine
cables and international satellite systems and its
network stretches over 364,000Km around the
globe. It has commercial relationships with more
than 400 carriers facilitating access to over 240
countries and territories.
With half of its traffic terminating at major hubs in
Hong Kong and Australia, REACH runs a principal
and secondary data centre in Hong Kong focused
on Internet Protocol (IP) and two similar data centres
in Sydney for corporate applications.
Objective
Hong Kong-based telecommunications
infrastructure provider Reach Global Services
Ltd (REACH) wanted to cut its capital and
operating costs and to have the ability to
extend the longevity of its systems through a
phased refresh.
infrastructure provider Reach Global Services
Ltd (REACH) wanted to cut its capital and
operating costs and to have the ability to
extend the longevity of its systems through a
phased refresh.
Approach
REACH and HP implemented a complete server
and storage refresh at its Hong Kong and
Sydney data centres.
and storage refresh at its Hong Kong and
Sydney data centres.
IT improvements
• A server estate of over 150 machines has
been reduced to 68, lowering maintenance
requirements.
requirements.
• Seven operating systems have been reduced to
three, including more open source Linux.
• REACH now has a more agile and scalable
platform for supporting future business needs.
Business benefits
• The HP project has saved REACH between
US$3 million and US$5 million in capital
expenditure.
expenditure.
• Operating costs have been reduced by US$1
million a year.
• HP blade systems have brought power savings
of 90KW a day and corresponding drops in
CO
CO
2
emissions.
HP customer case study:
Top service provider
saves up to US$5 million
in capital costs
saves up to US$5 million
in capital costs
Industry:
Telecommunications
“HP is a significant partner that understands our
business and that is very important to REACH.
We have achieved many significant benefits from
our HP refresh and the primary reason for this is
the close partnership between the two companies.”
Sundi Balu, chief information officer, Reach Global
Services Ltd