Singtel, VMware to accelerate DX in APAC

Singtel has entered a partnership with VMware International to set up a Digital Transformation Foundry in Singapore.

The new facility will be designed as a virtual sandbox for customers to conduct proof-of-concept experiments aimed at bringing digital solutions to market more quickly.

Enterprises will be able to test their solutions in a hybrid cloud environment before deploying them across the organization.

The companies will initially focus on providing a suite of four cloud services aimed at allowing customers to modernize their data centers, integrate public and private clouds, improve information security and develop cutting edge digital workspaces.

These include a private cloud service that aims to provide similar agility and scalability to public clouds, a hybrid cloud service designed to facilitate seamless application mobility, disaster recovery and migration across multiple clouds, and a multi-cloud managed security service.

Singtel and VMware also plan to establish similar cloud foundries in Australia and Hong Kong in the future.

“Digitalization lies at the heart of most companies’ transformation. Many companies share the need to migrate to and operate in the cloud, get their networks software-driven in order to create workplaces of the future,” Singtel CEO group enterprise Bill Chang said.

“The Foundry will empower customers to implement an integrated cloud solution with ease. We will help them design, secure and deploy cloud-enabled solutions, in short, customize the flexible infrastructure they need to accelerate digital transformation, adopt new and disruptive technologies, and boost competitiveness.”