SiS joins forces with Interlink Telecom introducing cloud service business

Targeting five enterprise markets segments – property, retail, insurance, government agency, and independent software vendor (ISV) – with a customization strategy that enables customers to design their own cloudsystem with support from highly qualified service team skillful in the applications of leading technology vendors. All these services have been offered to more than 30 organizational customers through their business partners who represent a solid platform for becoming a market leader in the public cloud market in Thailand within three years, SiS said in a press statement.

Somchai Sittichaisrichart, Managing Director of SiS Distribution (Thailand) Public Company Limited., said, "According to IDC data, it is forecasted that worldwide public cloud service spending this year would reach 160 billion US dollars (or around five trillion baht), up 23.2% from 2017. In Thailand, it is estimated that cloud service and data center market would grow 35%, compared to last year. Business organizations constantly search for a service provider with highly experienced teams and local data centers which can deliver flexibility and ease of management and ensure compliance with relevant regulations. With over 20 years of experience in IT wholesale business and exposure to various types of organizations, today SiS is quite strong in terms of products and technologies. Also, we have global partners that are all leaders of cloud-based software and hardware vendors, and our key partner in Thailand, Interlink Telecom Pcl., is a leading fiber optic network and data center service provider in the country." 

"As of now, we've provided cloud services to more than 30 medium and large enterprises entirely through business partners. With combined strengths of SiS and Interlink Telecom, I'm confident that our cloud and service solutions presented today can deliver value-for-money and competitive pricing, flexibility in cloud service management, and international standards," Mr. Somchai added.

Nattanai Anuntarumporn, Managing Director of Interlink Telecom Public Company Limited., said, "Today digital disruption has totally transformed business operations. The results of Pure Storage's Evolution 2017 research revealed that 66% of businesses in Thailand planned to use more public cloud services within the next 18-24 months. Cloud will be used as a platform for enhancing the operational capacity of businesses in the modern era. A data center, which is a key component of cloud services, will also play an equally important role. Since we started this business, we've invested in two data centers. As for our partnership with SiS, I'm sure that this collaboration will be a driving force that can help upgrade the level of cloud management of business organizations. Our company uses both data centers for hosting SiS Cloud Services.Interlink Data Center has been constructed in accordance to a Tier 3 Data Center standard. The data center has been also certified for ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 27001. Our newest data center, Genesis data center, has also attained internationally recognized PCI and ISO/IEC 27001: 2013 certifications as well as Tier 3 certification from Uptime Institute, including the certification of design documents and constructed facility. These four standard certifications far exceed those of our competitors. As a result, our data center facilities are highly stable and secured. Furthermore, we can increase flexibility to meet ever-changing business needs in the digital era and ensure that the overall cost of business management is expended in the most cost-effective way. Also, we're equipped to satisfy the needs of business customers effectively, and we can assure them that our data centers are the best in Thailand."

Pantana Na Takuathung, general manager of Cloud Business Unit of SiS Distribution (Thailand) Public Company Limited., said, "SiS's cloud services are superb because we are a local service provider and our data center is located here. So, our customers have easy access to our solutions for correcting, testing, and fine-tuning. Our primary focus is to provide flexibility for fine-tuning custom services to suit each customer's needs and to ensure compliance with relevant regulations. For example, the financial sector's regulation stipulates that data center must be located in the country. Most importantly, when using a local data center, data transmission speed is definitely faster than that of overseas service providers. Also, with Interlink Telecom as our strategic partner, we can offer high-speed fiber optic network services which connect our nationwide customers to our cloud. Currently, we're providing six categories of services, including

●     Data Center on Cloud (IaaS)

●     Disaster Recoveryto Cloud (DRaaS)

●     BackuptoCloud (BaaS)

●     ContaineronCloud (PaaS)

●     VirtualDesktoponCloud

●     ERPonCloudPoweredbySAP B1

In addition, we have over 2,000 highly skilled and competent business partners in addition to

in-house teams of technical experts. Strategically, our cloud services are provided entirely through our business partners, and we always use leading technologies for the provision of our cloud services, such as VMware, Nutanix, Veeam, Trend Micro, HPE, Fortinet, and Microsoft. Moreover, SiS has a variety of products that enable customers to customize a cloud system to suit their own needs. Other key factors that contribute to our competitiveness and growth include flexible services and a business model that drives business growth for us and our business partners. In addition, our prices and specifications are also quite competitive. Recently, most business organizations that have enjoyed our cloud services are insurance companies, real estate developers, and government agencies. Most of them run their core business applications such as ERP on a cloud platform because they consider that security and stability as their main system requirements. Under these circumstances, I'm confident that we can expand our service provision to a greater number of independent software vendors (ISV) in 2019."

SiS cloud services are available on two data centers of Interlink Telecom Pcl.: Interlink IDC and Genesis Data Center which meet ISO 270014:2013 and Tier 3 data center standards. Both data centers are interconnected with a high-speed fiber optic network, and it is equipped with an integrated security system for deterring denial-of-service (DoS), distributed denial-of-service (DDoS), web application firewall, IPS, and advanced persistent threat (APT) attacks. They also have backup and system recovery capacities in an event of disaster at the main sites. Notably, we guarantee delivery of high service quality with monthly uptime SLA of 99.90% and 24/7after-sales service.