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FEATURE: CLOUD
Kuwaiti customers use
Focus Softnet’s solutions
on the IZO Private
Cloud platform scalability requirements, usage agility and
the option of global delivery anywhere and
anytime, which are now met by the IZO
Private Cloud platform.
Focus Softnet, a leading software
development and enterprise applications
provider, is partnering with Tata
Communications, a leading global digital
infrastructure provider, to host its cloud-
based ERP solutions on the IZO Private
Cloud platform. “We now have a single point of contact to
support our ERP software solutions. With the
cloud service, we know immediately if there
is a problem and can quickly fix it remotely.
There is no need for on-premise visits. Tata
Communications’ enterprise-grade service
and support and its global footprint were
deciding factors in our decision to migrate to
IZO Private Cloud platform.”
Tata Communications’ IZO Private Cloud
platform is enabling Focus Softnet to offer
its cloud-based ERP solutions either as a
public cloud SaaS solution or as a private
cloud option.
The company’s customers in Kuwait,
the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Singapore,
Prior to the migration to Tata
Communications’ IZO Private Cloud
platform, Focus Softnet was offering
customers onsite perpetual licensing and
was looking for a suitable partner for
global hosting of its cloud-based Focus 9
application. With Tata Communications’
WE NOW HAVE A SINGLE POINT OF
CONTACT TO SUPPORT OUR ERP
SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS.
Malaysia and India
are using Focus
Softnet’s solutions
on the IZO Private
Cloud platform.
“We are proud to
partner with Focus
Softnet, which is
moving its Focus 9
solution to our IZO
Private Cloud, after
Zain enters MoU with Dell Technologies to
a successful proof of
deliver innovative cloud services
concept on the Tata
Communications
addition, as market and consumer demands cloud platform. During the six months
evolve, telcos today are implementing
of operations after start-up, Tata
solutions that are easy to deploy and drive
Communications has been actively helping
down infrastructure costs and complexity.
Focus Softnet onboard 40 plus new
Dell Technologies’ Network Functions
customers,” said Rajesh Awasthi, Associate
Virtualization (NFV) solutions enable
Vice President – Managed Hosting and
Zain to access databases remotely in an
Cloud Services, Tata Communications.
intelligent, agile and secure fashion in a bid
to further strengthen the service operator’s
Ali Hyder, Group CEO of Focus Softnet, said:
network infrastructure.
“Customers globally have common demands
such as flexible operational payments,
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IZO Private Cloud platform, Focus Softnet is
able to offer customers in Kuwait scalability
and agility with its cloud software licensing,
which is a flexible pay-as-you-go model,
and can deliver anytime, anywhere. Focus
Softnet can now provide an end-to-end
solution and round-the-clock support for
its global customers. When new customers
are onboarded, Tata Communications’
engineers work closely to understand their
needs and size the IZO Private Cloud offering
accordingly. Depending on the customer
requirements, Tata Communications can
offer either a dedicated virtual machine or
shared cloud model.
Due to its global reach, Tata
Communications matched the requirement
of having its cloud nodes closest to Focus
Softnet’s customers, thereby reducing
the latency or sluggishness of response
to application refresh. Focus Softnet has
adopted a multiple business cloud model
from Tata Communications to offer the most
stable and cost-effective cloud experience to
its current and future global customers. n
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