For Immediate Release
Hong Kong, 18 January, 2012- Hutchison Global Communications Limited (HGC), the fixed-line division of Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings Limited (HTHKH; Stock Code: 215) and global software and hardware giant Oracle today announced a business collaboration that will result in HGC becoming a world-class cloud service provider to serve Hong Kong's enterprise and mid-market commercial customers.
Based on the collaboration with Oracle in Hong Kong, HGC will provide a wide range of enterprise-grade cloud services that will equip companies with unparallelled access to best-in-class infrastructure, platform and business applications that are flexible, secure and cost effective.
HGC operates one of the fastest, high-bandwidth, optical-fiber networks in Hong Kong and holds more than 10 years of experience in managing world-class data centres. These capabilities combined with Oracle Exadata Database Machine and Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud engineered systems will provide customers with a high-speed network and high-performance computing for running mission-critical business applications in a virtual private cloud environment - all in a way that helps ensure customers have the security and control they need.
HGC will offer cloud-based business continuity and disaster recovery services, along with real time data backup and application hosting using Oracle private and public cloud solutions. Provision of industryspecific business applications will follow.
HTHKH Chief Executive Officer Peter Wong said: "We are delighted to announce this business collaboration with an IT player the stature of Oracle. HGC owns one of Hong Kong's most extensive fibre-to-the-building networks, which already combines with our data centre capabilities to provide world-class connectivity, colocation and facilities management offerings. This important relationship with Oracle will now put HGC's combination of sophisticated capabilities to work to provide access to cloud-based services that will help our enterprise customers achieve business agility, cost efficiencies and a sharper competitive edge."
Steve Au Yeung, Executive Vice President, Oracle Asia Pacific said: "Our collaboration with HGC will help deliver high-speed infrastructure and high performance mission-critical computing, enabling companies to safely put their business applications in the cloud. Oracle is excited to team up with HGC, as it uses Oracle hardware and software to run a highly-advanced optical-fibre network and world-class data centre facilities to deliver cloud services in the Hong Kong market."
Media enquiries:
Hutchison Global Communications Limited
Jan Chan
Corporate Communications
Tel: 2128 3162
Email: jan.chan@hthk.com
About Hutchison Global Communications Limited
Hutchison Global Communications Limited (HGC) owns one of the largest fibre-to-the-building telecommunications networks in Hong Kong. Since establishment in 1995, it has been fully committed to building its own 100% optical fibre network infrastructure and introducing the most advanced facilities. Coupled with its four cross-border routes integrated with all three of mainland China's tier-one telecommunications operators and world-class international network, HGC provides a comprehensive range of fixed-line telecommunications services locally and overseas. HGC is a subsidiary of Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings Limited (HTHKH; Stock Code: 215). HTHKH is a leading integrated telecommunications service operator, offering mobile and fixed-line services to local and international customers. For more information on HGC, please visit www.hgc.com.hk. For more information on HTHKH, please visit www.hthkh.com.
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