StarHub Seals Partnership with NetTasking.com to Offer Network Management Solutions for Business Customers

 

Singapore, 5 July 2000 -- StarHub, Singapore’s new info-communications operator today signed a strategic partnership agreement with NetTasking.com, the leading next-generation network management service provider, to offer StarHub’s business customers value-added remote network management services bundled with its comprehensive suite of info-com solutions.

 

Today, more companies are subscribing to broadband services for their communication needs, with many also deploying complex networks to connect remote offices. This along with the proliferation of Internet connectivity and e-commerce, makes network uptime a critical factor for business success in order for these companies to better serve their customers. Recognizing this trend, StarHub and NetTasking.com will work closely together to fill this growing need in the market.

 

Said Mr. Low Chee Seng, General Manager, Business Customer Solutions, StarHub Pte Ltd, "As more SMEs and corporate enterprises enter the market and expand their operations, many companies need to conduct business on a 24x7 basis, and increasingly require high bandwidth availability. By partnering with NetTasking.com, our customers will have greater visibility and transparency of their communication networks, empowering them with better control of their company’s network management and performance."

 

He adds that, "Smaller companies with regional networks can also outsource their network monitoring solutions without needing to employ a pool of highly skilled IT staff round the clock. This will not only improve their operational efficiencies, but at the same time enable them to concentrate on their core businesses."

 

StarHub customers who take up this service will enjoy the following remote network management services from NetTasking.com:

  • Performance Management – Web-based access to performance reports such as Internet circuit utilization, Web/Mail server bandwidth utilization, local leased-line utilization, LAN/Switch ports utilization.
  • Event Management – automatic network event notification by email, pager or SMS; remote diagnosis of network faults.

In addition, StarHub’s business customers can also tap onto NetTasking.com’s virtual management network, including a highly resilient Network Resource Center to gain access to instant network information and knowledge to solve network-related issues.

 

"We believe that this alliance with StarHub will bring value-added, integrated info-communication solutions to customers," said Sam Lin, Chairman and CEO, NetTasking.com. "As this is NetTasking.com’s first strategic partnership with a info-com service provider in Singapore, it will leverage on the expertise of both companies to offer a total-bundled solution to companies that may not have the necessary IT resources to maintain and manage their communication networks."

 

Available immediately, the solution will provide customers web-access to network information at anytime, from anywhere, to enhance their overall network management capabilities. The solution is targeted at all enterprises that require mission-critical networks, with initial emphasis on small to medium enterprises.

 

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