Telekom Malaysia has established a strategic partnership with Akamai, the leading cloud platform provider which will see Akamai’s NetStorage being hosted on TM’s network.
With its diverse Internet Protocol-based (IP-based) international network, TM will be able to offer NetStorage not only to its domestic but also its regional customers through its Point of Presence (POPs) connectivity.
The partnership agreement was signed by Rozaimy Abd. Rahman, Executive Vice President, TM Global while Akamai was represented by David Rich, Vice President of Asia Pacific. The signing ceremony was witnessed by Dr Fadhlullah Suhaimi Abdul Malek, Director of NKEA, PEMANDU, Datuk Bazlan Osman, Group Chief Financial Officer, TM and Akamai’s representatives.
Rozaimy said TM is very pleased with this collaboration with Akamai on the NetStorage arrangement, which sees Akamai’s only such storage facility in South Asia hosted in Malaysia. “The Akamai NetStorage, which will also attract high volume of Internet traffic to TM’s network, will definitely strengthen Malaysia’s position as a regional Internet hub,” the executive said.
NetStorage is a secure, cost effective managed service for the storage of large volumes of data, offered by the US-based Akamai. Akamai NetStorage offers multiple terabytes of storage capacity on demand, automatic failover capability, content replication and connectivity to multiple Internet service providers. Akamai NetStorage will be deployed in TM’s Data Centre in Cyberjaya, which is targeted to be fully completed by end of 2011.