Gen-i wins Westpac datacentre contract
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New datacentre to go live early next year
By Computerworld Staff | Auckland | Thursday, 27 October, 2011 | 21 Comments
Gen-i has announced that it has been selected by Westpac for the provision of data centre facilities to the bank.
A statement announcing the win says: "Gen-i will design, deliver and support a new data centre for Westpac, which is due to go live in early 2012.
"The new contract extends Gen-i’s existing relationship with Westpac, providing ICT services across Westpac’s corporate offices, branches and ATMs, to include the housing of its IT infrastructure in a Gen-i data centre facility.
"The data centre will be located in Gen-i’s Tier III carrier-grade facility in Auckland, which directly interconnects with Telecom’s main telecommunications exchange on the same campus.
"Westpac has selected the Gen-i facility as a replacement for its current datacentre in Nelson Street, Auckland.
"As part of its selection process, Westpac engaged international datacentre design specialist AECOM to analyse and advise on the Tier III data centre designs of the shortlisted providers."
Jim Stabback, Westpac’s GM for Customer and Technology Services, says in the statement that the bank was focused on delivering innovative, flexible and sustainable ICT solutions to support its business goals.
“Our move to Gen-i’s data centre facility will ensure we have our IT securely hosted in the most resilient building available, with levels of network scale, interconnection and energy efficiencies that are unmatched in New Zealand," Stabback says.
Gen-i currently integrates and manages Westpac’s access to voice and data network services in New Zealand.
It has a team providing 24x7x365 day support and project services across Westpac’s corporate offices, branches and ATMs.
Comments
A good win for a NZ company
Great win for Gen-i, well done, but I would hardly call IBM market leaders, so unsurprising.
Posted by Aussie Bob at 6:53:55 on November 4, 2011
Posted by Aussie Bob at 6:53:55 on November 4, 2011
Very real Data Centrs in Solid Concrete Buildings designed for very heavy and dense Telco gear (BellCore Standards).
The Westpac decision to move to Gen-i's Tier III Data Centre in Airedale St was a win over IBM. Gen-i has a technically more advanced and more connected facility than IBM's place in East Tamaki. It is a major loss for IBM: now two Mainframe customers have their Primary Production with Gen-i; Air NZ and Westpac.
Posted by Facts over Fiction at 11:08:28 on October 31, 2011
Posted by Facts over Fiction at 11:08:28 on October 31, 2011
Very real Data Centrs in Solid Concrete Buildings designed for very heavy and dense Telco gear (BellCore Standards).
really? how was this a win over IBM when IBM never had a DC in Nelson St. I think you'll find this was the old EDS, now HP datacenter.
Posted by Anonymous at 13:53:25 on October 31, 2011
Posted by Anonymous at 13:53:25 on October 31, 2011
Very real Data Centrs in Solid Concrete Buildings designed for very heavy and dense Telco gear (BellCore Standards).
Of course IBM lost, they were pitching Highbrook, which came second (i.e. last).
Do IBM have a PR Team???, if so, get rid of them :-)
Posted by Insider! at 6:56:48 on November 4, 2011
Do IBM have a PR Team???, if so, get rid of them :-)
Posted by Insider! at 6:56:48 on November 4, 2011
Do let the facts get in the way of ...
For those who want to actually read the standard on which Gen-i designs, builds and successfully operates it's Data Centres.
http://global.ihs.com/doc_detail.cfm?currency_code=USD&customer_id=2125442B2D0A&oshid=2125442B2B0A&shopping_cart_id=292558332C4A50384F5B2D27220A&rid=TIA&input_doc_number=TIA%2D942&country_code=US&lang_code=ENGL&item_s_key=00414811&item_key_date=940819&input_doc_number=TIA%2D942&input_doc_title=
If you do not want to pay US$450 have a look here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_center
Proud to be part of Gen-i
Posted by Proudly Gen-i at 11:01:10 on October 31, 2011
http://global.ihs.com/doc_detail.cfm?currency_code=USD&customer_id=2125442B2D0A&oshid=2125442B2B0A&shopping_cart_id=292558332C4A50384F5B2D27220A&rid=TIA&input_doc_number=TIA%2D942&country_code=US&lang_code=ENGL&item_s_key=00414811&item_key_date=940819&input_doc_number=TIA%2D942&input_doc_title=
If you do not want to pay US$450 have a look here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_center
Proud to be part of Gen-i
Posted by Proudly Gen-i at 11:01:10 on October 31, 2011
A big win for Gen-I at last.
Finally a win for Gen-I. Just hope they can deliver on this one. Unlike all the other big wins they have had in the last few years.
Posted by Anonymous at 13:09:14 on October 30, 2011
Posted by Anonymous at 13:09:14 on October 30, 2011
Formal certification or designed to meet?
Who has a certified Tier 3 or above data centre - To my knowledge there are NO data centre providers in New Zealand who currently hold a formal certification for their data centre issued by one of the two international bodies able to issue such.
Most claim to have designed and implemented to meet the standards - and they probably have - but to date the cost of gaining the certification [and maintaining it!] has not figured due to lack of requirement from the customer base. This may change.
I agree with another post that providers would need to be very careful to claim Tier 3 certification if not actually holding the formal piece of paper. Equally well it would be nice if journalistic integrity and professionalism would apply and facts were checked befre the cachet "Tier 3" was applied to any provider in a news article. But I think I hope for too much here!!!
Posted by Anonymous at 10:24:44 on October 30, 2011
Most claim to have designed and implemented to meet the standards - and they probably have - but to date the cost of gaining the certification [and maintaining it!] has not figured due to lack of requirement from the customer base. This may change.
I agree with another post that providers would need to be very careful to claim Tier 3 certification if not actually holding the formal piece of paper. Equally well it would be nice if journalistic integrity and professionalism would apply and facts were checked befre the cachet "Tier 3" was applied to any provider in a news article. But I think I hope for too much here!!!
Posted by Anonymous at 10:24:44 on October 30, 2011
Spelling
Good to see the gen-i employees are hard at work then.. got time to do spelling checks.
My understanding on the NZ market is the only tier 3 datacentre providers are Revera, Datacom and IBM, I wouldn't call a telco room at Telecom house or Mayoral drive a Datacentre.
Posted by Anonymous at 14:07:20 on October 28, 2011
My understanding on the NZ market is the only tier 3 datacentre providers are Revera, Datacom and IBM, I wouldn't call a telco room at Telecom house or Mayoral drive a Datacentre.
Posted by Anonymous at 14:07:20 on October 28, 2011
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Many claim to have tier 3 datacentres but without official certification (e.g. from The Uptime Institute TUI or similar) Go ahead and believe you meet the requirements for tier 3 but don't publicly claim you are a tier 3 provider (Fair Trading Act) unless approved authorised bodies audited your sites and issued certificates stating compliance. Has Revera, Datacom or IBM or any NZ datacentre provider undertaken this if so good on them, but if not be very careful what liability you are taking on by stating you are tier 3 and then you don't meet those uptime requirements
Posted by Anonymous at 18:03:21 on October 28, 2011
Posted by Anonymous at 18:03:21 on October 28, 2011
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Like virtual infrastructure professionals?
Posted by Anonymous at 20:57:14 on October 28, 2011
Posted by Anonymous at 20:57:14 on October 28, 2011
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