Sify,HP Partner For Cloud Services

HP and Sify Technologies Limited , jointly announced an agreement to power Sify’s On-Demand cloud services using HP’s Converged Infrastructure. This will allow Sify to provide demand based computing services on a pay per use or flexible contract model.

Raju Vegesna, Chairman and Managing Director, Sify Technologies Limited, said, “We are excited and energised by the launch of On-Demand platform, as it extends our commitment to our customers of “keeping them ahead” by bringing innovative, business centric, services oriented approach to their connectivity, hosting, and communications needs. We will continue to invest and innovate in building “Information Communication Technology- ICT” as-a-service model, which will enable our customers in India and beyond, to leverage technology on the TAP.”

Using HP’s Converged Infrastructure, Sify is launching new cloud services including Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) for select applications under its On-Demand Hosting Platform. As part of the agreement HP and Sify will also leverage their network to promote these services in the SMB segment. Sify will also leverage HP’s network of ISV partners to offer applications on the cloud model.

“Customers are looking at cloud technologies to minimise cost, improve efficiency and be adaptive to market changes,” said Som Satsangi, Director, Enterprise Server, Storage and Networking, HP India. “Using converged Infrastructure, Sify is able to deliver a highly scalable and expandable cloud platform that significantly reduces the time and cost of deploying new IT services. Sify’s customers will be able to scale up or down resources by leveraging the full potential of virtualisation, cloud and intelligent management in the converged infrastructure.”