SLT using EMC for consolidation and business continuity

EMC, a world leader in information infrastructure solutions, recently announced that Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) has implemented EMC storage and services to consolidate and manage the vast amount of customer information generated by its operations.

In order to meet its growing information needs, SLT opted for EMC® Symmetrix® DMX-3, a high-performance storage area network (SAN) system to consolidate information across their organization and recover critical information in case of disaster. SLT has also deployed EMC Centera® and EMC DiskExtender® software to enable policy-based archival in order to meet various information security and regulatory compliance requirements.

D.W.R Wijeweera from SLT said, “As SLT’s subscriber base grew exponentially, we were challenged by the corresponding explosion in digital information generated by our customers. Not only did we need to consolidate all this information, but we also needed to ensure that our information was always available even in the case of natural or manmade disasters such as Tsunami and terrorist attacks. We evaluated the various options in the market and picked EMC for their information-centric approach and the scalability and IT investment protection their solutions offered. The feedback on EMC’s customer support from other EMC customers also reinforced our choice.”

In the same press release issued by EMC, Manoj Chugh, President, EMC India and SAARC said Sri Lanka is a strategic growth market for EMC and ‘we look forward to build on our early success in the market.