What is it?
Trusted Partner & Security Assurance
We work with best-in-class partners including Cisco, EMC, VMWare, Citrix and HP to deliver the best technology.
PowerON Compute On Demand is built on Vblock Infrastructure – the industry's first completely integrated offering that is optimised for applications.
You can be assured that your data will be securely hosted at our Tier 4 DataCentre. This means that PowerON Compute On Demand adheres to the IT industry's highest security standards which will make your enterprise more competitive without sacrificing on security or performance. Enabled with both private and public network access, you have the flexibility to work within the environment that best suit your business.
Comprehensive suite of cloud services and solutions
Our comprehensive suite of PowerON Cloud Computing Solutions and Services will provide you with new capabilities in the cloud. Whether it is Applications On Demand or Managed Services On Demand, you have access to the full suite of SingTel's PowerON Cloud Solutions and Services to gain the competitive edge.
Excellence in Delivery - IPPT Approach
To meet the highest standards of security and compliance requirements, we have put in place an assurance process of in-depth audits and policies.
With more than 100 certified professionals that are authorised with Government Internal Security Clearance, we also have the right people to manage your cloud deployment.
Our rigorous methodologies that are awarded ISO27001 & SS507 certification ensure that your project will be successfully delivered.
The technology that we provide has the best security standards in the industry. Our services range from secured private network, dual Points of Presence, BCP On Demand capabilities to Device Security Management, One-stop Enterprise Management Centre, Security Information and Event Management ( SIEM ) and Security Operation Centre ( SOC ).
Full Control with Self-Service Portal
The key feature of this service includes a web portal for managing the service capacity and disk capacity for every virtual server's operating system. Now, enterprises can have full control to increase or decrease computing power at your demand.
Benefits
State-of-the-art data centre - Hosted on Tier 4 specifications data centre, KCTC2
Awards winning data network – Service LG on key performance parameters
Industry compliant network operations - SAS70 Type II or ISO 27001
Accountability - Auditable security with logs provided
Zero or minimal CAPEX – procure IT resources on-demand and pay fixed monthly subscription
Minimise waste – only activate ICT resources when required
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Flexibility – scale IT resources within minutes to meet ad hoc business requirements
Faster deployment – reduce initial set up time and deliver grid computing services to customers faster
Dedicated resources - performance from resource allocation is not dependent on concurrent usage
Easy activation – web-based portal allows instant creation and activation of virtual servers and machines in minutes
Find out how easy it is for you to use this portal.
Getting Started
There are four typical ways in which enterprise IT organizations
start with cloud computing:
1. Supporting isolated projects with limited scope and budget
26% of enterprises start experimenting with cloud computing through project-based initiatives with limited scope and limited budget. This is where IT services support isolated projects or environments from the cloud. Testing and development, pre-production/staging, quality testing and assurance, and load testing are all low risk areas that IT teams are more likely to experiment with.
2. Providing business applications as a service
25% of enterprise IT organizations start their journey to the cloud by delivering business applications to users as a service. Most start with non-mission critical applications such as email, HR, or collaboration software and experience increased flexibility and performance as a result.
3. Re-architecting IT infrastructure services
39% of organizations begin their journey to the cloud by creating an IT infrastructure transformation initiative that re-architects their infrastructure services for cloud computing. This requires more strategic planning than some of the other typical starting points, but doing things like implementing a portfolio of infrastructure services to support multiple applications or creating a high level services roadmap can help you accelerate the delivery of IT as a Service.
4. Creating business-transforming initiatives with organizational impact
The most strategic entry point to cloud computing also brings the most business value. 10% of organizations go the route of having a business-driven initiative to increase agility and responsiveness to market changes. These types of initiatives affect almost all levels and processes within an organization and come with a high level of executive involvement.
Service Schemes
| |
Pay-as-you-go* |
Committed |
Dedicated |
| Application |
Test/ development workload |
Cyclical IT resource usage |
High performance computing requirement |
| Chargeable Unit |
Per core, memory (in GB), Storage (in GB) per hour |
Monthly subscription model |
Monthly subscription model |
| Storage Type |
SATA |
Fibre Channel |
Flash |
| SLA |
99.99% |
99.99% |
99.99% |
FAQ
- What is this service?
PowerON Compute, a VMware vCloud Datacenter service, is a service that leverages SingTel partnerships with VMware, Cisco and EMC. It is built on the VMware cloud infrastructure that delivers on-demand, highly available and highly secure hybrid clouds This hybrid cloud service provides compatible "Virtual Data Center" management and security as well as application portability across both internal data centers and vCloud Datacenter clouds.
- What can PowerON Compute do?
PowerON Compute offers a self service portal from which customers can activate or deactivate computing resources. It also enables VMware customers the capabilities to transfer their Applications seamlessly to this new platform.
- What does PowerON Compute offer?
PowerON Compute is an Infrastructure as a Service. It enables a customer to have a mixture of Pay as you go services, subscription and dedicated infrastructure services to support elastic compute requirements, as well as traditional line of business applications - all delivered through a self service portal in SingTel's secured Data Centres in Singapore. Customers can consume the following services:
| i. |
Cores |
| ii. |
RAM |
| iii. |
Storage (Flash, FC, SATA) |
| iv. |
OS (MS & Linux) |
| v. |
L4 to L7 services |
These resources are dedicated to the customers.
- What are the applications that can run on this cloud?
This infrastructure is based on VMware, Cisco and EMC technology housed in SingTel's secure and reliable Data Centres. Together, we are the leaders in enterprise compute and can run the most demanding applications in the cloud.
- What is SingTel's SLAs?
SingTel offers SLA of up to 99.99%.
- Is my data safe within the PowerON Compute service?
The infrastructure, processes and security policies are built from the ground up to ensure complete isolation and protection of your data. SingTel is leveraging the expertise of the industry leaders in datacenter and cloud services. Being a part of VMware vCloud Datacenter service, the solution has been certified in partnership with VMware to meet their Enterprise requirements.
- Can I audit the Infrastructure?
This is possible on a case by case basis. The vCloud Datacenter service tracks usage and audit information and this is accessible to customers to review.
- How do I connect to PowerON Compute service?
PowerON Compute is positioned as a private virtual cloud. For existing SingTel KCTC 1 or KCTC 2 Data Centre customers, only a direct connection from the Data Centres to PowerON Compute is required.
Other forms of access can be via Meg@POP or leased circuits.
- How can I provision my desired computing resources?
A self service portal will be available to you to login and activate or deactivate the computing resources. Customers will be able to control the provisioning of compute services, uploading of templates and media, managing organisational users and controlling application level of firewall services.
- Do I use the resources after I have self provisioned them?
After the computing resources have been activated, you can transfer your applications (Virtual Machines or VMs built on VMware) seamlessly to the newly provisioned resources.
Otherwise, with full admin/root control given, you can remotely login to your VMs and install your applications.
- Do I have full control over the network IP addressing?
Yes, you will have full control over the network IP address scheme. We support L2 and L3 access.
- What OS or applications are available?
We provide OS (MS Windows Servers, Redhat, CentOS, etc.) and MS related applications (e.g. MS SQL Server).
- What security measures are put in place?
Network connections are via physical link or leased circuits.
Servers are segregated via VLAN/VShield.
Storage is allocated via LUN.
- Can I have a dedicated infrastructure?
Yes, we are able to customise according to your specific requirements.
- How many Virtual Machines (VMs) can I create with 1 core?
The resource requirements of a VM are really dependant on the application and workload. SingTel can assist you in sizing these requirements. Otherwise you can choose from Pay as you go VM where you can scale on demand.
- Can I configure the servers to automatically allocate more resources in the event that the server/storage utilisation reaches a certain threshold? (E.g. 80%)
We allow you some headroom to burst above your allocated usage if your requirements do change unexpectedly than what your infrastructure can cope.
If the application you are using can supports, you can also add CPU and RAM on-demand to your VMs. It is all in your control.
