HP notebooks and PCs for DRAGONAIR
Dragonair has signed a deal with Hewlett-Packard to upgrade more than 1,600 desktop and notebook personal computers under a centralised, three-year purchase scheme. The deal will streamline the airline's PC deployment process, from purchase and delivery to installation and software customisation. Purchases of HP's Compaq Business Desktop dc5100 and Compaq nc6220 notebook PCs for offices worldwide will all be handled through Dragonair's Hong Kong headquarters. This deployment model allows Dragonair to define the hardware specifications and hard disk image of each computer based on a set of pre-defined templates, right down to the applications specified for individual users. Terry Lo, general manager for information management at Dragonair, said: 'This means each computer system arrives in our office at any city completely customised and ready to plug and play, saving enormous amounts of time and resources for our internal IT department.'
stanchart signs up Cable & wireless
Cable & Wireless was last week awarded a five-year, global internet protocol (IP) managed services contract with Standard Chartered Bank. Financial terms were not disclosed. The project will consolidate the bank's four existing networks supporting data, voice and video services on a single, integrated IP platform. The new network is expected to cut operating costs, increase global connectivity and reliability between all offices, and accelerate the delivery of next-generation services. Phil Green, Cable & Wireless chief executive in Asia, said: 'Moving from legacy services to an IP network is the future for global businesses and we are pleased to help Standard Chartered achieve its network vision.' The bank's new IP network will support customers in China, South Korea, India, Southeast Asia, the United Arab Emirates, the United States and Britain. It will be based on the Cable & Wireless platform called IP Virtual Private Network with Quality of Service, using multiprotocol label switching as the underlying transmission technology. This replaces the bank's existing frame relay and Asynchronous Transfer Mode technologies.
