BankThai deploys Cisco Optical Network for IT continuity

BankThai, one of Thailand's leading banks with 85 branches nationwide, has deployed an advanced optical network with equipment from Cisco Systems as part of its business continuity process. The network facilitates the real-time data replication between the bank's headquarters and its remote disaster recovery centre, helping to ensure that the bank will be able to continue serving its customers in the event of any external threat including natural or man-made disasters.

The Cisco ONS 15530 Metro DWDM Multiservice Aggregation Platform is deployed to meet the mission critical requirement in transporting Enterprise Systems Connection (ESCON), 10 Gigabit Ethernet trunks, Gigabit Ethernet and Fibre Channel (2G) for the WAN connections. The Cisco ONS 15530 combines dense wavelength-division multiplexing (DWDM), storage area networking (SAN) and high-speed data aggregation on one platform. This allows companies to extend their SANs over optical networks.

"Without Cisco's optical solution, our business faces a big risk from unforeseen circumstances. We estimated that we would lose about US$2 million per day if our primary site were to go out of operation for some reason. The optical network helps ensure our continued success and long-term growth and positions us to compete internationally," said Danai Khaophaisarn, IT director for BankThai.

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•Date: 28th May 2004 •Region: SE Asia •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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