QuestNet selects Verizon Business and Akamai to enhance online services
ConvergenceAsia staff
20/08/2009

QuestNet, which provides an e-commerce platform to more than 5 million sellers of consumer goods worldwide, has selected communications and IT solutions provider Verizon Business and managed services company Akamai Technologies to enhance the performance and security of the company’s expanding portfolio of online services.

Malick Aboobakar, CIO, QuestNet, commented, “As our network grows, so too do the demands on our IT infrastructure, which is critical in supporting our entrepreneurs’ business transactions. Our customers need to know that we are doing everything we can to support their business. We know that their reputation is reliant in no small measure on our services. We therefore turned to Verizon Business and Akamai Technologies because these companies’ unique and integrated set of solutions, professional services, security and networking expertise made them ideal partners.”

As part of a 12-month consultancy, Verizon Business’ professional services team conducted a full audit of the Hong Kong-based company’s infrastructure. The agreement also calls for Verizon Business to support QuestNet sites in Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, and Thailand.

David Kim, Verizon Business area vice president for North Asia said organisations like QuestNet, which are entirely focused around meeting the needs of their customers, are increasingly turning to third-party experts to help support their business aims. Verizon, he said, “has worked closely with the company to really understand its operations, which is critical to ensuring we can deliver the best solutions”.

Verizon Business has developed solutions in two areas of key interest to QuestNet and its customers: application performance and security. To improve application performance, Akamai’s Web Application Acceleration solution makes access to business-critical applications easier and more efficient. To address information security, governance, risk and compliance issues, the Verizon Security Management Programme provides QuestNet with a structured approach to optimise its overall security posture.

The overall benefit for the QuestNet community is improved productivity, enhanced security, and lower IT costs across the board. QuestNet itself is able to benefit from enhanced performance and security, as well as an infrastructure that can accommodate future growth.

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