Avocent AMX5000 Brochure

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"Security played an important

role in our selection of the

Avocent remote access solution.

Through the DSView interface,

the user will only be able to view

the list of servers that he or she

has preset permission to access."

Ravi Pantusen

Vice President of IT Operations

Hutchison CAT Wireless

Multimedia Ltd.

Case Study

Avocent systems assist Hutch to enable

customers to 'see the world in your hand'

Growth creates opportunity for IT improvements

Hutchison (Hutch) CAT Wireless MultiMedia Ltd. was the first mobile service provider in

Thailand to launch CDMA 2000 1X mobile services, an end-to-end, high-speed wireless

multimedia service. With CDMA 2000 1X, Hutch provides customers with anytime,

anywhere access to information and entertainment.

Behind the same Hutch brand is a seamlessly connected system maintained by the Hutch

IT infrastructural team. With the use of Avocent KVM switching systems, the team is

empowered with anytime, anywhere access to all their servers.

Following the CDMA 2000 1X mobile services launch, Hutch staff strength went from less

than 50 people to 900 and is expected to grow another 30 percent within a year. With the

increase in personnel and the challenge of supporting Hutch brand on-demand high-speed

multimedia services, Hutch needed an equal growth in IT systems. Two new data centres

were built to support the CDMA 2000 1X offerings and overall business expansion.

"Before the launch of Hutch, I had five staff in system administration, managing approxi-

mately 20 servers with a low-end switch," said Ravi Pantusen, vice president of IT

operations for Hutch. "Providing CDMA 2000 1X services demands a lot from IT systems;

the forecast was for 500 servers for a start and all to be managed by six administrators."

The new data centres have an array of servers and platforms including Windows 2000,

HP-UX workgroups, HP SuperDomes, SUN Solaris workgroup and SUN SF15K.

"Faced with managing hundreds of servers located at two different buildings in Bangkok

(IFCT Tower and CAT Building), and having a limited number of IT staff to maintain

them, we needed a powerful solution that allows centralized control and unlimited access

to both our local and remote servers," he explained.

The Avocent AMX matrix switching system (shown here) works in tandem with the Avocent

DS1800 KVM over IP switch to provide Hutch with the advantages of integrated digital and

analogue technology.

The Power of Being There