Singtel has introduced "Singtel CUBΣ” - a collection of tools and services which embraces the NaaS (network-as-a-service) model, making it easier for businesses to subscribe to and manage network services and vendors through a single online portal.
The product offers customers insights into metrics like network utilisation, workload performance, and sustainability metrics, and helps make informed decisions about network resources.
According to Singtel, enterprises can use features like proactive user experience monitoring, incident automation, and artificial intelligence (AI) driven predictive analytics to respond to incidents faster.
Singtel's Singapore managing director of enterprise, Lim Seng Kong, said as enterprises embark on the digital transformation journey, there is a need for a unified solution that makes it easier to manage and orchestrate edge-to-cloud connectivity services.
With Singtel CUBΣ, customers can review and scale up network services rapidly and dynamically, in minutes, through a single touchpoint.
This NaaS approach to enterprise networking will set the foundation for future innovation opportunities as enterprises seek to build a robust and effective digital infrastructure, he added.
CUBΣ gives enterprises control to coordinate and scale services including cloud-based network solutions, Liquid XTM, SD-WAN (software-defined wide area network) and managed network services, including multi-vendor ecosystems, from a single portal.
IDC Asia/Pacific’s telecommunications research director, Nikhil Batra, said that based on conversions with enterprises across industries, consumption-based NaaS and platform-based SDN (software-defined network services) have become vital for digital transformation.
Singtel added that the NaaS model offers on-demand usage-based pricing which reduces upfront capex costs – leading to efficiency and cost-savings as enterprises pay only for what the need is.
Surbana Jurong, a Singaporean government-owned consultancy company focusing on infrastructure and urban development has adopted Singtel CUBΣ.
The companiy's director of infrastructure and office systems, Group IT, Gareth Packwood, said that the deployment of Singtel’s Global Internet and managed SD-WAN services, has strengthened digital infrastructure, and realise smart city goals and ambitions.
