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Leap Solutions Asia takes part in Veritas Tech Symposium 2017

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Leap Solutions Asia takes part in Veritas Tech Symposium 2017

On 9 November 2017, Leap Solutions Asia Co., Ltd. (LSA) displayed a booth at the Veritas Tech Symposium at W Bangkok, Great Room. The Symposium featured the latest updates on IT technologies covering Data Management, Backup, High Availability and Disaster Recovery. Participants learned how to manage data comprehensively in order to succeed in business. LSA also presented a special promotion for Leap GIO Cloud service to participants and received active responses from them.

 

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Sermsuk elevates business capacity with trusted cloud computing services and solutions delivered by Leap Solutions Asia

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Sermsuk elevates business capacity with trusted cloud computing services and solutions delivered by Leap Solutions Asia

Thai Beverage Public Company Limited, widely known as ThaiBev, is Thailand’s and the region’s leading beverage producer and distributor. The company’s product range covers a wide variety of beverages including spirits, beer, non-alcoholic drinks under the ‘Chang’ brand and ready-to-drink ‘Oishi’ tea. A subsidiary of the ThaiBev Group, Sermsuk Public Company Limited has been engaged in the production and distribution of ‘est’ carbonated drinks, ‘Crystal’ drinking water and many other beverages distributed through retail markets and shops of small to large scale.

Challenges of IT infrastructure

Like other fast-growing organizations, Sermsuk is inevitably encountering challenges brought by its IT infrastructure expansion, which is needed to meet the increasing demands of users. These requirements lead to a more sophisticated IT infrastructure system, as well as the need for IT specialists who can help maintain and develop the company’s IT system. In turn, this brings greater competitiveness and satisfies the demands and expectations of users for a highly-efficient IT system that can operate continuously and without interruption.

Mr. Teerapan Luengnaruemitchai, Director, Office of Information Technology, Thai Beverage Public Company Limited, as the top executive overseeing IT affairs for ThaiBev and its subsidiaries, said that ThaiBev has implemented various IT systems. “Some of these server are taken care of by internal resource, while others have been relocated to a cloud computing system to promote more effective and streamlined operations.”

For example, its SAP business application is being hosted by T.C.C. Technology Co., Ltd.’s datacenter, with Leap Solutions Asia serving as a cloud service provider. Leap Solutions Asia has been recognized by ThaiBev as a highly-capable company with the expertise needed to manage and provide consultations on the cloud computing system in the most effective manner. Leap Solutions Asia’s professional services help minimize the operational burden of ThaiBev’s IT team, allowing them to spend more time on the development of innovations and improved applications.

Aware of the benefits of the cloud computing system its parent company has received, Sermsuk has shifted to the SAP Application as a cloud service model too. The company has entrusted Leap Solutions Asia team to take care of the cloud system. Furthermore, it plans to relocate all of its servers to the Hosted Private Cloud platform.

Leap Solutions Asia’s Hosted Private Cloud (Leap GIO Private) provides users with a key advantage just like having their own physical servers, allowing the Sermsuk IT team to freely create multiple servers for different applications to best suit their preferences. The company is charged for a monthly service fee for the physical server, regardless of the number of their built virtual servers, with the possibility of a minimum 1-month contract. This has enabled Sermsuk to manage the costs of its IT system more effectively, helping accommodate its anticipated business growth in the future.

Mr. Nuntakrit Vattanaliangjai, IT Manager, Information Technology Department, Sermsuk Public Company Limited, explained that “Leap Solutions Asia offers Public Cloud services (Leap GIO Public) that facilitate the scalability of computing resources in a timely manner. In the past, if we experienced computing resources problems such as insufficient memory units or hard disk space, we would normally have to purchase equipment, which took some time. However, with the Public Cloud system, we can now instantly scale-up or scale-down memory units without wasting time, which has been proven to clearly improve our operational efficiency. With the help of the professional cloud service provider, our IT department has reduced its burden of work dramatically.”

Sermsuk is considering relocating its head office in the future, and IT operations are a great concern. If the company does relocate its office, it needs to invest in construction of a new computer room and purchase more rack servers. It is likely that this would bring the company extremely high costs, so utilization of a cloud computing system would ensure more efficient cost management.

Disaster management is another important factor that needs to be taken into account. “We learned an important lesson from the massive flooding that occurred in 2011. If all our computing resources were kept centrally at the office, we would not be able to manage our internal IT systems at all since we would not be able to enter the flooded office. In contrast, if our IT infrastructure is hosted at a more secure place, like relocating our servers to run on Leap Solutions Asia’s cloud computing systems stored at T.C.C. Technology Co., Ltd.’s datacenters in various locations, our IT staff would be able to continue working through any type of disaster, ensuring business continuity for the organization. The servers of Leap Solutions Asia are designed to operate seamlessly whatever unexpected incidents arise,” Nuntakrit said.

Selection criteria for cloud solutions and services

When choosing a cloud service provider, both top executives agree that their first priority is delivery of solutions. When problems arise, how well and how fast the service provider can collaborate with the company and fix the problems is also important. From their experiences, Leap Solutions Asia has the capacity to implement solutions very quickly, which is regarded as a crucial factor for them, particularly when their critical SAP application is running on the cloud system.

Benefits from cloud utilization and services

Nuntakrit pointed out that Leap Solutions Asia’s cloud solutions and services have greatly benefited Sermsuk in many ways, such as saving operational time, giving the company’s IT team more time to develop other innovations. The company has received faster and more responsive services from Leap Solutions Asia. Its IT team no longer needs to maintain the IT systems 24/7 as in the past, as this mission has been delegated to Leap Solutions Asia. If any errors in the system are detected, the service provider will report to the Sermsuk IT team immediately so that the errors can be resolved in a timely manner.

Teerapan added that once certain tasks are outsourced, the IT team is able to focus on other matters, for example, organizing training to enhance staff IT knowledge and skills, as well as development of other applications to better satisfy business needs.

Future investment plans

Sermsuk will follow the IT Master Plan mapped out by ThaiBev Group to plan its future investment projects. Some will be projects jointly-developed with other subsidiaries of ThaiBev Group. Teerapan revealed that “Strategically, to invest in cloud application services, we have to consider how business specific the software is and what level of competitiveness it will bring to us. We have decided to develop and maintain applications involving the company’s most critical matters ourselves. For generic applications such as the email system, we have utilized outsourced cloud applications in order to save operating time and achieve better value for money.”

 

Leap Solutions Asia (LSA) is a joint venture between T.C.C. Technology Co., Ltd., Thailand’s leading datacenter service provider, and Internet Initiative Japan Inc. (IIJ), one of Japan’s largest providers of internet and cloud service systems.

 

 

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Yan Wal Yun leverages business potential with Leap Solutions Asia Cloud Computing System

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Yan Wal Yun leverages business potential with Leap Solutions Asia Cloud Computing System

Yan Wal Yun Corporation Group Co., Ltd. is one of the leading and most modern seasoning sauce manufacturers in Asia. The company specializes in producing and distributing seasoning sauces under the trade names ‘Healthy Boy’, ‘Maxchup’ and I-Chef. In 2016, it generated sales revenue of around 3 billion baht, with 85 percent coming from the domestic market and 15 percent from an international market comprising more than 60 countries.

 

With an unwavering determination to continuously improve its products and services since its inception in 1947, Yan Wal Yun has successfully maintained high standards of quality for 70 years. The company has consistently emphasized Research & Development, utilization of advanced technology and know-how from overseas and employs the most modern IT management systems, for example, SAP’s Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), as well as new marketing models in order to fully satisfy the needs of all categories of consumer. These have enabled the company to accomplish its missions and achieve its vision of “We are there in every kitchen”

Business challenges

Khun SomwangTangsombatvisit, Chief Executive Officer, Yan Wal Yun Corporation Group Co., Ltd., said: “Yan Wal Yun has been the number 1 player in the Thai seasoning sauces market for over 50 years and we are now gradually expanding our presence in the regional and international markets to achieve our stated vision. However, as we are now facing tougher competition from rivals, we have to map out business strategies focusing on innovation and technology. These are the keys to strengthen our competitiveness and retain our position as the number 1 brand in the digital era. We have embraced an advanced IT system to efficiently manage the organization and carefully selected IT partners who are capable of delivering what we need and who have shown strong commitment to jointly develop the business with us in the future.”

IT system implementation

Yan Wal Yun utilizes a cloud computing IT system, so the company need not shoulder the expense of server and software installation, such as ERP and email systems. By passing on this burden to a service provider, the company bears less responsibility to maintain the IT system, while its employees can conveniently access the IT system via the internet, allowing the company to easily manage resources through a well-designed network and use of shared services. For most of its hardware system, the company has chosen IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service), undertaken by Leap Solutions Asia Co., Ltd. (LSA), a service provider of IT infrastructure including servers, cloud computing and storage systems, as well as a network system in the form of virtualization platform, eliminating its investment risk. It also benefits immensely from scalability of the IT infrastructure according to its growth level. Importantly, the company can minimize problems in the IT infrastructure maintenance and system upgrading as these responsibilities are borne by the service provider. In terms of software, the company employs core business applications, such as SAP’s Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and the Google Mail email system.

“As Yan Wal Yun is now facing intensive business competition, we have come up with business strategies focusing on innovation and technology that are key to strengthening our competitiveness and retaining our position as the number 1 brand in the digital era. That’s why Leap Solutions Asia, which specializes in cloud computing technology with the capability to answer all of our demands, has been selected by us.”

SomwangTangsombatvisit, Chief Executive Officer

Yan Wal Yun Corporation Group Co., Ltd.

Why Leap cloud computing?

Yan Wal Yun has chosen the Leap Public Cloud service for its email system and office application programs such as Google Apps and Gmail. To safeguard its critical business data securely and confidentially, the company relies on SAP’s ERP system running on the Leap Private Cloud, which has been certified by SAP in the categories of SAP Hosting, SAP HANA Operation and SAP Cloud Services. With Leap’s extensive knowledge and experience in cloud services, it has provided Yan Wal Yun with a highly stable and secure ERP management system that is ready to use all the time. Leap’s service comes complete with a carefully-crafted risk management plan, both for normal and abnormal situations, including, for example, a Disaster Recovery Site system that will ensure the company’s data system will always run seamlessly and remain intact. The system also helps the company eliminate the need to invest in backup servers. In conclusion, outsourcing its IT operations to cloud service providers enables the company to significantly reduce the costs and hassles of IT management, while allowing its staff to stay focused only on the corporate core business. Interestingly, it may be better for the company in terms of data confidentiality to use cloud services from a service provider, given the fact that leakage of corporate confidential data often arises from the company’s own employees.

Why choose Leap Solutions Asia as a service provider?

Having had some direct experience in IT management with its own IT team and having outsourced IT management services from many service providers, Yan Wal Yun is well-positioned to weigh the pros and cons of both. A joint discussion between the company’s management team and employees led to the recruitment of Leap Solutions Asia as the company’s cloud service provider. Yan Wal Yun’s trust and confidence in Leap is based on Leap’s well-designed policy and operational standards, its cloud service of IT infrastructure hosted on T.C.C. Technology’s premium datacenter, the expertise, experience and dependability of its professionals, as well as highly-efficient and stable services. Prior to making the decision to choose Leap, Yan Wal Yun’s management team shortlisted SAP-certified service providers, which was regarded as the most important deciding factor. In addition to Leap’s potential to completely fulfill all the demands of Yan Wal Yun, Leap has strong advantages in the numbers of servers, extensive client portfolio, guaranteed system stability and uptime, and stringent security standards. Leap has achieved the ISO/IEC 20000-1:2011and ISO/IEC 27001:2013 international standards for Information Technology Service Management and the Information Security Management System of the cloud system. A Service Level Agreement (SLA) has been made between Leap and Yan Wal Yun, representing the service provider’s commitment to guarantee its customer quality services and responsibility for any damages incurred.

Selected Solutions

Leap Solutions Asia currently provides the following solutions to Yan Wal Yun:

SAP’s Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) service – Leap has been entrusted to manage the ERP system, covering hardware, software and SAP Basis Managed Services. This infrastructure runs on T.C.C. Technology’s premium datacenter. The service allows Yan Wal Yun to curtail investment, with the help of the cloud system specialists maintaining the system all the time.

Server Hosting Service – Leap provides a Virtual Private Server (VPS) hosting service for Yan Wal Yun’s corporate websites, such as www.deksomboon.com, www.i-chef.co.th and www.maxchup.com, in which the company can adjust or add as much content as it likes.

Backup Solution – This solution includes a Disaster Recovery Site and the signing of a Service Level Agreement (SLA) between Leap and Yan Wal Yun, which enable Yan Wal Yun to manage costs more efficiently.

Email system (Google Apps or Gmail) –The Leap team can provide useful technical advice on system administration.

Cloud Antivirus system – Leap’s Cloud Antivirus application not only helps detect virus-induced abnormalities but also boosts the efficiency of IT assessment.

Benefits and advantages of Leap services

Having used Leap’s cloud services for almost three years, Yan Wal Yun has managed to lower its IT management costs and reduced its burdens or difficulties of coping with problematic IT systems. This allows the company’s IT team to spend more time to concentrate on developing new projects that will support operations and systems, which will accordingly elevate the overall efficiency and effectiveness of the organization.

System development plans

Yan Wal Yun is likely to consider more applications, with the blend of applications running on Private Cloud and Public Cloud. One of its future prominent projects is E-Learning. To adopt additional applications, the company will take into account the extent the application will raise business competitiveness and how well the company will maximize investment returns. The company is firmly confident that Leap Solutions Asia will be able to offer new products and services that continue to optimize customer satisfaction as in the past.

Leap Solutions Asia (LSA) Co., Ltd. is a joint venture between T.C.C. Technology Co., Ltd. (TCCtech), Thailand’s leading service provider of datacenters and Internet Initiative Japan Inc. (IIJ), Japan’s major service provider of internet and cloud systems for corporate customers.

For additional details on the products and services of Leap Solutions Asia (LSA), please contact Main Line: 02-080.9800, sales@leapsolutions.co.th, www.leapsolutions.co.th

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Leap Solutions Asia joins CITT Pro Talk 2017

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Leap Solutions Asia joins CITT Pro Talk 2017

On 2 October 2017, Leap Solutions Asia Co., Ltd. (LSA) exhibited a booth at the CITT Pro Talk 2017 conference at the Renaissance Bangkok Ratchaprasong, Ballroom. The conference was entitled “Digital Transformation Revolution towards Thailand 4.0” and organized by the Council of IT Deans of Thailand. At the event, LSA displayed its Leap GIO Cloud and Leap GIO Public platforms, as well as delivered a lecture “Smart Digital Infrastructure toward Thailand 4.0” by Mr. Adisak Chabtalay, Operation Director of Leap Solutions Asia.

 


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