Navigating stringent data privacy laws in a high-growth market<\/strong><\/p>\n Cloud and mobile technologies are rapidly transforming businesses throughout Indonesia. And the number of internet users in the country is skyrocketing, evidenced by projected growth of 64% from 2015 to 2020.1 As more of Indonesia\u2019s nearly 270 million citizens purchase smartphones and go online, businesses are embracing the cloud and transforming into digital enterprises. Effectively tapping into this market requires scalable cloud technology that allows businesses to reach customers through the web and mobile platforms.<\/p>\n However, Indonesian businesses must adhere to strict data privacy and data sovereignty laws, including the requirement to store their data locally. This makes using public cloud services difficult, as most public clouds store customer data outside of Indonesia.<\/p>\n Helping Indonesian businesses navigate this challenge is Datacomm Diangraha, PT<\/strong><\/a>, one of the country\u2019s leading internet communications and cloud service providers.<\/p>\n From systems integrator to trusted cloud partner<\/strong><\/p>\n Founded in 1990, Datacomm is an established player in Indonesia\u2019s burgeoning technology ecosystem. The company Just three years old and tripling in growth each year, Datacomm\u2019s cloud business is focused on helping Indonesia\u2019s small and medium enterprises adapt to the digital economy through the adoption of cloud technologies.<\/p>\n \u201cWe view investment in cloud technology as a critical strategy for Indonesian businesses looking to capitalize on the digital economy,\u201d said Sutedjo Tjahjadi, managing director of cloud business at Datacomm. \u201cWe\u2019re committed to helping customers transform and grow their businesses with the latest hybrid cloud computing technologies.\u201d<\/p>\n Public cloud presents opportunities\u2014and challenges<\/strong><\/p>\n Datacomm\u2019s customers liked Microsoft Azure public cloud\u2019s self-service features and its ability to quickly provision and scale high-performance web services, which would help them quickly build out web and mobile platforms to access Indonesia\u2019s growing digital and mobile market. But the public cloud services available required Indonesian businesses to store data outside the country, which violated data protection regulations for data-sensitive industries such as financial services.<\/p>\n As Indonesian consumers adopted smartphones and cloud and mobile computing proliferated, Datacomm saw a big Datacomm supports customers\u2019 spectrum of digital lifecycle needs<\/strong><\/p>\n HPE ProLiant for Microsoft Azure Stack offers best of both worlds<\/strong><\/p>\n Datacomm found the hybrid cloud solution they were looking for in HPE ProLiant for Microsoft Azure Stack.<\/strong><\/a> Co-engineered by HPE and Microsoft, this fully integrated hybrid cloud solution allows businesses to maintain data sovereignty, run high performance analytics, Big Data, and low\u2011latency applications, and deploy applications to either Azure public or private cloud.<\/p>\n With HPE ProLiant for Microsoft Azure Stack,<\/strong><\/a> Datacomm can offer customers Azure-consistent services from local data centers, but with the benefits of a public cloud environment. That means they can retain the security and control of their data while getting the speed, performance, scalability, and agility of the public cloud.<\/p>\n Datacomm customers that want to make critical applications accessible and available to their own customers via the internet, such as those in financial services or insurance, enjoy the application monitoring features, stability, and reliability of HPE ProLiant for Microsoft Azure Stack. They like the expanded possibilities, too.<\/p>\n \u201cOne of our customers, an independent software vendor, is a global player in financial services,\u201d says Tjahjadi. This ISV built a special type of processing software used in banking applications. \u201cFinTech companies across Indonesia wanted to use these services, but they couldn\u2019t because it\u2019s against regulations. By moving the applications to Datacomm\u2019s hybrid cloud environment, where data is kept local, the ISV can immediately serve customers and tap into markets they couldn\u2019t before.\u201d<\/p>\n Hybrid cloud opens door to new market, customers<\/strong><\/p>\n As one of the first HPE ProLiant for Microsoft Azure Stack customers in Indonesia, Datacomm has benefitted most \u201cHPE ProLiant for Microsoft Azure Stack is very stable and reliable,\u201d says Tjahjadi. \u201cWe were able to ramp up quickly without any issues whatsoever. Our strong technical team, combined with the stability of the solution, enables us to focus on the market, rather than focusing internally. And because it is pre-integrated, we don\u2019t have to worry about any technical configuration issues.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nbegan as a systems integrator focused on Indonesian telecommunications companies and government agencies. But Datacomm has grown and diversified its services significantly. The company now offers a range of cloud and digital transformation services and continues to serve as a partner to many Indonesian government agencies, the military, and private sector enterprises. Today, Datacomm operates three business divisions: telecommunications, government, and its newest division, cloud.<\/p>\n
\nopportunity to help traditional businesses transform into digital enterprises. But Datacomm also realized that a purely public cloud solution wouldn\u2019t meet many of its customers\u2019 needs.<\/p>\n\n
\nfrom the platform\u2019s ability to help the company access new markets. The hybrid cloud solution has also provided Datacomm with the flexibility and reliability it needs when working with enterprises with different workload requirements.<\/p>\n