StanChart subscribes to Robi’s cloud service

Standard Chartered Bank has subscribed to Robi’s state-of-the-art colocation data centre service by signing a contract with the digital telco’s wholly owned subsidiary, RedDot Digital Limited.

Colocation data centre service is part of Robi’s growing cloud service business. In the presence of Axiata Enterprise Chief Executive Officer, Dr Gopi Kurup, Standard Chartered Bank’s CEO, Naser Ezaz and RedDot’s Managing Director and CEO, Hasib Mustabsir, recently signed an agreement in this regard at the Bank’s Corporate Head office in Gulshan, Dhaka.

Standard Chartered Bank’s Chief Operating Officer, Khaled Aziz, Chief Information Officer, Syed Pear Mahmood, Chief Financial Officer, Md Abdul Kader Joaddar, and Head of Property, Mesbah Uddin Ahamed were present on the occasion. Robi’s Chief Enterprise Business Officer, Md. Adil Hossain Noble, Vice President, Corporate Business, and Fahmidul Hasan, were also present.

Under this contract, RedDot Digital will provide managed data centre colocation facility for SCB’s disaster recovery site. Robi colocation services managed by RedDot will provide Tier-3 equivalent data centre facilities to Standard Chartered Bank for their critical IT infrastructures.

Robi’s data centre colocation facility was thoroughly assessed as per Standard Chartered Bank’s global IT policy and guidelines. Having met all applicable standards, Robi data centre is qualified to offer the service to Standard Chartered Bank. Bangladesh Bank also reviewed the facility and shared its final consent to deploy a disaster recovery site.

The data centre facility comes with secured floor space, power backup provisions, cooling, ambience control, physical & logical security, fire protection, round-the-clock monitoring, and the highest level of security that are critical for a stable IT environment which is essential for Standard Chartered Bank’s business continuity amidst disaster situations.

As the only telecom operator providing cloud service, Robi is setting up a state-of-the-art Tier 4 data centre in the Sheikh Hasina Software Technology Park in Jashore. Robi’s existing Tier 3 data centre is located in Narayanganj. Against this backdrop, Standard Chartered Bank’s subscription to Robi’s co-location-based data centre service will help grow the telco’s digital service business.