ISLAMABAD: PTCL Group (PTCL & Ufone 4G), Pakistan’s premier telecom and IT services provider, has announced that it is adopting Red Hat OpenShift, the industry’s leading hybrid cloud application platform powered by Kubernetes and Red Hat Application Foundations.
This is a comprehensive set of components for building and upgrading software in order to support the Group’s digitalization goals. When paired with Red Hat OpenShift, Red Hat Application Foundations delivers a platform that streamlines execution across the application lifecycle.
It can be utilized with on-premises or cloud-based apps. This reduces Capex and Opex spending, improves productivity with speedier rollouts and automated pipelines, and enables businesses to accelerate innovation to obtain a competitive advantage. Not only will the collaboration assist PTCL Group in transitioning its legacy applications to a more robust and scalable microservices-based architecture, but it will also provide innovative cloud services to its customers.
Red Hat OpenShift is a cloud-native, unified application platform that allows organizations to swiftly design, deploy, run, and manage applications across the hybrid cloud. The Red Hat deployment meets PTCL Group’s technological needs for transitioning to microservices-based applications. Its new OpenShift-based platform can extend horizontally in a cross-cloud architectural approach, spanning on-premises and external cloud providers such as AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and others. Group Chief Technology & Information Officer, PTCL & Ufone 4G, commented on the collaboration.
Jafar Khalid said that by embracing this innovative platform, Red Hat Application Foundations on Red Hat OpenShift, the Group is poised to transform its legacy architecture, enhance its future readiness, reduce operational costs, and provide cutting-edge services to its customers. The collaboration with Red Hat, a major provider of enterprise open-source solutions, positions PTCL Group at the forefront of the industry and allows for the implementation of industry best practices such as Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI / CD) and Open API Gateway. Aside from the PTCL Group, this effort adds to Pakistan’s digital transformation by encouraging increased automation and agility, eventually boosting progress, innovation, and growth.”
“Red Hat is pleased to support PTCL Group in its ambitions to deliver new services and better experiences ahead of the curve for its customers,” said Ayham Alzaaim, Regional Director Telco, Media & Entertainment, Middle East, Turkey, and Africa. PTCL Group gets better flexibility and consistency in building, growing, and strengthening the security of applications with extended interoperability across clouds by partnering with Red Hat.
Cloud-native development allows for greater flexibility and agility in the creation and operation of applications while adhering to the best methods for speeding integration and deployment. PTCL Group intends to strengthen its edge in defining the blueprint for future and existing applications by utilizing the Red Hat-powered platform. This transformation also demonstrates a deliberate shift toward greater agility, automation, and DevOps while embracing best industry practices.
