Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and Chunghwa Telecom’s Enterprise Business Group have recently revealed their plans to establish an international disaster recovery (DR) center in Taiwan. The alliance aims to reinforce cyber resilience and data protection for local companies.
A Cyber Resilience Vault for Taiwan
The upcoming DR center will leverage HPE’s Cyber Resilience Vault, incorporating sophisticated ransomware protection and a blend of cyber and disaster recovery technologies. The proposed solution aims to support Taiwanese businesses in setting up a global off-site backup system with second-level Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) and minute-level Recovery Time Objectives (RTO). Furthermore, it promises Continuous Data Protection (CDP) for faster recovery and enhanced defense against ransomware attacks.
This move comes amidst growing apprehensions about ransomware and data disruption. Recent studies show that organizations globally face an average of 4.2 data disruption incidents annually, including at least one ransomware attack. Surprisingly, despite having backups, 48% of organizations opt to pay ransoms to expedite recovery or limit data loss. Yet, only 20% manage to fully recover their data.
Addressing Ransomware Attacks and Data Loss
Jon Wang, HPE’s Managing Director of Taiwan and Hong Kong, commented on the initiative. He highlighted that the HPE Cyber Resilience Vault, integrated with Chunghwa Telecom’s Internet Data Center services, would enable businesses to recover swiftly, decrease downtime, and restore lost data within seconds, thus ensuring full protection and backup of confidential information.
Pen-Yuang Chang, General Manager of Chunghwa Telecom Enterprise Business Group, emphasized the importance of preventing significant business damage from ransomware attacks. He stated that their collaboration with HPE will allow local businesses to implement extensive disaster recovery mechanisms, thereby boosting their cyber resilience and international competitiveness.
Through this partnership, Chunghwa Telecom plans to offer this new disaster recovery capability via its Internet Data Center (IDC) Value-Added Services – Equipment Subscription Service. Customers will have the opportunity to deploy protected virtual machines with enterprise-grade reliability, back up mission-critical workloads to Chunghwa Telecom’s robust IDC facilities, and conduct regular disaster recovery drills to validate readiness. The operator also intends to introduce a Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) model, priced according to the number of protected virtual machines, offering customers greater flexibility and scalability.
A Proven Disaster Recovery Solution
A prominent Taiwanese petrochemical manufacturer has already adopted this collaborative solution to secure sensitive operational data. By duplicating critical plant information to Chunghwa Telecom’s data center and utilizing HPE’s continuous data protection, the company has reduced cybersecurity risk, decreased maintenance overhead, and improved confidence in meeting recovery objectives.
On a technical note, HPE Cyber Resilience Vault integrates various HPE technologies including HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000, HPE ProLiant Compute servers, HPE Zerto disaster recovery software, and HPE Networking wired and wireless solutions. The platform creates an air-gapped, isolated data vault with immutable, FIPS-compliant storage. Its journal-based CDP tracks recovery checkpoints every five to ten seconds, enabling near-synchronous replication, second-level RPO, and minute-level RTO.
The solution, deployed within Chunghwa Telecom’s IDC satellite data centers, is expected to significantly decrease recovery times and reduce data loss from hours to seconds. It will also speed up service restoration from days to minutes, whilst providing Taiwanese enterprises with a more robust foundation for cyber resilience amid an escalating threat landscape.
Questions & Answers
What is the primary goal of the HPE and Chunghwa Telecom partnership?
The collaboration aims to establish an international disaster recovery center in Taiwan to strengthen cyber resilience and data protection for local enterprises.
How does the HPE Cyber Resilience Vault benefit businesses?
The HPE Cyber Resilience Vault enables businesses to swiftly recover from data loss, minimize downtime, and restore lost data within seconds, ensuring comprehensive protection and backup of confidential information.
What specific services will Chunghwa Telecom offer through this collaboration?
Chunghwa Telecom will offer the new disaster recovery capability via its Internet Data Center (IDC) Value-Added Services – Equipment Subscription Service. This will allow customers to deploy virtual machines with enterprise-grade reliability, back up mission-critical workloads, and conduct regular disaster recovery drills. They also plan to introduce a Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) model.
