Upward
growth trajectory continues across Singapore and Asia Pacific with the
expansion of the integration Technology centre and plans to increase headcount
by end of 2018
SINGAPORE - Media OutReach - May 9, 2018 - World
Wide Technology, Inc. (WWT), an award-winning systems integrator and supply
chain solutions provider that brings an innovative and proven approach to how
organizations discover, evaluate, architect and implement technology, today
announced the opening of the new Singapore office and the expansion of the Singapore
Technology Centre (STC), to support the growing Asia Pacific market. The
Singapore office, located at Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 2, offers
virtual integration with the STC, enabling new innovation workstreams and
collaboration opportunities, while accelerating the development of new supply
chain solutions and capabilities for the region and beyond.
"We have
experienced strong business growth in the last three years since opening the
Asia Pacific headquarters in Singapore. The new space will allow us to
accommodate our growing team and to continue to recruit and retain top
engineering talent. This investment and our previous investments in the region,
including our Integration facility, allow us to help our customers implement
digital transformation initiatives. Singapore's strategic location, global
connectivity and robust logistics ecosystem provide opportunities for us to
develop new solutions and drive innovation for our customers," said Jim
Kavanaugh, chief executive officer and co-founder of WWT.
Growth momentum expansion of new Singapore
office
The new Singapore
office reflects WWT's innovative culture. The office features telepresence-enabled
conference rooms and stations where teams can collaborate on solutions with
colleagues in the office, as well as with customers, partners and team members
who are offsite. The team will also be able to host virtual tours of the STC, as
well as the company's St. Louis, MO (US)-based Advanced Technology Center
(ATC), an ecosystem customers, partners and employees use to design, build,
demonstrate and deploy innovative technology products and integrated
architectural solutions.
"We are excited to
move into our new office. Our strong customer relationships and strategic
partnerships with OEMs have contributed to this move. In the last three years,
Asia Pacific has grown to more than US$750 million in revenue, and we have more
than 50 customers in 13 countries across Asia Pacific, Japan and China. We
started in this region working with the world's largest cloud service
providers. We expanded our focus to the financial services industry, and we now
service the top five global banks in the region. Asian businesses are
accelerating their digital transformation initiatives and WWT intends to more
than double the headcount within the year in order to meet the region's digital
talent needs," said Nilesh Mistry, vice president and head of Asia Pacific,
WWT.
Expansion of Singapore Technology Centre The expansion of
the STC by 15,000 square feet to a total space of nearly fifty thousand square
feet will also be completed by this year. The facility provides customers with
a lab environment offering logistics and integration services such as shipping
and receiving, inventory and storage, cross dock and logistics services,
installation, asset tagging, kitting and repackaging. Other capabilities
include access point configuration and network project staging plus rack and
stack services, including integration, cabling, configuration and crating of
rack builds.
The STC is
integrated through a virtual ecosystem which can be assessed 24/7 by customers
who can be in constant collaboration with top engineers and architects at WWT
on areas such as collaboration, compute and cloud, mobility, networking,
security, software and storage and big data.
One of three
integration technology centers around the globe, the Singapore integration lab mirrors
the advanced capabilities and services of WWT's established United States and
Amsterdam-based Integration Technology Centers (ITC).
"WWT's expanded
presence here is a strong vote of confidence in Singapore's push towards supply
chain innovation and digital talent development, which is aligned with the key
focus pillars of the Logistics Industry Transformation Map. We look forward to
working with strategic partners like WWT to strengthen our logistics ecosystem
and advance Singapore's position as a globally leading logistics hub that will
lead to good jobs for Singaporeans," said Lee Eng Keat, Executive Director,
Logistics, Singapore Economic Development Board.
ABOUT WORLD WIDE
TECHNOLOGY
World Wide
Technology (WWT) is a technology solution provider with more than US$10 billion
in annual revenue that provides innovative technology and supply chain
solutions to large public and private organizations around the globe. While
most companies talk about delivering business and technology outcomes, WWT does
it. Based in St. Louis, WWT employs more than 4,600 people and operates over 2
million square feet of warehousing, distribution and integration space in more
than 20 facilities throughout the world.
Singapore Technology Centre (STC) The 48,493-square foot
facility includes an 8,500-square foot lab environment offering logistics and
integration services such as shipping and receiving, inventory and storage,
cross dock and logistics services, installation, asset tagging, kitting and
repackaging. The centre provides a factory-like environment to provide
solutions in areas of collaboration, compute and cloud, mobility, networking,
security, software and storage and big data.
The STC also provides
desktop and laptop imaging, IOS network device services, networking project
staging, pre-OS for servers and single device configuration services. Other
capabilities include access point configuration and network project staging as
well as rack and stack services, including integration, cabling, configuration
and crating of rack builds.
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