Macquarie Coprorate Jets in on Webjet deal

Webjet selects Macquarie Corporate as complex managed hosting partner
 

Sydney, Australia – 19 January 2004 - Macquarie Corporate Telecommunications has been chosen as the preferred supplier of complex managed hosting solutions to Australian online travel company, Webjet.

Under the deal, Macquarie will host Webjet's newly launched website – webjet.com.au – which aggregates local airline, car hire and hotel bookings, and enables consumers to manage and book their own travel itineraries online, in real time.

David Clark, Managing Director of Webjet said “Macquarie's strong pedigree in working with Windows 2003 applications provided us with access to a team of Microsoft certified specialists. They proved to become an integral part the Webjet team during the design phase and worked in partnership with us to develop the unique infrastructure we needed to host our site.”

Macquarie's complex managed hosting solution for Webjet includes fully managed servers, load balancing, SAN storage, clustered SQL and Microsoft Windows 2003, Symantec anti-virus, managed firewall and intrusion detection systems. The infrastructure is supported with 24x7 security monitoring and regular patch upgrades and is backed by Macquarie's Premier-Class service level guarantee.

The entire solution is underpinned by the security, high availability and redundancy of Macquarie's $35 million dedicated hosting environment, the Intellicentre.

Glen Noble, Managing Director Hosting Solutions, Macquarie Corporate Telecommunications said, “Webjet was an exciting project for Macquarie to work on, each complex managed hosting solution is unique and Webjet required us to take a very flexible approach to the way we deliver and manage our services.”

“We worked with Webjet to develop a hosting solution which would deliver the capacity and availability the company needed now, and that would scale easily to meet future growth. This required us to cluster both SQL and Windows to deliver a very highly redundant environment.”

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For more information:
Mandy Galmes
N2N Communications
02 9213 2302
agalmes@n2n.com.au

About Macquarie Telecom
Macquarie Telecom is a leading supplier of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) solutions – including voice, data, mobile and hosting – specialising in the business and government markets. The world class Intellicentre facility offers state-of-the-art hosting and security solutions. The Intellicentre is certified to BS 7799 and DSD Gateway security standards.

Macquarie Telecom provides services to more than 2,500 of the top companies in Australia and Asia, supporting more than one million business users at work every day. Founded in July 1992, it is one of Australasia's first deregulated telecommunications companies. It expanded its operation into Asia in 2000, and holds carrier licences in Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong.