MyRepublic’s business was thriving, but its IT architecture restricted flexibility and innovation. The company had underused equipment, and a lack of standardization meant assets could not be pooled and scaled to handle traffic spikes. Also, MyRepublic’s legacy hardware was reaching the end of its warranty and support, and the company faced repeated, large investments. MyRepublic needed to consolidate and standardize its IT assets into a private cloud, Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) platform to improve agility and scalability.

MyRepublic reviewed several cloud platforms before choosing to deploy Red Hat OpenStack^® Platform, supported by Red Hat CloudForms management software and Red Hat Ceph Storage. “We had a choice between proprietary and open source private cloud solutions,” said Eugene Yeo, group CIO at MyRepublic. “Open source would help us avoid vendor lock-in. We chose Red Hat primarily because they are very close to upstream development, giving us access to new features quickly.” With help from Red Hat Consulting, MyRepublic successfully deployed its new IT platform across the region, including Singapore, Indonesia, and Australia.

MyRepublic’s cloud platform improved the ability to meet short-term demand changes with greater flexibility, scalability, and availability. It also speeds time to market with simpler, automated deployment, delivering new services quicker and generating more business. “We’re adding a thousand subscribers a week in our latest market entrant,” said Eugene. “The growth is phenomenal, and it wouldn’t have been possible without Red Hat.” In addition, the open source platform also reduced hardware costs by 30% and cut year-on-year TCO by double-digit percentages.