Acclivis Technologies and Solutions, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong-listed CITIC Telecom International Holdings, and IBM has announced a collaboration to deploy IBM Cloud Satellite across Asia. Both companies will leverage hybrid cloud capabilities to help enterprises – including those in highly regulated industries – accelerate digital innovation while assisting the client with maintaining data sovereignty and achieving regulatory compliance. Due to covid, the need to process sensitive data at its source without data crossing borders while delivering consistent global processes is more critical than ever. 

Acclivis will be able to use IBM Cloud satellite to extend services such as IBM Watson to its client’s data centres, bringing analytics closer to where the data resides. For example, retailers could use IBM Watson services via IBM Cloud Satellite at the edge in stores to analyse data gathered on the shop floor for stock inventory and achieving ‘just in time’ logistics to fulfil customer demands. The collaboration will see IBM leveraging the regional data centre coverage of Acclivis in Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand to host and manage data.