BSP, MOF Ink Contract On SAP Disaster System
By CT Hj Mahmod

Bandar Seri Begawan - Brunei Shell Petroleum and Information Technology and States Store Department (ITSS), Ministry of Finance (MOF) reached an agreement in the IT development cooperation field to house BSP, BLNG and BST SAP Disaster Recovery Hot Standby System at MOF's premises.

The SAP Disaster Recovery Hot Standby System is part of the companies' continuity plan to protect SAP, a crucial system that monitors all business transactions and operations, from any disasters.

The signing ceremony, which was held yesterday at MOF's premises, endorsed BSP, BLNG and BST to rent floor space in MOF's Data Centre to host its SAP Hot Standby Systems including a work area for 50 key BSP, BLNG and BST staff to operate in the unlikely event of an emergency.

Signing the contract on behalf of MOF was Awg Hj Ali bin Apong, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Finance, while signing on behalf of BSP and BLNG was Mr Vincent Liew, BSP's Information Manager.

The signing ceremony was witnessed by Awg Hj Mahmud bin Hj Mohammad Daud, Director of ITSS, and a representative from BSP.

The Hot Standby System database is synchronised every half-hourly with the live system situated at BSP's computer room in Seria over a high-speed connection, where the system will ensure a minimum downtime for business operation.

SAP or System Application Product in data processing is an integrated proven system with a good and controlled system that keeps track of all sorts of business transactions and involves about 1,600 users from BSP, BLNG and BST who are trained for this system.

According to Malai Anwar Hussain, Head of IWM Work Management System, who gave an overview of the system, by integrating the system, process and data EP blueprint, streamlines the way business is conducted with consistency, effectiveness, efficiency and transparency.

A successful test trial was conducted on the SAP Disaster Recovery Hot Standby System last September, said Head of SAP Infrastructure, Hj Halid Hj Mohadi, during a briefing on the underlying infrastructure of SAP. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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