Resorts World at Sentosa, Singapore, Deploys Cisco Networking Platform

Resorts World at Sentosa (RWS), Singapore, has announced the deployment of a comprehensive network which is built primarily with equipment from Cisco to serve as a platform for the resort’s integrated operations.


The resort spans 49 hectares of land and comprises of six hotels, a casino, Universal Studios Singapore and three other large theme parks, the world’s largest ocenarium, a corporate office and a data center. This makes it necessary for a sophisticated technology and communications setup which will employ the network for supporting high levels of availability, security and reliability.

The Cisco (News - Alert) architecture includes virtualization and energy-conscious capabilities which are incorporated in Cisco data center, routing, switching and network security solutions. RWS will employ the Cisco unified computing solution for providing communication and collaboration capabilities in the data centers.

This uses virtualization by integrating storage, computational and network resources, operating systems, and applications, in a unified, shared resource pool linked along with an intelligent unified fabric. Users throughout the organization will be able to work according to changing business environments.

“We are essentially building an IT infrastructure for a small city so we needed a robust and mission-critical network platform. We have more than 40,000 network points which means we need a network that can handle that level of magnitude as well as be flexible enough for us to scale up when necessary,” said Yap Chee Yuen, senior vice president of information technology at Resorts World Sentosa, in a release.

“Cisco has the track record and the breadth and depth of networking solutions that suited our needs. We also really liked the environment-friendly nature of the solution that will help lower our carbon footprint as well as lower our energy costs,” added Chee Yuen.

Cisco EnergyWise is a feature included in Cisco Catalyst switches and it provides real-time granular measurement capabilities. Officers will be able to implement energy saving features in the network in the campus, branch office and data center.

“This is a landmark deployment in Singapore because of the scale and complexity of RWS’ requirements. Cisco’s ability to use the intelligence of the network to solve a lot of that complexity is a very powerful proposition for RWS,” said Chris Khang, vice president, Asia Pacific, Cisco.

He also said that the network will help solve many of the challenges faced by RWS besides give RWS the confidence to deploy innovative applications and services.