HP helps Viacom18 manage its HD digital content

Viacom18, a joint venture between Viacom and the Network18 Group, comprises multiple entertainment brands spanning television, film and digital media, has chosen HP to provide its network architecture. Recently, with more than 700 employees, Viacom18 consolidated its three existing offices in Mumbai and moved its headquarters into a new, state-of-the-art, seven-story building.

This new, larger office required a high-speed, reliable network infrastructure to manage communication with other offices in Bengaluru and New Delhi, while enabling on-demand access to information and high-definition digital content for employees. To meet this need, Viacom18 selected HP FlexNetwork architecture to provide high performance and scalability across the network with high bandwidth capabilities and simplified management.

“Scalability is important to help support future business growth as we experience increasing amounts of high-definition digital content on the network,” said Yogesh Butala, manager for information systems, Viacom18.

“HP FlexNetwork architecture provides us with the high performance and simplified management necessary to support multimedia content across our network, while also supporting the possibility for future expansion,” he added.