Dataguise Survey Highlights IT Security Issues

Dataguise has announced the findings of a new survey titled “Strategies for Securing Sensitive Data.” In the survey, 100 senior IT decision makers, including CxOs, VPs, directors, and managers were questioned on the topic of sensitive data security, including technologies in use, impacts to businesses when failures occur, and accountability after such events. The survey participants represented firms from a wide variety of industries that were chosen for the intensity at which they consume data. Conducted between March and April of 2016, the survey uncovers several truths about sensitive data management, risks, and increasing budgets for improving IT security infrastructure.

In March of 2016, Dataguise commissioned Gatepoint Research to conduct an invitation-only survey of enterprise IT executives regarding strategies for securing sensitive data. Candidates were chosen from a wide range of industries, including financial services, health care, manufacturing, business services, consumer services, retail, media, and education. 54% of those that completed the survey work for Fortune 1000 organizations with revenues over $1.5 billion. 20% work for medium to large firms whose revenue is between $250 million and $1.5 billion. 26% are employed by small enterprises with less than $250 million in revenue.

Observations and conclusions of the 13 question survey included the following:

• Companies are transitioning toward big data frameworks, including cloud-based environments such as Microsoft Azure HDInsight. 28% of respondents report more than a year of experience with these big data repositories and another 38% in various stages of adoption.
• Data security challenges often have a negative impact on organizations with 73% reporting that data security concerns terminate or delay data-driven business initiatives.
• Companies use multiple security solutions to protect sensitive data, with 82% using network monitoring, 80% leveraging data encryption, 79% implementing access controls, 69% installing perimeter controls, 63% using volume and file encryption, and 43% implementing data masking.

Even with multiple layers of security in place, less than half of all respondents did not believe that their data was secure with only 47% of respondents confident that their sensitive data throughout their organization was safe. Furthermore, it was revealed that sensitive data within organizations can be widely accessed by a large number of individuals. In addition to 80% of respondents indicating that their IT teams had access to sensitive data, 40% said test and development teams also had access and 29% indicated that end-users throughout the enterprise maintained the ability to view this information. Finally, while 62% of those surveyed said their firms passed security audits, 11% failed and 20% were unclear if they passed their audit or not.

Identifying where the buck stops when unauthorized access to sensitive data occurs, the survey also asked who would be held accountable if the organization encountered a breach. 88% of respondents said that their IT security team (including the CISO/CIO) would face scrutiny. 47% said their CEO or board of directors would be placed with the responsibility. 38% of organizations would point to the chief data officer (CDO) for the breach and 24% would fault the user or users who created the data. The takeaway here is that IT security teams are at the greatest risk should a situation occur and must strengthen their data infrastructure to ensure the danger of unauthorized access remains low.

“As we have experienced, many companies are throwing everything they have at IT security challenges. The problem is that even multiple point solutions still leave gaps that put these organizations at risk,” said JT Sison, vice president of marketing and business development for Dataguise. “Addressing this at the data layer plugs the remaining gaps, regardless of its migration across systems and networks. Additionally, platform agnostic monitoring of this sensitive data provides precise intelligence to administrators, providing a much higher level of protection for greater levels of confidence.”

A complete copy of survey results are available for free download at the website.

Source: CloudStrategyMag

F5 Networks Joins Equinix Cloud Exchange

Equinix, Inc. has announced that F5 Networks has joined the Equinix Cloud Exchange™ to provide direct, scalable, and reliable access to its F5 Silverline® cloud-based DDoS protection solution inside Equinix International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data centers across the Americas, Europe, and Asia. By joining the Cloud Exchange, F5 enables enterprise customers in each of these markets to seamlessly access “scrubbed” data in a low-latency, secure and scalable environment.

DDoS attacks are increasing in scale and complexity, and are not expected to slow down any time soon. To prevent these attacks from reaching the enterprise network, organizations need a hybrid solution for cloud-based mitigation in addition to on-premises protection. In fact, in a recent report by F5, The State of Application Delivery, 81% of respondents cited plans to move toward hybrid cloud environments to leverage the flexibility and potential cost savings it offers. By working with Equinix, F5 ensures that its customers have the ability to create that hybrid defense solution in a secure and high-performance environment while also providing the ability to create a multi-cloud deployment model.

F5 Silverline DDoS Protection is a managed service delivered via the F5 Silverline cloud-based platform. It detects and mitigates DDoS attacks in real time, with industry-leading attack mitigation methods and bandwidth to stop even the largest of volumetric DDoS attacks from ever reaching the enterprise network. Current customers using Equinix Cloud Exchange for multi-cloud deployments can now subscribe to the F5 DDoS mitigation service.

“We are thrilled to be working with Equinix to help safeguard enterprises against the rising tide of DDoS attacks. To best protect enterprise applications and data, today’s CISOs need both an on-premises solution that satisfies the network operations team, while also incorporating a cloud-based component to defend against massive DDoS incidents. A hybrid solution, with Equinix Cloud Exchange at the access point and F5 Silverline DDoS Protection, is the ideal solution,” said Ian Jones, senior vice president of Silverline Cloud Services, F5.

Equinix Cloud Exchange provides an option above other post-mitigation traffic delivery methods such as GRE tunnels, L2VPN, or cross connects, allowing for scalable, reliable, high performance private traffic delivery from F5 Silverline to the customer during mitigation.

The F5 Silverline DDoS Protection solution is available on Cloud Exchange in Frankfurt, Singapore, Silicon Valley and Washington, DC. Availability on Cloud Exchange provides F5 customers improved performance and scale compared to other post-mitigation delivery methods, including public Internet and L2VPN. Additionally, the Cloud Exchange provisioning portal offers simple and streamlined configuration of the F5 Silverline DDoS Protection clean traffic delivery path.

Equinix Cloud Exchange customers will have access to F5 Silverline DDoS Protection managed service to defend assets from all DDoS attack threat vectors, obtain Security Operations Center (SOC) expert advice 24x7x365, and gain attack mitigation insights with the F5 Customer Portal before, during, and after an attack.

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Webair Completes Physical And Virtual Meet-Me Rooms In Its NY1 Data Center

Webair has announced that it has completed the build of its new Meet-Me Room (MMR) and corresponding network fabric platform in its NY1 data center. The MMR enables Webair to enhance its direct, secure and fast connectivity to premier carrier hotels, leading cloud providers, and global Internet exchanges, in addition to an expansive suite of fully managed infrastructure solutions deployed on-premises. Another driving force for the build-out was the unprecedented growth of premier carriers building into the facility. 

Webair’s advanced interconnection fabric enables NY1 customers to directly connect their hosted infrastructure to leading public clouds, global Internet exchanges, and interconnection fabrics such as Console and Megaport, providing them with endless connectivity options. NY1’s MMR and network fabric also extends into the New York metro area’s largest Points of Presence (PoPs), including 60 Hudson Street, 325 Hudson Street, 111 8th Ave., and 32 Avenue of the Americas, allowing customers to directly connect to any third-party network at those locations.

The launch of Webair’s new MMR and corresponding network fabric platform stems from the Company’s beliefs that the future of its customers’ businesses is reliant on fast, secure, automated and low-latency connectivity to their partners and customers. Through these physical and virtual cross-connects available in Webair’s NY1, customers can also access an expansive suite of fully managed infrastructure solutions that are installed and managed on-site, and can be leveraged at a moment’s notice. These include enterprise public and private clouds, Storage-as-a-Service (SaaS), Disaster Recovery-as-a-Service (DRaaS), Backup-as-a-Service (BaaS), managed firewalls, Load Balancing-as-a-Service, and Enhanced IP Transit with built-in DDoS monitoring and mitigation. By providing these managed services within NY1’s “four walls,” customers can choose to outsource or virtualize at their own pace, leverage the solutions for scaling capabilities, and utilize services cohesively with their existing infrastructure via direct, secure and low latency connectivity to their internal on-premise networks — allowing them to future-proof their businesses.

NY1 is the first and only U.S. data center East of Manhattan to meet the stringent requirements of OPEN-IX® OIX-2 certification, and is the only OIX-certified U.S. data center in the region offering access to transatlantic cable and Manhattan Bypass fiber via direct and redundant connectivity to 1025Connect, located within several miles of NY1. A Tier III-rated data center, NY1 also holds SAS SSAE 16 and HIPAA certifications, each critical for healthcare and financial services organizations to achieve strenuous compliance requirements. Furthermore, Webair offers no monthly charge for cross-connects. 

“In a global digital economy, connectivity is the core of any business, large or small,” states Sagi Brody, chief technology officer of Webair. “NY1’s next-generation physical Meet-Me Room and network fabric are purpose-built to evolve with the ever-changing market; today, that means having the ability to fully adopt automated SDN capabilities. This empowers our customers with the flexibility to efficiently move data over paths that make the most sense for their businesses, regardless if it is a physical cross-connect at a popular PoP, a virtual cross-connect over an interconnection fabric, or direct MPLS tie-in back to their on-premises network.”

“Unlike other colocation facilities looking to offer managed services to remain competitive, Webair has been in the managed services business for over 15 years — it’s in our DNA. Our NY1 customers can seamlessly access fully managed services such as SAN and NAS storage and DRaaS via direct physical and low-latency cross-connects. Customers can rest assured that if and when they need access to those platforms, they’re readily available and delivered quickly within the same physical facility,” Brody adds.

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Leading U.S. Health Care Cloud Provider Releases Exclusive Health Care IT Study

Peak 10 has released its 2nd National IT Trends in Health Care study that revealed health care CIOs are under pressure to keep up with rapid advancements in interoperability, big data, and security challenges. Peak 10, which published its inaugural National IT Trends in Health care study last year, surveyed another 157 C-level executives and information technology professionals across the U.S. again this year. The study delivers unique insights based on data that illustrate industry challenges and provides a window into the future of the health care industry. Among these, the study shows that hospital groups are moving to outsource IT functions; adopt SaaS and cloud-based solutions; implement telemedicine portals; and rely on analytics and big data to accommodate the rapidly growing analyst-based workforce.

“Technology is changing at a rapid rate and while it is making patient’s lives easier, it is also increasing the amount of information that is at risk of falling into the wrong hands,” says David Kidd, VP of governance, risk and compliance at Peak 10. “Although health care organizations have been cautious about moving to the cloud, they are now recognizing the benefits and security in the cloud. This allows for more time to be spent on patients and the organization’s core mission.”

Additional findings from the study include:

• Now more than ever hospitals are seeing the benefits and efficiencies of moving towards outsourcing and trusting the cloud, cited by up to 50% increase in cloud services (IaaS)
• Data privacy and security are still primary concerns due to recent ransomware attacks on hospitals according to 59% of respondents
• IT budgets are expected to increase in the next 12 months according to 67% of health care IT leaders
• Some of the top initiatives that CIOs and IT leaders at health care organizations are concerned with, include hardware and software upgrades, EHR systems, analytics and big data initiatives, patient portals and leveraging IT to manage their population health initiatives
• The main challenges they face are system interoperability issues, meeting security and compliance, and balancing their human capital resources to meet regulatory and business requirements

As the role of information technology in health care rapidly evolves, sound technology infrastructures allow organizations to become more efficient but also recognize the barriers they face in protecting patient data and meeting government regulations. In addition to other health care IT content and resources from Peak 10, the complete, complimentary research findings from The Peak 10 2nd National IT Trends in Health care study can be downloaded exclusively here.

“It’s important to Peak 10 to stay ahead of the trends in the Health care IT industry and be able to support where needed,” says Christina Kyriazi, product marketing and analytics manager at Peak 10. “By researching and completing studies, such as the National IT Trends in Health care study, we are gaining insights to provide the best service for our customers and their staff.”

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TIBCO Launches Cloud Services Solution

TIBCO Software Inc. has announced the launch of TIBCO® Cloud Services, a comprehensive toolset for enterprises leveraging the cloud in pursuit of digital transformation. With the massive growth in big data, cloud, the Internet of Things, and mobile technologies, enterprises today must be equipped to quickly discover and leverage emerging business opportunities in a hyper-connected world. TIBCO provides the connective tissue for this type of digital business transformation through cloud services that enable DevOps-ready, container-based architectures and scalable, persuasive integration. TIBCO Cloud Services are customizable by design, allowing organizations to create bespoke usage solutions depending on the workflow and needs of a particular operations model or division. Developers can create, publish, and consume APIs and use packaged connectors or create their own integrations. Line-of-business users can connect SaaS applications to run only the business processes necessary for the operation of their domain. Industrious digital citizens are enabled to connect existing SaaS services and new sources of data together to streamline their work. To facilitate these capabilities, the core of TIBCO Cloud Services proffers three key solutions: TIBCO® Cloud Integration, TIBCO BusinessWorks™ Container Edition, and TIBCO Simplr™.

“The cloud is now the key resource for providing enterprises with the ability to extend access to and understand data, and to draw meaningful insights from that information to grow their businesses,” said Matt Quinn, executive vice president of products & technology and chief technology officer, TIBCO. “TIBCO Cloud Services make up a comprehensive platform to enable organizations to achieve their digital transformation, letting users connect everything and augment their intelligence with data.”

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The Sixth Flag Named A 2016 Gartner Cool Vendor In Endpoint Computing

The Sixth Flag, Inc. has announced that the company has been included in the “Cool Vendors in Endpoint Computing, 2016” report by Gartner for its Desktop-as-a-Service solution. This report examines innovators in endpoint computing. Companies recognized in the report were selected because their technologies or solutions are innovative, impactful and intriguing.

Each year, Gartner identifies new “Cool Vendors” in key technology areas. Cool Vendors are reviewed in a series of research reports evaluating their products and services. The Sixth Flag was specifically recognized for its Desktop-as-a-Service as a true cloud- based solution. The Gartner report states “products that require no special software on the endpoint and are OS-neutral are especially better in that they can enable CYOD and BYOD — and effectively allow users to pick the device of their choice.” By using standard web browsers, The Sixth Flag (TSF) actively supports growing organizational mandates for BYOD. Furthermore, TSF’s patent-pending watermarking technology known as dewdrop.tsf offers strong protection for organizations concerned about the loss of intellectual property.

“We are honored to be selected by Gartner as a 2016 Cool Vendor for Endpoint Computing. We believe it validates our vision of delivering a true cloud orchestrated and delivered Desktop-as-a-Service,” said Pete Kofod, founder and CEO of The Sixth Flag. “We will continue to raise the bar by adding groundbreaking capabilities to our offering, extending a solution that is simple, secure, easy to manage and that won’t break the bank.”

The ability to securely deliver Windows™-based applications to a distributed and dynamic work force continues to challenge technology leaders. According to Gartner, technology leaders should “plan to provide Win32 applications virtually or remotely in a container to users, or as part of DaaS to enable more agile management and diversity for user endpoint devices.” Pete Kofod agrees with this assertion and states, “the ability to confidently and securely deliver legacy applications to remote users is a recurring problem facing our customers.”

Gartner points out, “Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) is maturing; I&O leaders can now run DaaS in HTML5 browsers without additional software and there are now options to purchase short-term DaaS services leveraging pay per use and accelerated speed of deployment for temporary or seasonal needs.” From its inception, The Sixth Flag has recognized this need. Darren Witmer, Vice President of Business Strategy, concurs. “We are seeing requests for short term and dynamic pricing in DaaS solicitations, particularly from mid-market and enterprise customers. We believe that The Sixth Flag is uniquely well suited to meet such demands.”

Since its debut, The Sixth Flag has been transforming DaaS with its award-winning solution. Easy to integrate and deploy, the company’s clients have reported great results in delivering legacy applications to remote users where uncompromised performance, global availability and ground-breaking security is paramount.

Reference: Gartner Cool Vendor Endpoint Computing, May 11, 2016

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Ease Technologies Releases Cloud Workspace® Suite Software

IndependenceIT, a workspace automation software platform provider that allows IT departments, service providers and ISVs to easily deliver workspaces, applications and data from any cloud infrastructure, has announced a partnership success with Ease Technologies, Inc., a managed service provider. Since implementing IndependenceIT’s software platform in 2014 and introducing its Ease Cloud Workspace® service, the company has built a robust Workspace-as-a-Service solution that leverages the software for access to applications, desktops, data, and complete cloud workspaces.

Headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, Ease Technologies serves leading corporations, educational institutions, law firms, accounting practices, membership-based organizations, healthcare organizations, and many small businesses. In addition to cloud workspace services, the company’s experience includes developing solutions in application and content management, Web strategy and design, data management, managed services, network services, and staffing.  Clients include firms such as Apple Computer, Comcast, C-SPAN, Fairfax County Government, Merck, Georgetown University as well as other well-known organizations. Ease Technologies has received many awards of distinction over the last two decades and aligns with some of the fastest growing tech firms in the country.

Prior to entering the Workspace-as-a-Service (WaaS) market, Ease Technologies had reviewed the merits of several WaaS software platforms, finally choosing IndependenceIT because of the high degree of automation built into Cloud Workspace Suite software. The easy to deploy and manage software has been deployed across several of its data center locations, hosted by U.S. Signal, an industry-leading network and cloud-hosting provider. Since receiving expert led training by IndependenceIT, Ease Technologies easily manages their entire workspace-as-a-service environment from a central control plane which has resulted in significant management time savings. Using Cloud Workspace Suite, the company serves a growing number of end-customers, especially in the education, legal, and accounting verticals who enjoy the additional productivity and efficiency the technology provides.

Cloud Workspace Suite is the only Workspace-as-a-Service (WaaS) software to offer true workspace automation to greatly reduce deployment time and management complexity, regardless of the WaaS platform preferred by the IT service provider. The software can be used as a standalone solution, or to provide a layer of automation and control that simplifies third-party WaaS software. The technology is used by IT service providers such as Ease Technologies, who deliver workspace services to their end-customers. The solution delivers an exceptional return on investment with savings through automation greatly reducing IT overhead.

“Because outsourcing of the IT workspace allows users to focus on what they do best, it is viewed as an imperative for those challenged with performing a technology refresh of on-premises computing infrastructure,” said Jason Shirdon, VP, Operations, Ease Technologies. “Technology solutions that enable greater agility and access are critical for businesses in distributed environments or where IT mobility is a must. As the software engine behind our services, Cloud Workspace Suite has made the entire process of workspace deployment and management easy, allowing us to focus on the customer experience. As a result, Ease Cloud Workspace is by far our most popular service option.”

“Cloud Workspace Suite is a powerful WaaS automation platform for partners such as Ease Technologies as it provides a high level of systems management automation and policy based management which greatly simplifies solution delivery,” said Seth Bostock, CEO, IndependenceIT. “The ability to provision application, workspace, and SaaS delivery from a centralized control plane eliminates hundreds of hours of management time per year, substantially reducing complexity and the total cost of ownership. IT service providers taking advantage of this are able to consolidate operations for easy procurement, management, and integration to optimize the administrator experience.”

Source: CloudStrategyMag

Console Releases New Enterprise Cloud Access Platform

Console has announced that general availability of its new platform will commence in June 2016, with select customers active on the platform today.

With Console, companies can bypass the public Internet and directly connect to business-critical cloud services, such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform. In addition, the Console platform enables direct connections with a variety of other cloud service providers, enterprises and networks. Services accessible via the Console platform offer highly reliable, private and flexible direct connections that avoid the associated risks of sending data over the public Internet. The Console platform extracts all of the Layer 2 and Layer 3 configuration complexity for the enterprise to connect its network privately and directly to others.

Building on its continued rapid growth in the the U.S., Canada, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, the innovative Console platform is available across the company’s global footprint which consists of more than 160 global Points of Presence (PoPs). Console is showcasing its new platform at ITW2016 in Chicago until May 11.

“Finding a better way to interconnect workloads, applications and data is essential in the digital era,” said Al Burgio, Founder and CEO of Console. “Console’s unique technology, along with our global network, enables enterprises to avoid any uncertainty over public Internet connectivity, reassuring them of their investment in the cloud and security of business-critical data.”

“Enterprises are increasingly consuming IT on demand, using a mix of public and private cloud infrastructure services, multiple software-as-a-service (SaaS) vendors as well as company owned resources,” according to Jim Davis, senior analyst, service providers with 451 Research. “Enterprises need to think about moving from basic connectivity to more sophisticated interconnection platforms and tools in order to take advantage of cloud and network ecosystems. Automation of secure, private access combined with simplicity of operation and maintenance will help enterprises adopt and consume more cloud services,” Davis said.

The value of the Console platform is enhanced by its unique and innovative social interface for IT professionals that makes interconnecting to the cloud, enterprises and partners as easy as connecting on a social network. By providing this highly functional, feature rich social platform, Console simplifies the interconnection, operations and management of network and cloud services for enterprise IT users.  Additionally, this social feature of the platform allows companies to invite their key partners and vendors in their supply chain onto the Console platform for private data connections that bypass the public Internet.

Console’s social functionality is currently available by invitation only, followed by general availability in June 2016.

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Epsilon Delivers Intelligent Networking For The Daisy Group

Epsilon was selected by Daisy Worldwide, the UK’s largest provider of international numbering solutions, to deliver its Epsilon Intelligent Network eXchange (eINX) solution. Daisy Worldwide will use eINX to interconnect with their customers and partners in their local regions while ensuring network performance on a global scale.

Customers and partners in the US, Europe and Asia will benefit from intelligent routing delivered via eINX, which supports regional breakout. Regional breakout enables traffic to be routed in-region creating new networking efficiencies and offering users the best possible quality of experience (QoE). eINX also supports real-time automated routing to avoid network faults or areas of diminished quality.

“eINX enables service providers to differentiate their offerings with quality. It removes the limits on what the network can do and opens up the possibility of more complex, demanding and innovative services. We offer guaranteed QoS and QoE on IP that is supported with real-time network data and analytics,” said Jerzy Szlosarek, CEO at Epsilon. “eINX is supporting new innovation in cloud, content and applications because it offers them a reliable and resilient foundation in high-performance networking.”

Daisy Worldwide is part of Daisy Group which is one of the UK’s largest independent provider of IT infrastructure and managed services, with 60,000 direct customers, 1,500 partners, 3,700 employees, and 30 locations nationwide. Daisy Worldwide supports a variety of the largest enterprises globally with end-to-end voice and managed services solutions.

“Epsilon offers a flexible opex-driven model as well as unique capabilities around the world. They have made it simple to adopt an IP-based solution and eINX accelerates our ability to deliver high quality services both locally and globally,” said Hayley Duckmanton, commercial director at Daisy Worldwide. “As we grow our business, eINX is ready to support us with scalability and intelligence.”

eINX combines Epsilon’s global network, which is supported by 500+ preconnected carriers in 170+ countries, with bespoke networking technology. It is powered by Cataleya’s next-generation session border controller (SBC) Orchid One.

Orchid One enables guaranteed QoS and QoE end-to-end on IP with near real-time visibility from transport to application layers. It enables Epsilon to gain real-time insights into each session, service, application, MOS/R-factor scores, network and end-to-end SLAs. Cataleya is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Epsilon Global Communications group.

Source: CloudStrategyMag

Interoute Launches New Virtual Data Centre Zone In Istanbul

Interoute has extended its networked cloud platform further into Asia with the opening of an Interoute Virtual Data Centre (VDC) zone in Istanbul. Interoute’s global integrated cloud and network platform is now available in 15 locations globally across three continents. The new zone in Istanbul further demonstrates Interoute’s ongoing expansion of its cloud platform and makes it the only cloud provider to offer local cloud in Turkey connected to global cloud zones across the rest of Europe, Asia, and North America, from the same platform.

This new Turkish zone creates an opportunity for European businesses to access new users and opportunities for growth in the dynamic business hub that is Istanbul, while businesses in the Middle East and south west Asian markets can easily reach new customers through the low latency, high throughput Interoute Networked cloud. The new Interoute VDC zone also offers local business in Istanbul an alternative to other cloud providers whose zones are solely in the US or Western Europe. This proximity enables applications to be hosted much closer to users in the region, eliminating the need to send data thousands of kilometres back and forth for processing.

Matthew Finnie, Interoute CTO, commented, “Istanbul is major market and a key strategic digital bridge between the Europe, the Middle East and south west Asia. 6 years ago, we expanded our pan European fibre backbone into the heart of Istanbul’s dynamic business hub. This is the foundation we’ve built on to extend our global cloud platform into the region. Businesses, entrepreneurs and developers using Interoute VDC can enjoy the benefits of a high performance cloud close their users, whilst having instant access as part of Interoute’s globally networked cloud platform, to Europe, USA, and Asia.”

Interoute VDC is a networked cloud offering both public and private cloud services built straight into Interoute’s vast next generation network. Performance is optimised as data is routed across this global backbone, offering market leading low latencies[1]. The platform supports customer data, software, and digital services alongside existing legacy customer IT hardware, enabling digital transformation and service creation for enterprises.

1. See http://www3.interoute.com/reports/cloudnetworkcomparison

Source: CloudStrategyMag