Collaboration expands revolutionary way
businesses buy and use network services
DENVER, Oct. 31,
2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Lumen Technologies (NYSE:
LUMN) is accelerating its vision to cloudify traditional network
services and disrupt the telecom industry by integrating its
Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) platform with Equinix Fabric. This
will enable Equinix's 10,000 customers to instantly buy, use, and
manage Lumen® Internet On-Demand and future Lumen® NaaS
services.
"Offering businesses a quick and easy network buying experience
is what makes our collaboration with Equinix so valuable," said
Andrew Dugan, CTO for Lumen. "Lumen
is bringing its NaaS platform to Equinix, giving their customers
access to quick bandwidth boosts and personalized on-demand
services. Together, we are solving business challenges so our
customers can focus on innovation."
With business needs constantly changing, enterprise customers
are asking for services that give them agility in how they run
their networks. Lumen NaaS has that flexibility.
"Versa is dedicated to delivering
top-tier Unified SASE and cybersecurity services
around the clock. This NaaS solution from Lumen is a perfect fit,
enabling us to achieve carrier redundancy without overpaying for
circuits" says Kumar Mehta, Co-Founder and Chief
Development Officer of Versa. "The ability to quickly activate
connections and ramp bandwidth up or down contributes to cost
reduction and directly leads to an improved customer experience due
to prevention of network delays and disruptions."
How it Works
- An Equinix customer orders Lumen Internet On-Demand using
Lumen's digital portal or API.
- The customer provisions a virtual connection in Equinix Fabric
and connects it to the Lumen port.
- After the customer is connected to Lumen's NaaS platform, Lumen
Internet On-Demand service activates in minutes, instead of
months.
- Customers are in control of their service and can increase or
decrease bandwidth as needed.
"Our customers rely on us to offer a premier interconnection
experience that's made possible with the combined capabilities of
Equinix Fabric and the service providers that make up our digital
ecosystem," said Arun Dev, Vice President of Digital
Interconnection at Equinix. "I'm thrilled with the work our teams
are doing to integrate Lumen NaaS with Equinix Fabric so that our
customers can have even more choice for on-demand Internet
connectivity to support their hybrid infrastructure."
The NaaS Partner Ecosystem
Lumen launched its NaaS
platform in August and will align with other key partners to expand
its on-demand capabilities, including cloud, technology, and
managed service providers.
Looking ahead, Lumen will broaden its hyperscaler partners to
deliver new services under the NaaS umbrella. Additionally, the
Lumen NaaS portfolio will expand to include security services, such
as DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service), SASE (Secure Access
Service Edge), and Edge services. All services will be available to
customers within the Lumen partner ecosystem.
More information about Lumen's collaboration with Equinix is
available at Equinix | Lumen. Get more information on Lumen
Internet On-Demand at
https://www.lumen.com/en-us/networking/internet-on-demand.html.
About Lumen Technologies:
Lumen connects the world. We
are igniting business growth by connecting people, data, and
applications – quickly, securely, and effortlessly. Everything we
do at Lumen takes advantage of our network strength. From metro
connectivity to long-haul data transport to our edge cloud,
security, and managed service capabilities, we meet our customers'
needs today and as they build for tomorrow. For news and insights
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