Verizon cloud move targets Hong Kong, Singapore, Melbourne
WASHINGTON – Verizon on March 16 announced that it is expanding its cloud service offerings in Hong Kong, Singapore and Melbourne, three of the largest cities in Asia and hubs of international commerce and finance.
Company officials said the new cloud services will facilitate enterprise growth through improvements in memory, storage and network uptime, along with better network flexibility and control.
Essentially, customers will be able to request specific amounts of processing power, storage space and memory. Verizon is also offering its Secure Cloud Interconnect, which allows customers to access other cloud providers including Microsoft, Salesforce, Amazon, Google and Hewlett-Packard.
Francis Yip, regional VP for Verizon Asia-Pacific emphasized the centrality of cloud-based computing to businesses. “It’s not if enterprises are moving to the cloud, but when and how. Cloud has become the default delivery platform for almost all of our customers fueled by the growth of data and the ‘Internet of Things.’ ”
Verizon’s own internal analysis, which it released as part of its “State of the Market: Enterprise Cloud 2014 Report,” showed that 65% of enterprises are already using cloud computing, and that number is expected to increase to 71% by 2017.
“We continue to invest in our capabilities in the region to support consistent and predictable performance for mission-critical applications, as cloud deployments continue to grow in scale and scope,” Yip continued. “Our regional and global cloud data centers and global IP network, wrapped by our managed security services, offer companies a unique set of capabilities that is unmatched.”
Ben Cordeiro, CIO of Panviva, an Australian-based cloud computing firm, said: “While network availability, cost of ownership and security will always be paramount, our conversation with Verizon has evolved from which applications and workloads to deploy to the cloud, to how we can use the cloud to boost innovation to better serve our valued SupportPoint customers. This is where speed, control and agility become equally imperative.”
