Cloud platform uses SDN to offer customization, scalability for end users
Verizon Communications is expanding the availability of its software-defined networking powered Secure Cloud Interconnect service to the public sector across 30 countries.
The company’s Enterprise Solutions division said the platform provides a secure, private Internet connection with consumption-based bandwidth, preprovisioned on-demand resources, application performance, various service classes and usage-based billing that can be managed through a centralized online portal. The service is also said to support private, public and hybrid cloud deployments; can integrate with connected cloud platforms from Amazon Web Services, Google, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft and Salesforce; and data centers from CoreSite, Equinix and Verizon’s own service.
As part of the expansion, Verizon said it would deploy edge routers to third-party data centers to “enable pre-integration of networking and interfaces. Sectors targeted with the service include federal users through Verizon’s Networx Universal and Enterprise contracts and the FedRAMP-certified cloud platforms provided by Verizon and Microsoft; and state, local, education and public safety communities.
Verizon earlier this year announced SDN plans with five vendors: Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco, Ericsson, Juniper Networks and Nokia Networks. As part of the announcement, Verizon said it has been working on the move toward virtualized platforms over the past several years, including the creation of live lab environments in San Jose, Calif.; Tampa, Fla.; and Waltham, Mass., and claims to have commercial data center environments on both coasts.
RCR Wireless News earlier this year spoke with Shawn Hakl, VP of enterprise networking and innovation at Verizon, as part of our weekly “NFV/SDN Reality Check” show about the carrier’s growing network functions virtualization and software-defined networking moves.
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