The move comes as both companies recognise the need to support continued IT infrastructure and connectivity needs. 35 out of 43 TierPoint data centres are now connected with fibre to CenturyLink’s global network, the majority of which is already enabled with SDN capability.
"This expansion of CenturyLink capabilities within our data centres is an important development for our customers," said Tony Rossabi (pictured), TierPoint’s chief revenue officer. "They can now connect to public cloud service providers with secure, high-speed connections, just as fast and easily as if they were physically colocated next to them. And the billing model only charges our customers for what they use, while protecting them from surprise expenses."
By using TierPoint, Enterprises can turn up and down dedicated Ethernet connections to global Amazon Web Services (AWS) locations, ranging from 10Mbs to 3Gbs in a matter of minutes, and only pay for the time the network is used in hourly increments. Connections can also be scaled up or down dynamically according to fluctuating bandwidth needs.
"Combining TierPoint's capabilities with CenturyLink Cloud Connect now enables enterprises to execute on their cloud migration strategies with network and infrastructure that is just as agile as the cloud," said Paul Savill, senior vice president of core network and technology solutions, CenturyLink. "High-speed delivery and usage-based pricing can be delivered over high-performance infrastructure, from cloud to the edge."
The CenturyLink Cloud Connect Dynamic Connections are delivered over private MEF Carrier Ethernet 2.0 connections across CenturyLink’s global fibre network using SDN technology. The offering is available across thousands of locations across North America, Asia Pacific and Europe.
Earlier this month TierPoint launched TierPoint CleanIP, the fully managed next-gen firewall service. Using the Fortinet FortiGate Next-Generation Firewall platform, CleanIP supports organisations protect against a vast number of intrusions in comparison to traditional managed firewall services and does so on a location neutral basis.