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NEW PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

BT launches next generation multi-cloud

connectivity solution

T announced the launch of a next-generation cloud Interconnectivity and Ecosystems Development. It analyses how
connectivity solution designed to accelerate customers’ cloud networking is evolving to reflect a shift to cloud-native and
Bdigital transformation. Called Connected Cloud Edge, it multi-cloud digital ecosystems and the approach companies have
extends the company’s global network into strategic carrier- made in adopting the technology.
neutral facilities (CNFs). This gives customers access to a wide “Connected Cloud Edge will remove the complexity of
range of third-party cloud-based applications and services sourcing and managing individual connections to the services
without having to provision individual connections to each of underpinning customers’ digital transformation,” said Hriday
them. Ravindranath, chief product and digital officer, Global, BT. “To do
It builds on BT’s partnership with Equinix, the world’s digital this, we’re pre-integrating BT’s network with Equinix Fabric to
infrastructure company. Equinix hosts major cloud and software- provide a fully managed multi-cloud solution.”
as-a-service providers within diverse digital business ecosystems “To ensure businesses are ready for whatever the future
at its facilities around the world. might bring, they need their enterprise networks to be tightly
The solution will initially be available at 13 CNFs and will be integrated into platforms that connect the world’s densest
customisable with multi-cloud routing services and additional ecosystems of cloud and technology providers. BT’s new solution
capabilities, such as SD-WAN and firewalls, further augmenting offers companies the ability to build and evolve their multi-cloud
services already available from BT. strategies, as they transition to cloud-centric architectures with
BT and Equinix are marking the launch with the publication the agility and resiliency they demand”, said Jules Johnston,
of a report by IDC, What Digital Leaders Know About Cloud senior vice president, Global Channel, Equinix.

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