BROOMFIELD, Colo., April 7, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Level 3
Communications, Inc. (NYSE: LVLT) today announced it is providing
critical data center support to Education Networks of America
(ENA), a managed network solutions leader for K-12 schools and
libraries.
ENA manages multiple statewide and district-wide networks,
serving approximately 6,000 sites, 535 school districts and 290
libraries with millions of student, educator, administrator and
patron end users. Due to steady growth since its inception in 1996,
ENA outgrew its headquarters location, which housed its corporate
data center and one of its regional production network nodes. After
evaluating its options, ENA determined that outsourcing its data
center requirements would help it manage increasing complexity
while continuing to deliver reliable infrastructure services and
provide outstanding customer service. ENA turned to Level 3 to host
its Nashville corporate data
center and regional production network, entering into a long-term
data center and colocation agreement.
"ENA prides itself on providing robust and reliable support to
its K-12, government and higher education customers," said
Travis Wales, Director of
Engineering for ENA. "When the decision was made to choose a new
vendor for our next generation data center project, Level 3 was a
natural fit for us because of its adaptability and flexibility to
meet our needs."
ENA Director of Systems Architecture and R&D Simon Weller added, "We recognize that our
network presence and reliability is critical to the continued
success of our customers. With these core principals in mind, this
new data center facility is engineered to provide the security,
resiliency and efficiency our customers have come to expect from
ENA."
"ENA's growth over the years is a testament to the importance of
high-speed broadband infrastructure for schools and libraries, and
Level 3 is proud to provide what ENA needs to its critical services
and solutions," said Ed Morche,
senior vice president of East Region Enterprise and Government
Sales for Level 3. "Level 3's data center services enable ENA to
efficiently and securely manage its data and applications while
providing the infrastructure needed to rapidly scale to meet the
growing demands of ENA's customers."
Level 3 operates more than 350 data center facilities in
the United States, Europe and Latin
America. For more information on Level 3's data center
services, visit
http://www.level3.com/en/products-and-services/cloud-and-it/data-center-services/.
About Level 3 Communications
Level 3 Communications,
Inc. (NYSE: LVLT) is a Fortune 500 company that provides local,
national and global communications services to enterprise,
government and carrier customers. Level 3's comprehensive portfolio
of secure, managed solutions includes fiber and infrastructure
solutions; IP-based voice and data communications; wide-area
Ethernet services; video and content distribution; data center and
cloud-based solutions. Level 3 serves customers in more than 500
markets in over 60 countries across a global services platform
anchored by owned fiber networks on three continents and connected
by extensive undersea facilities. For more information, please
visit www.level3.com or get to know us on Twitter, Facebook and
LinkedIn.
About Education Networks of America (ENA)
ENA is the
leading provider of managed Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
solutions to schools, libraries and governments. In 1996, ENA
created one of the first statewide K-12 networks in the U.S.
and has earned a reputation as experts in the design, deployment
and management of data, voice and video solutions. Today, ENA
manages multiple statewide and district-wide networks,
including 16 of the largest school systems in the country,
successfully serving approximately 6,000 sites, 535 school
districts, 3.3 million students, educators and administrators,
290 libraries and 3.5 million librarians and patrons. For
more information, please visit http://www.ena.com or call
866-615-1101.
This information is provided by ENA, which is
solely responsible for its content
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Forward-Looking Statement
Some statements
made in this press release are forward-looking in nature and are
based on management's current expectations or beliefs. These
forward-looking statements are not a guarantee of performance and
are subject to a number of uncertainties and other factors, many of
which are outside Level 3's control, which could cause actual
events to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the
statements. Important factors that could prevent Level 3 from
achieving its stated goals include, but are not limited to, the
company's ability to: successfully integrate the tw telecom
acquisition; manage risks associated with continued uncertainty in
the global economy; increase revenue from its services to realize
its targets for financial and operating performance; maintain and
increase traffic on its network; develop and maintain effective
business support systems; manage system and network failures or
disruptions; avert the breach of its network and computer system
security measures; develop new services that meet customer demands
and generate acceptable margins; manage the future expansion or
adaptation of its network to remain competitive; defend
intellectual property and proprietary rights; manage continued or
accelerated decreases in market pricing for communications
services; obtain capacity for its network from other providers and
interconnect its network with other networks on favorable terms;
attract and retain qualified management and other personnel;
successfully integrate future acquisitions; effectively manage
political, legal, regulatory, foreign currency and other risks it
is exposed to due to its substantial international operations;
mitigate its exposure to contingent liabilities; and meet all of
the terms and conditions of its debt obligations. Additional
information concerning these and other important factors can be
found within Level 3's filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Statements in this press release should be evaluated in
light of these important factors. Level 3 is under no obligation
to, and expressly disclaims any such obligation to, update or alter
its forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new
information, future events, or otherwise.
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