CenturyLink BDaaS combines Cloudera Enterprise platform on
CenturyLink Cloud Bare Metal servers with managed services and
advanced analytics consulting services
MONROE, La., Jan. 19, 2017 /CNW/ -- CenturyLink, Inc.
(NYSE: CTL) today launched CenturyLink Big Data as a Service
(BDaaS) with Managed Cloudera, a new managed service offering that
combines CenturyLink's expertise in data and advanced analytics,
network, cloud and application services with the highly secure
Apache Hadoop-based data management and analytics platform from
Cloudera. This managed service delivers data integration and
analytics consulting to help customers deliver use cases for
increasing sales, streamlining operations, improving customer
engagement and gaining competitive advantage.
Many organizations lack the in-house resources, expertise and
strategy needed to successfully leverage their big data, especially
as the Internet of Things (IoT) places more demands on their IT
infrastructure. CenturyLink BDaaS, led by specialized consulting
from the company's team of big data experts, delivers a
comprehensive managed service backed by infrastructure that can
handle data-intensive workloads, including surges. This enables
rapid analysis of large and complex data sets.
"Forward-thinking organizations around the world are quickly
becoming more agile and responsive to their customers' needs across
all channels," said Gary Gauba,
chief enterprise relationship officer and president, Advanced
Solutions Group, CenturyLink. "These enterprises are seeing
significant competitive advantages by better leveraging their data,
and our new managed service helps them achieve their big data
objectives."
"Cloudera and CenturyLink's innovations with big data analytics
can drive true business transformation at a time when many
companies are finding it hard to harness the power of increasing
volumes of data," said Tom Reilly,
chief executive officer, Cloudera. "Companies that break down their
information silos are finding themselves better positioned to
capture new market share and deliver superior customer
service."
CenturyLink BDaaS is enhanced by adding data and advanced
analytics consulting services supported by a deep bench of
Cloudera-certified data scientists and Cloudera Hadoop solution
administrators, developers and architects. The solution, bolstered
by CenturyLink's global high-speed network connectivity, provides
storage, processing, and management components deployed on
CenturyLink Cloud Bare Metal servers. The bare metal private cloud environments, which
allow customers to achieve faster time-to-market, improved data
protection and rapid public cloud scalability at a lower cost, have
been certified by Cloudera as an architecture that meets its
rigorous criteria for ensuring optimal performance and
efficiency.
CenturyLink's BDaaS includes:
- A comprehensive quick start program – To help align with
customers' objectives and create customized solutions, CenturyLink
offers specialized workshops that can span anywhere from one day to
two weeks, based on customer objectives. These guided sessions are
designed to determine use cases and conduct needs assessments.
- Real-time deployment support – Organizations can quickly deploy
projects in a proof of concept, then scale into production.
CenturyLink engineers offer assistance building data platforms for
identified use cases including areas such as data ingest, storage,
and access methodologies.
"With numerous vendors offering components for big data
solutions today, a key to achieving success for customers is
services and support," said James
Curtis, senior analyst, data platform & analytics at 451
Research. "Providers that offer data and analytics consulting,
deployment support and customized infrastructure and application
solutions, should be able to deliver enhanced strategic value for
customers."
As a preferred Cloudera partner, this new BDaaS solution on
Cloudera Enterprise furthers CenturyLink's commitment to its
recently expanded strategic alliance with Cloudera.
About CenturyLink
CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) is a global communications, hosting, cloud
and IT services company enabling millions of customers to transform
their businesses and their lives through innovative technology
solutions. CenturyLink offers network and data systems management,
Big Data analytics and IT consulting, and operates more than 55
data centers in North America,
Europe and Asia. The company provides broadband, voice,
video, data and managed services over a robust 250,000-route-mile
U.S. fiber network and a 300,000-route-mile international transport
network. Visit CenturyLink for more information.
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