Windstream Wholesale introduces SDNow, SDN Orchestrated Waves
May 22 2017 - 10:30AM
Windstream (NASDAQ:WIN), a leading provider of advanced network
communications, today announced the launch of SDNow Waves for Data
Center Cloud applications.
SDNow—Software Defined Network Orchestrated Waves—leverages the
company’s ongoing SDN deployment strategy, by introducing optical
wave services based on multi-vendor service orchestration and
automated provisioning across the Windstream long-haul core
network.
SDNow is available at five major third-party carrier neutral
data centers in Chicago, Dallas, Ashburn, Miami and Atlanta, with
plans to expand to 50 additional locations this summer. Hyperscale
web content and application companies in need of high capacity
long-haul transport services can use Windstream Wholesale’s SDNow
solutions to accommodate their rapidly growing bandwidth needs,
leveraging quick access to cloud resources.
“We are investing in strategic technologies that enable us to
deliver flexible, on-demand services across our multi-vendor
network,” said Mike Shippey, president of Windstream Wholesale.
“Providing SDNow services to our customers via multi-vendor service
orchestration and automated provisioning truly differentiates
Windstream in the marketplace. Consumers of SDN-provisioned
services will see improvement in their customer experience through
the removal of human touch-points in the service fulfillment
process, and improved accuracy through automated standard
configurations.”
Leveraging open orchestration capabilities, Windstream utilizes
its optical network as a programmable resource to accelerate the
delivery of optical wavelength services. Windstream’s agile,
DevOps-style approach to automation development enables the company
to abstract the complexity of service delivery and offers a
simplified view of the multi-vendor optical layer. With this
streamlined service provisioning, Windstream is delivering on its
commitment to enhancing its solutions and providing an exceptional
customer experience.
Windstream Wholesale plans to introduce additional services in
2017, integrating additional third-party SDN controllers and
enabling true intent-based service orchestration across multiple
layers of the Windstream network.
About WindstreamWindstream
Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:WIN), a FORTUNE 500 company, is a leading
provider of advanced network communications and technology
solutions for consumers, small businesses, enterprise organizations
and carrier partners across the U.S. Windstream offers bundled
services, including broadband, security solutions, voice and
digital TV to consumers. The company also provides data, cloud
solutions, unified communications and managed services to business
and enterprise clients. The company supplies core transport
solutions on a local and long-haul fiber-optic network spanning
approximately 147,000 miles. Additional information is available
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