LONDON, July 13, 2017 /CNW/ -- CenturyLink, Inc.
(NYSE: CTL) today announced it has once again been positioned as a
leader in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Managed Hybrid Cloud
Hosting, Europe. This marks the
fifth consecutive year Gartner has named CenturyLink a leader in
this report.
The report evaluated managed hybrid cloud hosting solutions from
CenturyLink and recognised it as a leading provider based on its
"ability to execute" and "completeness of vision."
"We believe this recognition is endorsement of our ongoing
ability to deliver an innovative and complete portfolio of
technology services and solutions across multiple cloud platforms,"
said Richard Warley, managing
director for EMEA at CenturyLink. "Global organisations rely on
CenturyLink to connect them to the power of the digital world to
achieve their digital transformation goals and for greater business
agility and competitive differentiation."
According to Gartner, "Leaders have proved they have staying
power in this market, can frequently innovate on their existing
products and can be relied on for enterprise-class needs. They have
proved their technical competence and ability to deliver services
to a wide range of customers. They address multiple use cases with
stand-alone or integrated solutions. They also have a presence in
multiple European locations to offer solutions around data
sovereignty requirements."
CenturyLink provides solutions that combine a comprehensive
portfolio of network and IT services with industry best practices
to help organisations in their digital transformation. The
company's consultative approach helps customers determine and
implement the best execution venue for key applications so they can
optimize the productivity of their strategic digital initiatives.
CenturyLink offers expertise in multi-cloud management, hosted SAP
solutions, data analytics, cybersecurity services, and IT
consulting.
CenturyLink recently launched CenturyLink Cloud Application
Manager, a cloud-agnostic management platform that enables
companies to better manage workloads across any cloud or
infrastructure. The Cloud Application Manager service enables
multi-cloud lifecycle collaboration between development, operations
and finance, enabling teamwork between the organisations most
crucial to digital transformation.
For additional information on the Magic Quadrant for Managed
Hybrid Cloud Hosting, Europe, read
the full Gartner report.
Gartner, "Magic Quadrant for Managed Hybrid Cloud Hosting,
Europe," was published on
28 June, 2017 by Tiny Haynes, Gianluca Tramacere, Gregor Petri and Ross
Winser.*
About CenturyLink
CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) is a global
communications and IT services company focused on connecting its
customers to the power of the digital world. CenturyLink offers
network and data systems management, big data analytics, managed
security services, hosting, cloud, and IT consulting services. The
company provides broadband, voice, video, advanced data and managed
network services over a robust 265,000-route-mile U.S. fiber
network and a 360,000-route-mile international transport network.
Visit CenturyLink for more information.
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