Alaska Communications Brings Locally Hosted Microsoft Azure Services to Alaska, Increasing Security and Improving Latency
July 01 2020 - 8:55AM
Business Wire
Alaska Communications (NASDAQ: ALSK) will bring locally hosted
Microsoft Azure Stack Hub cloud services to Alaska.
Alaska Communications, one of Alaska’s leading broadband and IT
solutions providers, has utilized Azure Stack Hub to enhance
computing by offering greater flexibility and reliability. Now the
team will bring local cloud solutions to the state of Alaska, which
will lower the latency users experience.
“We listened to our customers’ concerns about data storage,
which led to this collaboration with Microsoft to expand to bring a
hybrid cloud solution to Alaska businesses,” said Bill Bishop,
President and CEO of Alaska Communications. “For many of our
government customers, local storage of sensitive data and speed of
recovery is important. We’re proud to partner with Microsoft to
directly address our customers’ needs.”
Azure Stack Hub will give customers in the state of Alaska the
ability to achieve low latency and the confidence of a local
presence for sensitive applications. Customers may realize cost
saving through eliminating the need to maintain on-premises
infrastructure, reduced hardware support costs, and space and
power.
“Alaska Communications was one of the first to bring Microsoft
Azure ExpressRoute to Alaska,” said Jim Gutcher, Vice President,
Strategy and Product Management for Alaska Communications. “We are
continuing to innovate our IT portfolio by combining Azure Stack
Hub with Azure ExpressRoute to give Alaska enterprises and
government agencies the confidence to move to the cloud and realize
the associated benefits.”
Natalia Mackevicius, Director, Azure Stack, Microsoft Corp.,
said, “Microsoft Azure Stack Hub, which is part of the Azure Stack
portfolio, will allow organizations in Alaska the ability to
transition to an Alaska-based cloud. As a Gold Partner, Alaska
Communications has proven expertise in deploying Microsoft
solutions to its customers and bringing Azure Stack Hub cloud
services to Alaska is another demonstration of its commitment to
Azure and supporting our mutual customers.”
Through technology, resources and expertise, Alaska
Communications is proud to help Alaska organizations achieve their
IT goals, grow their business and serve the residents of our state.
Microsoft Azure Stack Hub from Alaska Communications will be
available later this year.
About Alaska Communications
Alaska Communications (NASDAQ: ALSK) is the leading provider of
advanced broadband and managed IT services for businesses and
consumers in Alaska. The company operates a highly reliable,
advanced statewide data network with the latest technology and the
most diverse undersea fiber optic system connecting Alaska to the
contiguous U.S. For more information, visit
www.alaskacommunications.com or www.alsk.com.
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