CenturyLink and Infinera Connect the Research and Education Community at SC17
November 14 2017 - 1:00PM
CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE:CTL), a leading global network services
company and Infinera, the leading provider of Intelligent Transport
Networks, are delivering multi-terabit connectivity to SC17, the
International Conference for High Performance Computing,
Networking, Storage and Analysis. SC17 gathers the research and
education community to share a wide range of cutting-edge
demonstrations including atmospheric research, astrophysical
imaging of space and genetic data mining. CenturyLink and Infinera
are providing 2.8 terabits per second of capacity between SC17 and
research networks around the world, leveraging the CenturyLink core
network.
CenturyLink operates a robust, global 450,000 route mile fiber
network and a 360,000 route mile international transport network.
CenturyLink utilizes Infinera for delivery of optical networking
innovations to keep pace with accelerating bandwidth demand.
“As the continuous growth of the digital economy expands what is
possible, CenturyLink is a trusted partner in an increasingly
complex digital world,” said Aamir Hussain, Executive Vice
President and Chief Technology Officer at CenturyLink.
“CenturyLink’s goal is to be the world’s best networking provider
and we are well-positioned to address the complex network
requirements of research and education institutions. Working with
Infinera to deliver 2.8 terabits per second of capacity to SC17
demonstrates our commitment to serving these customers and
providing them with the highly secure network connectivity they
need.”
“We are delighted to work with CenturyLink to connect SC17 to
research and education networks around the world,” said Bob Jandro,
Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales at Infinera. “Infinera
connects research and education networks that push the boundaries
of computing with optical networking platforms that deliver
industry-leading performance in an easy-to-use, compact
footprint.”
Contacts:
Infinera Media:Anna VueTel. +1 (916)
595-8157avue@infinera.com
CenturyLink Media:Stephanie MeisseTel. +1 (419)
755-8433stephanie.n.meisse@centurylink.com
Infinera Investors:Jeff HustisTel: +1 (408)
213-7150jhustis@infinera.com
About CenturyLinkCenturyLink (NYSE:CTL) is the
second largest U.S. communications provider to global enterprise
customers. With customers in more than 60 countries and an intense
focus on the customer experience, CenturyLink strives to be the
world’s best networking company by solving customers’ increased
demand for reliable and secure connections. The company also serves
as its customers’ trusted partner, helping them manage increased
network and IT complexity and providing managed network and cyber
security solutions that help protect their business.
About InfineraInfinera (NASDAQ:INFN) provides
Intelligent Transport Networks, enabling carriers, cloud operators,
governments and enterprises to scale network bandwidth, accelerate
service innovation and automate optical network operations.
Infinera’s end-to-end packet-optical portfolio is designed for
long-haul, subsea, data center interconnect and metro applications.
Infinera’s unique large scale photonic integrated circuits enable
innovative optical networking solutions for the most demanding
networks. To learn more about Infinera visit www.infinera.com,
follow us on Twitter @Infinera and read our latest blog posts at
blog.infinera.com.
Infinera and the Infinera logo are registered trademarks of
Infinera Corporation.
This press release contains forward-looking statements
including, but not limited to the potential benefits of deploying
Infinera platforms in research and education networks. These
statements are not guarantees of results and should not be
considered as an indication of future activity or future
performance. Actual results may vary materially from these
expectations as a result of various risks and uncertainties.
Information about these risks and uncertainties, and other risks
and uncertainties that affect Infinera’s business, is contained in
the risk factors section and other sections of Infinera’s Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2017 as
filed with the SEC on November 8, 2017, as well subsequent reports
filed with or furnished to the SEC. These reports are available on
Infinera’s website at www.infinera.com and the SEC’s website at
www.sec.gov. Infinera assumes no obligation to, and does not
currently intend to, update any such forward-looking
statements.
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