CenturyLink is first-ever recipient of the Best SD-WAN
Managed Service award
MONROE, La., Nov. 17, 2017 /CNW/ -- CenturyLink (NYSE:
CTL) today announced it won seven awards from MEF that highlight
the depth and breadth of CenturyLink's network and managed
services, including Software-Defined Wide-Area Networking (SD-WAN).
Award winners were recognized at the MEF17 networking event held
this week in Orlando, Fla.
An industry association of more than 210 member companies, MEF
manages the world's largest awards program that is focused on
emerging dynamic network services powered by Lifecycle Service
Orchestration (LSO), Software-Defined Networking (SDN), Network
Functions Virtualization (NFV) and Carrier Ethernet. CenturyLink
was recognized for its service, application and technology
innovation and excellence with the following awards:
- Best SD-WAN Managed Service (Worldwide)
- Retail Service Provider of the Year (Global)
- LSO Leadership (Global)
- Retail Service Provider of the Year (North America)
- Wholesale Service Provider of the Year (North America)
- Enterprise Application of the Year for Government Proof of
Concept Demonstration
- Proof of Concept Showcase Excellence Award (Bronze)
"These awards validate our market leadership and innovation in
network services, as well as our success as a trusted partner
providing secure and reliable connectivity that helps enable our
customers to achieve their digital transformation initiatives,"
said Andrew Dugan, senior vice
president of technology planning, network architecture and
security, CenturyLink.
"Congratulations to CenturyLink for its strong showing in the
MEF17 Awards. The company exhibited innovation in services
development and delivery, and communicated that value to MEF's
panel of judges effectively," said Brian
Washburn, practice leader, network transformation and cloud,
Ovum.
"CenturyLink was one of the first service providers to bring to
market a managed SD-WAN service and receiving MEF's first-ever
SD-WAN award confirms how well our solution is meeting the needs of
the industry and our customers," said Eric
Barrett, director, product management, CenturyLink. "We are
pleased to be recognized for our SD-WAN service architecture,
feature/functionality, go-to-market strategy, pricing, SLAs,
support and customer experience."
The panel of judges for the MEF Awards consisted of 14 global
and regional senior analysts from ACG Research, ATLANTIC-ACM,
Battle Green Research, Frost & Sullivan, GlobalData, IHS
Markit, Metanoia, Ovum and Vertical Systems Group, in addition to
other independent judges.
"MEF congratulates CenturyLink for being recognized as an
industry-leading service provider on a global scale with numerous
MEF Awards," said Nan Chen,
president, MEF. "We continue to see amazing service and technology
innovations year-over-year from companies participating in MEF's
annual awards program, and are thrilled to witness the advances
being made to accelerate development and delivery of agile,
assured, and orchestrated services."
CenturyLink acquired Level 3 Communications on Nov. 1, 2017. Visit
http://www.level3isnowcenturylink.com to learn more about the new
CenturyLink.
About CenturyLink
CenturyLink (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.
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