Company named the official AWS Networking Sponsor for annual
show
MONROE, Louisiana, Nov. 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- CenturyLink,
Inc. (NYSE: CTL) will provide direct cloud connectivity to AWS
re:Invent 2017.
CenturyLink delivers private and secure network connectivity to
Amazon Web Services (AWS) for global enterprises to manage and
protect their cloud-based business applications. CenturyLink is an
Advanced Consulting Partner in the AWS Partner Network (APN).
"With any enterprise cloud networking solution, resilience,
redundancy and bandwidth are paramount. That's no less the case
with a show of this magnitude. Between thousands of keynotes, live
streams and breakouts, connectivity to AWS services is vital to the
show's success," said Chris
McReynolds, CenturyLink's vice president of cloud and data
product management. "Accomplishing this takes more than a bunch of
10 gig waves interconnecting venues; it takes experience and
understanding to see the requirements and develop a solution that
meets them," said McReynolds.
AWS re:Invent 2017 will be held Nov.
27 – Dec. 1 in Las Vegas.
Key Facts:
- Design requirements for AWS re:Invent 2017 include the
following elements:
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- A high-quality experience for more than 40,000 on-site
attendees and more than 50,000 live-streaming viewers.
- The interconnection of five Las
Vegas venues with more than 1.4 million square feet of event
space.
- Diverse routing to multiple AWS regions and private connections
to the AWS network.
- All keynotes, live streams, breakout sessions, hands-on labs,
bootcamps, hackathons, workshops, certification exams and more will
be delivered by CenturyLink Cloud Connect Solutions.
- This is the fourth year in a row CenturyLink, through its
acquisition of Level 3, will provide private, dedicated network
connectivity in support of re:Invent.
- Global enterprises leverage CenturyLink Cloud Connect Solutions
for secure, high-performing and flexible network resources with
SDN-based scalable bandwidth options and granular network
visibility to match the needs of the business.
Additional Resources:
- Learn what's driving digital transformation
- Hear from Glen Post and Jeff Storey on the vision for the new
CenturyLink
- Discover more about CenturyLink Cloud Connect Solutions
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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results include but are not limited to: the effects of competition
from a wide variety of competitive providers, including decreased
demand for our legacy offerings and increased pricing pressures;
the effects of new, emerging or competing technologies, including
those that could make our products less desirable or obsolete; the
effects of ongoing changes in the regulation of the communications
industry, including the outcome of regulatory or judicial
proceedings relating to intercarrier compensation, interconnection
obligations, access charges, universal service, broadband
deployment, data protection and net neutrality; our ability to
timely realize the anticipated benefits of our recently-completed
acquisition of Level 3, including our ability to attain anticipated
cost savings, to use Level 3's net operating losses in the amounts
projected, to retain key personnel and to avoid unanticipated
integration disruptions; our ability to effectively adjust to
changes in the communications industry and changes in the
composition of our markets and product mix; possible changes in the
demand for our products and services, including our ability to
effectively respond to increased demand for high-speed broadband
service; our ability to successfully maintain the quality and
profitability of our existing product and service offerings, to
provision them efficiently to our customers, and to introduce new
offerings on a timely and cost-effective basis; the adverse impact
on our business and network from possible equipment failures,
service outages, security breaches or similar events impacting our
network; our ability to generate cash flows sufficient to fund our
financial commitments and objectives, including our debt
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successfully negotiate collective bargaining agreements on
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our pension, health, post-employment or other benefits, including
those caused by changes in markets, interest rates, mortality
rates, demographics or regulations; adverse changes in our access
to credit markets on favorable terms, whether caused by changes in
our financial position, lower debt credit ratings, unstable markets
or otherwise; our ability to maintain favorable relations with our
key business partners, customers, suppliers, vendors, landlords and
financial institutions; our ability to effectively manage our
network buildout project and our other expansion opportunities; our
ability to collect our receivables from financially troubled
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Media contact:
Stephanie Walkenshaw
+1 720-888-3084
stephanie.walkenshaw@centurylink.com
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