EarthLink Announces Partnership With VeloCloud to Deliver SD-WAN Services
August 08 2016 - 7:51PM
EarthLink Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ:ELNK), a leading network services
provider dedicated to delivering great customer experiences, today
announced a partnership with VeloCloud, an industry-leading SD-WAN
(software-defined wide area network) technology provider. The
partnership is part of EarthLink’s strategy to help clients
transform their business by deploying solutions that deliver more
personalized customer experiences, reduce cost, and increase
sales.
EarthLink’s full-service SD-WAN offering will launch to market
in fall 2016. This technology enables customers to realize
the full potential of the cloud by supporting application growth,
network agility and simplified branch implementations while
delivering optimized access to cloud services, private datacenters
and enterprise applications.
“VeloCloud Cloud-Delivered SD-WAN™ will be offered as part of
EarthLink’s complete suite of solutions that includes network
access, hosted voice, security services, optimized application
performance, bandwidth prioritization controls and always-on
customer service to satisfy the needs of a wide range of
enterprises,” said Joe Eazor, Chief Executive Officer and President
of EarthLink. “Companies wanting to enhance the experience for
their customers need to maximize application performance and meet
increasing bandwidth demands with a viable cost effective solution.
Implementing SD-WAN alongside other managed network services will
give our customers more visibility and control over the
applications, websites and devices that utilize their network.”
“We are excited to work closely with EarthLink and pair the
company’s network expertise, high quality services and customer
experience with our technology,” said Sanjay Uppal, CEO and
Co-Founder of VeloCloud. “SD-WAN provides the visibility and
control that customers need to capitalize on technology evolution
to migrate services to the cloud, and implement new IP services
like voice, digital signage, video conferencing and other
applications. Implementation of specific business policies ensures
the availability and performance of critical business applications
and can improve overall user experiences and the customer’s bottom
line.”
About EarthLinkEarthLink (EarthLink Holdings
Corp.) (NASDAQ:ELNK) is a leading network services provider
dedicated to delivering great customer experiences in a cloud
connected world. We help thousands of multi-location businesses
securely establish critical connections in the cloud. Our
solutions for cloud and hybrid networking, security and compliance,
and unified communications provide the cost-effective performance
and agility to serve customers anytime, anywhere, via any channel,
or any device. We operate a nationwide network spanning 29,000+
fiber route miles, with 90 metro fiber rings and secure data
centers that provide ubiquitous data and voice IP coverage. To
learn why thousands of specialty retailers, restaurants,
franchisors, financial institutions, healthcare providers,
professional service firms, local governments, residential
consumers and other carriers choose to connect with us, visit us at
www.earthlink.com, @earthlink, on LinkedIn and Google+.
About VeloCloudVeloCloud Networks, Inc., the
Cloud-Delivered SD-WAN™ company, Gartner Cool Vendor 2016 and a
winner of Best Startup of Interop, simplifies branch WAN networking
by automating deployment and improving performance over private,
broadband Internet and LTE links for today’s increasingly
distributed enterprises. VeloCloud SD-WAN includes: a choice of
public, private or hybrid cloud network for enterprise-grade
connection to cloud and enterprise applications; branch office
enterprise appliances and optional data center appliances;
software-defined control and automation; and virtual services
delivery. VeloCloud has received financing from investors including
NEA, Venrock, March Capital Partners, Cisco Investments and The
Fabric, and is headquartered in Mountain View, Calif. For more
information, visit www.velocloud.com and follow the company on
Twitter @VeloCloud.
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