Telehouse enhance Cloud Connectivity with Cloud-Interconnect

April 11, 2016

Telehouse enhance Cloud Connectivity with Cloud-Interconnect

TELEHOUSE, a leading global provider of data center services announce enhancement of its cloud connectivity with TELEHOUSE Cloud-Interconnect.

TELEHOUSE Cloud-Interconnect enables many of the world’s largest private and public cloud service providers to connect seamlessly and securely to end users through more than 750 carriers and Internet Exchanges in TELEHOUSE. The global locations of TELEHOUSE Cloud-Interconnect provide greater speed to market for cloud providers and increased levels of performance for their end users. TELEHOUSE Cloud-Interconnect offers Enterprises secure, low-latency, and cost effective connections to cloud services within TELEHOUSE data centers.

The scale of cloud adoption and associated challenges were highlighted in the ‘2016 State of the Cloud’ report by RightScale*, which found in 1,060 IT professionals:

• 95% of respondents use some form of private, public or hybrid cloud
  
• Cloud users leverage 6 Clouds on average — 3 Public and 3 Private
  
• The key challenges in cloud adoption are a lack of internal resources/expertise, issues with security and compliance, as well as managing cost and performance.

Hidehiko Tajima, Chief Executive Officer, Global Business of KDDI, which is a parent company of TELEHOUSE, states “The proliferation of cloud computing often means that IT workloads are increasingly dispersed. The key to a successful cloud strategy is getting the connectivity between the clouds and your stakeholders (branches, remote offices, end users etc.) right, in terms of performance, throughput and security. TELEHOUSE Cloud-Interconnect enables Cloud providers and Enterprises alike to access all the major cloud providers securely and cost effectively whilst maximising performance. At TELEHOUSE our team of experts can advise how to effectively plan your cloud strategy”.

TELEHOUSE Cloud-Interconnect is just one aspect of the wider TELEHOUSE Interconnect which brings together more than 3,000 business partners such as Carriers, Mobile and Content providers, Enterprises and Financial services companies. With Enhanced Connect, Telehouse’s new internet optimisation service, businesses can access the Telehouse Interconnect from the remotest points of the planet in less than 300ms. This firmly establishes the TELEHOUSE Interconnect as the home of the connected world, and a unique place to create business opportunities, now and in the future.

About KDDI Corporation

KDDI Corporation is a leading Japanese telecommunications and ICT solution provider with more than 100 offices in 27 countries around the world and a Global Fortune company. Serving 40 million domestic mobile subscribers, KDDI provides a diverse portfolio consisting of managed networks, data centers, cloud, security and system integration. As a global ICT provider, KDDI design and build highly reliable unified infrastructure for the world’s leading financial, media, manufacturing and professional IT services. With 17 subsidiary divisions in data management technology and dedicated R&D facilities, KDDI enables its clients to reach their innovative potential.
(http://global.kddi.com)

About TELEHOUSE

TELEHOUSE is the pioneering data center colocation provider originally established in 1989. It manages and operates 48 carrier-neutral data centers globally, serving over 3000 companies and hosting some of the world's leading internet exchanges. Designed for mission-critical IT system housing and connectivity, TELEHOUSE supports the infrastructure of the world's leading network operators, cloud providers and financial institutions.
(http://www.telehouseglobal.com/)