Global Switch Adds Level 3 Cloud Connect Solutions to Its Data Centers

Global Switch, a large-scale, carrier-neutral colocation and data center services provider, has announced that Level 3 Communications’ Cloud Connect Solutions will be available from its data centers across Europe and Asia-Pacific.

The new service offered by Level 3 will connect Global Switch’s customers, including systems integrators, financial institutions, enterprises and government organizations, to Level 3 Cloud Connect’s growing ecosystem. Level 3 Cloud Connect provides customers with secured network connectivity to a range of leading cloud hosting providers, including Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform. 

level-3By leveraging Level 3’s virtual private network (VPN) services, Global Switch‘s customers will be able to utilize pre-established interconnections and scale their bandwidth on demand. In a hybrid cloud environment, transferring large data sets is expedited with greater bandwidth capacity, which also improves the performance of real-time voice and data feeds. Customers would be able to migrate and operate business-critical applications in a hybrid cloud environment that delivers greater performance, security and flexibility.

“We are delighted to now have Level 3 Cloud Connect solutions available at Global Switch‘s data centres throughout Europe and Asia-Pacific,” said Steven Potts, Global Switch’s Regional Connectivity Director, Europe. “With many of our customers adopting cloud-based solutions, the importance of secure, reliable and scalable connectivity options only increases. Level 3’s developing cloud ecosystem is a very valuable addition to the solution set available to our customers today.”