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principal at Vertical Systems Group. Fiber access to network
services is additionally being pre-built into nearly every new
commercial building across the U.S.”
“Business customers want ready accessibility to fiber-based
services for the capacity and scalability necessary to future-
proof their networks,” said Cochran. “Consequently, a top com-
petitive differentiator for both wholesale and retail service pro-
viders is the geographic reach of their on-net fiber footprints.”
Console Gears Up for
June Launch
Global wholesale carrier and partner to leading Internet
exchange points, IX Reach has changed its name to Console
Network Solutions. It will launch its new platform in June 2016,
though select customers are active on the platform today.
With Console, companies can bypass the public Internet
and directly connect to business-critical cloud services, such
as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud
Platform. In addition, the Console platform enables direct
connections with a variety of other cloud service providers,
enterprises and networks. Services accessible via the Con-
sole platform offer highly reliable, private and flexible direct
connections that avoid the associated risks of sending data
over the public Internet. The Console platform extracts all of
the Layer 2 and Layer 3 configuration complexity for the en-
terprise to connect its network privately and directly to others.
Building on its continued rapid growth in the the U.S., Can-
ada, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, the innovative Console
platform is available across the company’s global footprint,
which consists of more than 160 global points of presence.
Level 3 Expands Voice Complete
to Western Europe
Level 3 Communications has expanded the Voice Com-
plete enterprise communications solution to select countries
in Western Europe.
Voice Complete is a global communications solution that
leverages Level 3’s IP network to provide SIP trunking and
native PRI-ISDN. The solution supports hybrid customer en-
vironments and gives customers the ability to transition old
equipment to an IP-based voice solution. It also delivers emer-
gency services, built-in failover protection and single vendor
management, and is available in the United States, Germany,
the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands and Belgium.
”Level 3’s Voice Complete is a comprehensive, global
communications solution enabling large enterprises to implement
SIP-based services to integrate their voice communications
and business applications to improve performance, enhance
reliability and allow collaboration among its employees and
customers,” said Mike Sapien, principal analyst, Ovum
Enterprise Services. “Voice Complete includes communica-
tions management using a single contract, customer portal,
feature set and the appropriate SLAs. Based on Level 3’s
strong, successful experience in the U.S. with this service,
this solution offers European enterprises a flexible, dynamic
and cost-effective IP platform for business communications.”
CDI Partners with eSentire
to Serve Mid-Market
Computer Design & Integration has executed a strategic
partnership agreement with eSentire, an industry-leading
provider of managed security services. This partnership is
designed to enhance CDI LLC’s capabilities around IT secu-
rity, while adding to its Professional and Managed Services
portfolio of offerings.
Through this partnership, CDI LLC customers will have ac-
cess to an advanced cybersecurity program that is fully man-
aged and focused on addressing the attacks that target the
mid-market. eSentire delivers next-gen technology solutions
that are based on the strength of an elite security team, with a
white-glove, hands-on embedded incident response approach.
“IT security and threat detection/remediation is top-of-
mind for CDI’s customers, and this partnership is a seamless
way to add IT security to our service portfolio,” said Ben Sa-
lomon, director of sales, CDI LLC. “eSentire is prevalent in
financial services and quickly gaining ground in other indus-
tries, such as legal, biopharmaceuticals and healthcare.”
“Mid-sized enterprise is the fastest-growing target and
victim when it comes to cyberattacks,” said Mark Adams,
vice president of corporate development, eSentire. “At
eSentire we’re committed to ensuring small to mid-sized
organizations are able to adopt comparable security best
practices, like those utilized by their peers.”
Clarus Joins CloudRoute
Partner Program
CloudRoute, an Authorized Microsoft Cloud Solution
Provider (CSP), announced a new strategic partnership
with St. Louis-based master agent Clarus Communica-
tions. The partnership provides Clarus with Microsoft
cloud-based products, solutions and infrastructure, which
includes voice services, Skype for Business, enterprise
mobility and disaster recovery.
“Our customers are demanding Microsoft cloud-based solu-
tions like Office 365. This partnership gives us the opportunity
to map the right business solutions to each of our customer’s
needs,” said Chris Torbit, Principal of Clarus Communications.
“Partnering with CloudRoute allows us to deliver scalable
cloud technology solutions and ensure enterprise support and
services for our customers and partners.”
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