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Lumen and VMware expand partnership to drive rapid innovation at the Edge
Innovation Lab , bringing together architecture and design , marketing and sales resources .
The teams will focus initial efforts on codeveloping solutions for the Lumen portfolio of managed services in key areas including Edge Computing , work-fromanywhere and security .
Lumen Technologies and VMware are expanding their partnership to fast-track the design , development and delivery of Edge Computing and more secure , workfrom-anywhere solutions . Their combined capabilities will enable customers to deliver future-forward experiences for any application , to any device , from the global cloud core to the distributed network Edge .
The interaction-intensive experiences of automated factories , Smart Cities and telemedicine require the orchestration of compute , network and data resources closer to the customer to deliver low latency and intrinsically secure applications .
To lay the foundation for advanced workloads , Lumen and VMware will form a Joint
“ Resilient Edge Computing solutions will drive the next wave of digital innovation for the enterprise and customers need the right capabilities to effectively create , deploy and manage applications in this new environment ,” said Jeff Storey , President and Chief Executive Officer , Lumen Technologies .
“ This deliberate move to invest in and accelerate our efforts with VMware will allow us to quickly bring to market softwaredefined solutions that address the real issues our customers face as they move applications to the Edge . That is powerful .”
Southern Cross selects Ciena to support submarine network connecting Australasia to US West Coast
Southern Cross has selected Ciena ’ s
GeoMesh Extreme submarine solution , utilizing Ciena ’ s 6500 Submarine Line Terminating Equipment , for the new 13,494 km Southern Cross NEXT submarine cable in the Pacific .
This deployment will allow Southern Cross to not only tackle the growing demand for bandwidth but also support the resiliency , reconfigurability and rapid activation requirements that their customers need .
The NEXT system will leverage Ciena ’ s WaveLogic 5 Extreme to mesh the new system into the current Southern Cross network fabric while supporting higher connectivity services and a fully integrated eco-system .
Consisting of three diverse submarine cable routes , 20 plus access points and over 43,000km , this single ecosystem supports high capacity and low latency routes between
Australia , New Zealand , Fiji , Tokelau , Kiribati , Hawaii and the US West Coast .
Laurie Miller , President and CEO , Southern Cross Cables Limited , said : “ Today ’ s work from home mandates and the sudden dramatic influx of remote digital requirements have generated major traffic spikes and required our customers to deliver increased capacity in extremely short time frames , a trend we expect to see for years to come .
“ In seeking the optimal solution for our NEXT system , we engaged an external global consultancy to independently review and evaluate the various leading industry solutions and after a thorough process , the Ciena WaveLogic 5 Extreme was identified as the ideal choice .”
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