Boston, MA 09/19/2014 (wallstreetpr) – Telecommunications services provider, AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) and technology company, International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) have aligned to speed up cloud services business by expanding strong security and performance of its private networks to its clients.
Extending Services
AT&T said that its NetBond Services to the platform of SoftLayer would provide its private network clients a secure and strong performance thus creating hybrid-computing solutions, its statement revealed. Its Virtual Private Network or VPN customers would be able to utilize AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T)’s NetBond to attach their IT infrastructure to the company’s cloud services of SoftLayer. It would enable its customers to gain from high reliability and provides as an option to depending on public Internet access system.
The telecom company disclosed that the alignment of its NetBond with its VPN would allow its customers flexibility besides offering high performing entry to the cloud. The dynamic allocation of VPN bandwidth would also enable its customers to use as they like, whether it was big or small.
NetBond Benefits
AT&T said that it would work effortlessly with the current VPN through API thus establishing an automated experience in a simple way. There was no need for customers to either order or manager any other equipment to gain entry to lines. It believes that companies would be in a position to save as much as 60% on networking expenses as a result of its network elasticity, which flexes automatically with the requirements of the cloud service.
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) indicated that compared to the public Internet it delivers 50% lower latency besides three times the availability. It said that NetBond provides more safeguards from risks like DDoS attacks since its private global network isolate traffic going straight to cloud platforms.
Management Speaks
International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) Cloud Services General Manager, Jim Comfort, said that NetBond offers customers a wide range of opportunities as they discover the best ways to leverage a hybrid cloud.
Similarly, AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) Senior Vice President for Business Solutions, Jon Summers, said that companies can expect best solutions to meet their needs when it comes to cloud. The companies hope to make these capabilities available to its customers in the first quarter of the next year.
