VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

RCOM’s India Enterprise Business unit took the honors at the Frost & Sullivan India Digital Transformation Award 2017 for its pioneering SIP Trunking service in the ‘New Products and Services’ category. “It is indeed a great honor to be acknowledged for product innovation and services. IP Voice is dramatically changing the contours of voice communications and enterprises are looking at newer ways of minimizing Capex, while seeking better return on investment. Reliance SIP Trunk is one of early game-changers in the transformative journey towards the IP voice ecosystem,” said Bill Barney, Co-CEO, Reliance Communications, and Chairman and CEO of Global Cloud Xchange. Launched in 2016 by RCOM’s India Enterprise Business, Reliance SIP Trunk is India’s first Enterprise SIP Trunking service to be powered by the IP Multimedia System (IMS). It is a highly scalable IP voice service designed for enterprise use for internal as well as external communications. Unlike traditional tel...

Global Cloud Xchange (GCX), a subsidiary of Reliance Communications, has announced a direct access to Amazon Web Services (AWS) via GCX’s Cloud X Fusion in Sydney, with the ability to establish additional interconnections across multiple locations and offer enterprise customers fast, flexible access to the cloud. Bill Barney CEO of Global Cloud Xchange 150x150 GCX declares direct access to Amazon Web Services“Secure, private and reliable connectivity to cloud services is always a key concern for enterprises as they embark on their cloud adoption journey. Using Cloud X Fusion, businesses can take advantage of our enterprise-grade connectivity from 90 countries to securely connect their on-premise environments directly into an AWS Direct Connect port over our global infrastructure,” said Bill Barney, CEO of Global Cloud Xchange. Cloud X Fusion is part of GCX’s Cloud X portfolio, a platform designed to seamlessly combine the speed and power of fiber-optics with the agility, flexibi...

Reliance Communications (RCOM) and its subsidiary, Global Cloud Xchange (GCX), has appointed Braham Singh as Senior Vice-President, Global Product Management. He will have overall responsibility for the global product portfolio across RCOM India Enterprise and GCX. In addition, he will also manage the company’s National Long Distance (NLD) and Data Center businesses. Singh has over 30 years of telecom experience, most recently as Vice-President & Senior Advisor for International Business at Hutchison Global Communications (HGC).  He also served as head of the company’s OTT Services, where he was instrumental in the development of HGC’s global infrastructure sales, including that for data centers, content delivery network, cloud and cloud connectivity services. Over the years, Singh delivered a solid record in driving HGC’s growth across global markets... Read more

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Reliance Globalcom  has appointed  William (Bill) Barney as CEO  of its three offshore businesses, comprising FLAG, Yipes and Vanco. Barney’s  career  spans  more  than  15 years in Asia. During his 10-year tenure as CEO of Pacnet, Barney led the company's successful acquisition of regional ISP, Pacific Internet, which operationally merged with Asia Netcom and re-launched as Pacnet in January 2008. Prior to Pacnet, Barney served as Asia Pacific  President  and CEO for MCI Worldcom  (Verizon) where  he ledthe company through a three-digit growth phase. Anil D.Ambani,Chairman, Reliance Communications  stated, “We are delighted to have Bill join us to lead Reliance Globalcom into an accelerated phase  of growth  anddevelopment,  leading  to enhanced  unlocking  of value for the benefit of all our stakeholders. Bill’s track record and abi...