VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

To facilitate customers from lower latency and better-performing applications over secure internet connections, BT has announced direct connection of Zscaler Cloud Security Access Points into its global network. Mark Hughes, CEO, BT Security , said, “We are pleased to add this improvement to our growing portfolio of solutions helping customers take advantage of the cloud. Based on Zscaler’s cutting-edge technology, this latest enhancement of Assure Managed Cloud brings to our customers increased confidence and convenience at no additional cost or investment into hardware or software.” Read more

BT has announced globally the BT Connect Intelligence IWAN that integrates the Cisco Intelligent WAN (IWAN) solution into the BT Connect portfolio of network services. It is an innovative managed service that enables organizations to automatically route and optimize network traffic and gain visibility of applications performance without spending more on bandwidth. The new launch has been built on BT’s existing intelligent network capabilities by using a hybrid environment and managed Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) technology. It brings new options to reduce the cost of customers’ networks whilst securing the performance of applications. The services are offered as part of Connect Intelligence IWAN that also help customers reap the business benefits of the “Cloud of Clouds” by taking advantage of broader virtualized functions such as application performance management and security... Read more

BT has announced that as part of its Cloud of Clouds vision it will deploy virtual Riverbed SteelHead application acceleration technology in the core of its global network, providing superior application performance for customers accessing BT’s own cloud services as well as other leading Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offerings. Keith Langridge, Vice-President, Network Services, BT Global Services, said, “Our Cloud of Clouds vision is rapidly coming to fruition. By including Riverbed-as-a-Service in our offering, we address one of the key issues faced by our customers:  the performance and reliability of applications hosted in the cloud. The new service builds on the direct network connectivity we already provide to major cloud providers by bringing better speed, performance and control to applications hosted with these cloud providers. This joint offering with Riverbed is a milestone on the journey to software-defined networks, and creates an additional di...