Advantage Communications Group announced that is has entered into a partnership agreement with Megaport and its portfolio of Software Defined Networking (SDN) capabilities. The agreement provides Advantage’s clients and sales channels with rapid access to high bandwidth and secure cloud connectivity services through Megaport’s global SDN.
Megaport’s SDN extends more than 150 points of presence throughout North America, APAC and Europe, including 54 locations in North America. Advantage’s global customer base can now directly connect to a growing ecosystem of Cloud Service Providers, including Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud, and Alibaba Cloud, at speeds of up to 10 Gbps with low latency and dedicated bandwidth. They will also benefit from Megaport’s rapid provisioning, 100% service level guarantee, enhanced data security, and flexible contract terms.
“This partnership with Megaport enables our clients to quickly establish direct connectivity to multiple public cloud providers without the hassle of building out an entire network infrastructure,” stated David Gardner, President and CEO of Advantage. “This not only lowers their cost of cloud adoption, it allows them to expand and innovate at a much faster pace than before.”
“We have numerous clients who are just starting to move to the cloud, and others that are expanding to hybrid cloud environments,” added Steve Rome, Senior Vice President at Advantage. “In either case, Megaport’s Elastic Interconnection services allows us to quickly deliver cloud functionality with high availability and private connections.”
