Pacnet has announced the beta launch of the Pacnet Enabled Network (PEN), a service platform for enterprises and carriers that leverages software-defined-networking (SDN) to deliver flexible and scalable bandwidth configurable by customers.
Powered by Pacnet’s network-as-a-service (NaaS) model, PEN allows customers to dynamically provision bandwidth in minutes, based on their business needs. PEN users are able to create a virtualized cross-connected environment leveraging Pacnet’s wholly-owned network of data centers and telecommunications infrastructure for coverage of financial and business centers across Asia-Pacific.
“PEN is a quantum leap for the industry that catapults networking into the cloud-computing age,” said Jim Fagan, president of managed services at Pacnet. “With the region’s most extensive coverage of data centers and subsea cable network, Pacnet has the capabilities to execute and deliver next-generation tools to help our customers stay on top of their networking needs in the demanding world of cloud.”
PEN offers customers the ability to self-provision bandwidth, and manage and monitor network usage and account information in real-time. The platform uses OpenFlow, an open-source technology, for network management, providing connectivity to a hybrid cloud service environment so that customers have the flexibility to choose their cloud vendor.
PEN offers point-to-point international private connections to customers, and data center facilities across 10 data centers in Asia-Pacific. PEN customers can provision dynamic bandwidth either through Pacnet Connect, a Web-based portal, or via an application programming interface (API), eliminating the need for manual processes. This gives users the control to customize and configure network based on their performance and quality of service requirements.
With a flexible pricing model, customers will be billed according to the amount, quality and duration of network usage.
“As enterprises continue to rapidly embrace cloud computing to meet their business needs, the-increasing volume and complexity of data traffic place severe strains on networks that are based on traditional hierarchical architectures,” the company explained. “PEN puts Pacnet at the forefront of industry efforts to meet the networking challenges prompted by the growth of cloud computing, offering customers scalable bandwidth that adapts to their networking requirements, integrating software-enabled intelligence with Pacnet’s unsurpassed network of wholly-owned data center and undersea cable infrastructure.”
A full launch expected in the first quarter of 2014.
