Windstream Hosted Solutions has incorporated a new system that reduces customized cloud provisioning time from days to hours.
The new cloud automation system, available for services sold by channel partners, supports end-to-end on-demand provisioning in the Windstream Hosted Solutions public cloud. Instead of only providing an automated environment for canned, pre-packaged service offerings, Windstream’s cloud automation tool allows automated deployment for customized solutions designed to meet the specific needs of its enterprise customers.
“This new automation solution creates a self-contained enterprise virtual data center (EVDC) unique to each customer,” said Chris Nicolini, Windstream’s senior vice president of data center operations. “Every EVDC is configured with its own operating systems, virtual machines and network configuration to meet our customers’ distinct specifications, including features such as monitoring and backups.”
While the cloud environments are customized for each customer, the traditional implementation time has been significantly reduced from days to mere hours, Windstream said, allowing a tailor-made public cloud environment to be delivered to the customer within a single business day.
“Enterprises require true automation of IT operations management in service provider cloud platforms,” said Melanie Posey, research vice president at IDC. “Windstream’s new cloud automation capability, combined with its high touch service model and ability to implement customized network and/or compute configurations for clients, creates real differentiation in the enterprise cloud solutions market.”
