Sungard Availability Services ( Sungard AS ), a leading provider of highly-available , cloud connected infrastructure in North America and Europe , and Megaport , a global leader in Network-as-a-Service ( NaaS ) providers , has announced a new partnership that will enable Sungard AS data centres worldwide with Software-Defined Cloud Interconnection ( SDCI ) capabilities . These Connected Infrastructure Hubs offer on-demand , scalable and secure connectivity to the world ’ s leading cloud providers , as well as top-tier data centres around the world , to support hybrid and multi-cloud environments . Enterprises are increasingly operating in complex and diverse environments – 87 % of organisations have a hybrid cloud strategy , while 93 % have a multicloud strategy with an average of five clouds , according to the Flexera 2020 State of the Cloud Report . At the same time , customer demands on application performance has never been higher . All of which adds pressure on network architecture and performance .
Sungard AS ’ Connected Infrastructure Hubs , premier data centres enabled with Megaport ’ s platform , deliver highperformance , low-latency connectivity
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CONNECTIVITY IS A CRITICAL CONSIDERATION FOR BUILDING CLOUD ARCHITECTURES THAT PERFORM AND SCALE . to more than 350 service providers , including the world ’ s leading cloud platforms and access to more than 80 cloud regions from a single data centre . That allows organisations to further optimise application performance by streamlining their hybrid IT and multicloud landscape .
“ A business ’ success hinges not on any one application , but on ensuring all applications work reliably together across multiple environments while remaining highly available ,” said Jim Paterson , Executive Vice President , Global Products and Technology at Sungard AS . “ By combining Sungard AS ’ world-class
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The Megaport Software Defined Network provides greater choice and ease of use for provisioning cloud connectivity and enables predictable , low-latency connections that improve application performance . Businesses can scale bandwidth up and down on-demand and connect physical and private cloud infrastructure to multiple public cloud providers to support hybrid and multi-cloud architectures . Additionally , Megaport enables cloudto-cloud connectivity through point and click provisioning , making it possible to move workloads and data between public cloud providers . Traffic flows over a secure , private Layer 2 network for increased security , ensuring it never traverses the open Internet and can be encrypted over the network . In addition , customers can enable fault-tolerant and highly available redundant Infrastructureas-a-Service ( IaaS ) solutions to eliminate single points of failure .
“ Connectivity is a critical consideration for building cloud architectures that perform and scale ,” said Matt Simpson , Vice President of Cloud at Megaport . “ Using Megaport ’ s platform to bypass the public Internet and directly connect to public cloud services improves application performance by reducing latency and jitter . Customers can configure on-demand connections to service providers in a pointand-click manner so they can respond to changing business demands in real-time . Our SDN , combined with Sungard AS ’ highly available hybrid solutions , will help customers unlock the full value of cloudenabled IT architectures .” ◊
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