Verizon Enterprise Solutions completed agreements with and began deploying innovative business technology solutions – including intelligent networks, cloud, managed security and machine-to-machine (M2M) solutions – for a variety of corporations and organizations around the globe in the second-quarter of 2013. The organization also made significant announcements and won recognition during the quarter. Highlights include:
Customers
- Under a three-year agreement, Verizon Enterprise Solutions is providing the Australian Federal Police and and its client agencies – the Australian Crime Commission, the CRIMTRAC Agency, the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre and the Commonwealth Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions – with a dual Internet gateway service that will boost the security, reliability and overall efficiency of the agency’s IT systems.
- One of the world’s leading business process guidance companies, Panviva, has chosen to move its flagship enterprise product, SupportPoint, onto Verizon Terremark’s private cloud. The move will enable the Australian-based company to deliver its enterprise software in record time across the globe, enabling the company to offer its services at a more competitive price point and free up employees to focus on the customer experience, rather than the delivery process.
- For d’Amico Societa di Navigazione, business continuity was critical when the Italian global shipping company reviewed its communications requirements. A Verizon customer since 2005, d’Amico already was using Verizon’s secure and scalable global IP network to support its global communications. However, as news stories continued to highlight disasters – both natural and man-made – the company decided to rethink its business continuity plan to ensure its operations could continue to function, should the worst happen. The Verizon solution chosen by d’Amico is a business continuity strategy based on Verizon Terremark’s enterprise cloud, which can be accessed by d’Amico whenever the need arises. In addition, co-location services in Verizon’s Dublin data center offer reliable access to business-critical applications.
- Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF), one of the world’s pre-eminent architecture firms, provides architect, interior, programming and master planning services for clients in both the public and private sectors around the world. Hurricane Sandy and its impact in New York City caused KPF to reevaluate its business continuity and disaster recovery strategies and reached out to Verizon Enterprise Solutions to serve as its strategic advisor for these plans. After careful planning with Verizon for the best way to help keep KPF online in the event of a disaster, KPF came up with a disaster recovery solution by replicating its core data 60+ terra bytes to Verizon Terremark’s facility in Culpeper, Va. The change involved moving forward with 200M Private IP and 100M Internet Dedicated Ethernet Circuits that keeps KPF’s core data online and accessible from anywhere globally. KPF has also upgraded its existing Verizon private IP lines around the world allowing it to auto failover e-mail and voice data to its remote offices, satisfying business continuity needs.
- SFR Business Team, a leading French provider of enterprise communications services, and Verizon were chosen by Veolia Environnement to transform the company’s global communications infrastructure. The three-year contract covers 3,000 Veolia sites globally.
- A major U.S. airline known for its award-winning service enlisted Verizon to deploy more than 150 virtual machines in Verizon’s data center to support the airline’s applications, increased traffic and growing capacity needs.
- The District of Columbia needed a secure and controlled environment to house its IT infrastructure – and because of business continuity planning, it needed to be at least 100 miles outside of Washington, D.C. Verizon was awarded the contract for Verizon Terremark’s colocation services because of its service level agreements and the location of its data centers.
- Driven by the global appetite for wireless data and the rapid adoption of mobile applications, American Tower, a leading independent owner and operator of wireless and broadcast communication sites, needed to upgrade its existing data network to help it service its external global customers and run internal data applications. American Tower sought agility and reliability from a network provider who could help support its growth initiatives. American Tower selected Verizon Enterprise Solutions' Global Private IP Intelligent Network with Dynamic Port to help it efficiently control bandwidth based on the demands of data centers and the business.
Innovations
- Verizon published the 'Verizon 2013 Data Breach Investigations Report' in April, revealing that large-scale financial cybercrime and state-affiliated espionage dominated the security landscape in 2012.
- Verizon deployed 100GE (gigabit Ethernet) technology to the edge routers of its Private IP network, giving global enterprise customers faster speeds and the bandwidth needed as they adopt new technologies that transform their global business infrastructures.
- Verizon announced it can deliver high-speed transactions directly to New York metro financial markets from CME Group’s data center in Aurora, Ill., offering an ultra-low latency round-trip route that bypasses traditional area "data hotels". The CME Group Aurora data center is home to the CME Co-Location Services offering, which caters to more than 100 direct customers.
- Verizon and Equinix announced Verizon’s Private IP service will be available in Equinix’s International Business Exchange™ (IBX) data centers located in major markets around the world. As a result, enterprise customers will gain greater access to global communications solutions that are scalable, secure, reliable and high performing.
- To meet the growing demand of its government and enterprise customers, Verizon has doubled the capacity of its Fyshwick data center in Canberra. Verizon now has more than 75,000 square feet of data center floor space in Australia, divided between centers in Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra. The Fyshwick expansion is the latest example of Verizon’s ongoing investments to make advanced IT solutions available to global customers.
- Verizon and VMware teamed up to provide a dual persona solution for Android-based smartphones.
Recognition
- Automotive News recognized Verizon Telematics with two prestigious PACE awards for the company’s collaboration with Mercedes-Benz USA to develop and implement remote software-update technology.
- Verizon Terremark placed in the leaders quadrant of the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Managed Hosting, North America 2013 report. This is the second year in a row Verizon Terremark has been included in the leaders quadrant for managed hosting. According to Gartner, "leaders have proved they have staying power in this market, can frequently innovate on their existing products and can be relied on for enterprise-class needs. They have proved their technical competence and ability to deliver services to a wide range of customers. They address multiple use cases with stand-alone or integrated solutions."
