Verizon's Secure Cloud Interconnect Service Now Available with Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute for Office 365, Skype for Busines...

BASKING RIDGE, N.J., Sept. 29, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Enterprise Solution's Secure Cloud Interconnect service will now offer Microsoft ExpressRoute for Office 365, Skype for Business and Microsoft Azure Government Cloud as announced at Microsoft Corp.'s online conference AzureCon on Tuesday (Sept. 29).

Verizon's private networking option provides additional benefits and control to Azure, Office 365 and Skype for Business customers, including consumption-based bandwidth, pre-provisioned on-demand resources, controlled application performance and varying classes of service.  

"Verizon's Secure Cloud Interconnect is fast becoming the premier choice for enterprises that are shifting workloads into the cloud," said Shawn Hakl, vice president of enterprise networking and innovation for Verizon. "Microsoft cloud users will find this solution delivers an unbeatable combination of security, resiliency, application performance, simplicity and efficiency, while enabling a wide range of applications and use cases."

With this platform, Verizon removes many of the barriers that often affect enterprise cloud adoption, including control, scalability and flexibility.

Secure Cloud Interconnect with Microsoft ExpressRoute for Office 365, Skype for Business and Government Cloud 

Azure uses Verizon's Secure Cloud Interconnect to pre-provision wireless and IP data networking into the cloud service provider community to create a security-enhanced, high-performance environment.

With this service, Azure users can maintain the security, consistency and reliability of their business cloud connections, without the need to expose data to the public Internet or to construct costly and time consuming custom network connections. 

In addition, Microsoft and Verizon's interconnect service are built with redundant links to further increase the reliability of the solution. 

Azure ExpressRoute for Office 365 and Skype for Business with SCI are now available in Microsoft's Verizon's Northern Virginia, San Jose, London and Hong Kong data centers.  

Microsoft Azure Government complies with FedRAMP and FISMA requirements. This option is now available to Azure customers in Microsoft's data center in Northern Virginia with an additional site in Chicago planned to come online this fall. 

Verizon Private IP Provides Secure, High-Performance Environment for Cloud Computing

Secure Cloud Interconnect is built on Verizon's world-class Private IP network that offers any-to-any connectivity of IP, while providing the security and reliability associated with private wide area networking solutions. Using Verizon's Private IP wireless access feature, Secure Cloud Interconnect is further extended to U.S. users of its world-class 4G LTE service. Available in more than 170 markets around the globe, Private IP delivers scalability, varying classes of service, expansive reach and exceptional service including stringent service level agreements for latency and packet-loss.

Verizon Enterprise Solutions helps clients improve customer experience, drive growth and business performance and manage risk. With industry-specific solutions provided over the company's secure mobility, cloud, strategic networking, Internet of Things and advanced communications platforms, Verizon Enterprise Solutions helps open new opportunities around the world for innovation, investment and business transformation. Visit www.verizonenterprise.com to learn more.

About Verizon

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ), headquartered in New York, employs a diverse workforce of 178,500 and generated more than $127 billion in 2014 revenues. Verizon Wireless operates America's most reliable wireless network, with 109.5 million retail connections nationwide. Verizon also provides converged communications, information and entertainment services over America's most advanced fiber-optic network, and delivers integrated business solutions to customers worldwide. For more information, visit www.verizon.com/news/.

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