CenturyLink, Monday announced the acquisition of Orchestrate, a company that offers a fully managed database service for rapid application development. The Monroe-based cloud and telecommunications provider aims to enhance its Cloud platform with new Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) capabilities. Orchestrate co-founders Antony Falco, chief executive officer, and Ian Plosker, chief technology officer, as well as Dave Smith, vice president of engineering, are among those joining CenturyLink.
CenturyLink's other recent big data analytics moves include the acquisition of Cognilytics, a leading provider of advanced predictive analytics and big data solutions; the launch of Hyperscale high-performance cloud server instances designed for web-scale workloads, big data and cloud-native applications; and the availability of automated cloud-based Hadoop solutions. CenturyLink has also added other acquisitions to the CenturyLink Cloud ecosystem including DataGardens, which boosts its disaster recovery services.
Glen F. Post, III, CEO & President , CenturyLink
CenturyLink's customers, like most enterprises, are expressing interest in solutions that help them meet the performance, scalability and agile development needs of large-scale big data analytics. The Orchestrate database service's ease of use and ability to support multiple database technologies have emerged as key differentiators that we are eager to offer our customers through the CenturyLink Cloud platform.
Antony Falco, CEO, Orchestrate
CenturyLink Cloud features one of the most sophisticated service infrastructures in the market, with a great interface and lots of options for managing complex workflow and third-party applications in the cloud. Orchestrate's database service takes the same approach to delivering cost efficiency and ease of use. Enterprise customers are increasingly expecting one global platform to provide these services.
