NTT Com, powered by Virtela Technology which it acquired early this year has unveiled pay-per-use cloud-based network services that can be instantly activated online, accelerating service delivery and reducing the costs of enterprise networking. This new service that supports real-time provisioning via self-service portal frees enterprises from investing in and managing a multitude of dedicated network appliances for globally distributed offices.
According to a statement by NTT, these services expand NTT Com’s portfolio of Arcstar Universal One™ - the enterprise network services reaching to more than 190 countries/regions worldwide. The new services will become officially available for sales starting from July 2014.
"While many industry experts and service providers have long been speaking about the potential of NFV, we are excited to become the first service providers to commercialize NFV-enabled services on a global scale. NFV is a technology to virtualize network functions that traditionally run on physical appliances. Leveraging NFV technology in our Local Cloud Networking Centers worldwide, we can now deliver varieties of network functions - such as firewall and application acceleration for branch offices - from our network cloud. This eliminates the ‘one device, per service, per location’ model, resulting in significant cost savings for our customers." "And it is not only about saving capital and operational costs. NTT Com’s services transform enterprise WAN to enable customers to stay agile and responsive to the ever-changing business environment."
- Takashi Ooi, NTT Com's Vice President, Enterprise Network Services
"Increasingly globalized business operations, continued growth in remote/mobile work forces, and "extended enterprise" business ecosystems and evolving IT architectures require more flexible, cost effective application delivery models to provide secure, reliable access for highly distributed end-user communities. Virtela’s NFV-enabled cloud networking services, combined with NTT Com’s leadership in SDN/NFV innovation, provides optimized, secure branch office connectivity to centralized applications hosted in the corporate data center and to "off-net" cloud services and applications." NTT Com, one of the most visionary global telcos, has a comprehensive portfolio of network and IT services, which positions the company as a front runner in the growing ICT services market."
- Melanie Posey, Research Vice President, IDC
