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NEXTDC, Australia's leading data-centre-as-a-Service provider has announced that it is providing a direct network connection to the IBM Cloud. The Direct Link service is now available across the country through a point-of-presence at NEXTDC's M1 data centre, Melbourne's most connected co-location facility.
Nationwide access to the IBM Cloud is done via NEXTDC switching fabric that provides secure connectivity and reduced network costs through the automated provisioning and flexible bandwidth available from the independent community of network service providers at work in NEXTDC data centres.
By connecting privately to the IBM Cloud with Direct Link at NEXTDC, companies can realise a hybrid cloud strategy by seamlessly integrating their hosted infrastructure, internal applications and cloud services. Coca-Cola, an existing IBM customer, is one of the first companies to connect privately to SoftLayer with Direct Link at NEXTDC's M1 Melbourne data centre, meeting a disaster recovery requirement.
NEXTDC's CEO Craig Scroggie commented, "This new relationship with IBM reflects the importance of our nationwide connectivity to Australia's IT industry. NEXTDC is a central point of connection between our customers and the diversity of carriers and service providers. Through our switching fabric we can deliver an infinite number of connections between enterprises and global cloud platforms such as SoftLayer, and the services they support," he said. |
