Leaseweb adds Microsoft Azure to its hybrid cloud networking capabilities
Leaseweb is an IaaS provider serving worldwide ranging from SMBs to Enterprises. The company expands its hybrid cloud networking capabilities with Microsoft Azure.
Leaseweb is an Infrastructure as a Service provider. The company serves worldwide with 20.000 clients globally, ranging from SMBs to Enterprises.
With more than 80,000 servers, Leaseweb has provided infrastructure for mission-critical websites, Internet applications, email servers, security, and storage services since 1997.
The company announced that it added Microsoft Azure. The customers can select different connectivity speeds between 100 Mbps and 10 Gbps.
Leaseweb Global announced that it has expanded its Leaseweb Cloud Connect offering to provide fast and secure connectivity to Microsoft Azure from select Leaseweb data centers in Europe, the U.S. and Singapore. With the addition of Azure, Leaseweb Cloud Connect affords customers the flexibility to bypass the Internet and securely connect Leaseweb-hosted infrastructure to any of the big three public cloud providers, which also include Google Cloud and AWS.a
Minimizing infrastructure costs
Customers are able to select different connectivity speeds between 100 mbps and 10 Gbps, depending on their individual budget and project requirements. Nikolaos Kolestsas, product manager, Leaseweb Global said,
Nikolaos Kolestsas, product manager of Leaseweb Global
« Most organizations today, whether unintentionally or by design, are operating in a hybrid cloud environment. They recognize the utility of the public cloud for development, big data and on-off workloads while also wanting to preserve their business-critical applications and data on private infrastructure. This latest expansion of Leaseweb Cloud Connect with Microsoft Azure allows customers to realize the best of both worlds, connecting their dedicated hosting resources to their public cloud provider of choice. »
The hybrid cloud infrastructure market is expected to reach $128.01 billion by 2025. Leaseweb Cloud Connect provides businesses with an efficient way to build secure networks that seamlessly interconnect their disparate IT platforms across Leaseweb and public cloud environments. This helps minimize infrastructure costs while increasing the speed at which organizations can bring new products and services to market.
