Hybrid Cloud
Partnering for Success
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“ As hybrid cloud and digital transformation become a top priority for companies , we ’ ve got the automation and the capabilities to help them really drive growth and transformation .”
— Kirk Compton , Vice President Cloud & Enterprise Application Managed Services , Sales , Americas , NTT Ltd .
Hybrid Cloud
“ Traditionally , you had to buy the infrastructure to be able to grow your data platforms ,” remembers Compton . “ And now you can get those on demand . When we look at hybrid cloud … we ’ re a data center company . We ’ ve got private clouds for our clients , but we also support the hyperscalers .”
NTT recently announced a strategic relationship with Microsoft with the company moving much of its internal workloads to the Azure cloud . “ As part of that agreement , Azure is inside our data centers ,” reveals Compton . “ This creates a unique opportunity for us to provide our clients with a dedicated private environment in the same data center where we ’ re providing hyperscaled services .” Compton explains that being able to cross connect the environments inside the same facilities provides an optimal performance platform where digital latency is significantly reduced .
“ Having this network acumen and expertise really puts us in the forefront of hybrid cloud ,” he adds . “ We can bring all of our other services – whether it be application workload , security , wide area network or network-as-a-service – in a combination that ’ s unique in the market via a platform our clients can trust .”
Partnering for Success
A key component in NTT ’ s global success and building that trust over the past 23 years has been the company ’ s alliance with Cisco . “ We have enjoyed an extensive partnership over the years ,” confirms Compton . “ What ’ s been really exciting is how we ’ ve grown together . My experience with Cisco began when we were building
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