Pacnet has announced the beta launch of the
Pacnet Enabled Network (PEN), an
industry-first service platform that leverages
software-defined-networking (SDN) to deliver flexible and scalable
bandwidth configurable by customers, heralding a major advance in the
capabilities
of enterprises and carriers to build high-performance and cloud-ready
networks.
Powered
by Pacnet’s innovative Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) model, PEN delivers
scalable bandwidth and software-enabled intelligence, allowing customers
to dynamically provision bandwidth in minutes,
based on their business needs. PEN users are able to create a
virtualized cross-connected environment leveraging Pacnet’s wholly-owned
network of data centers and telecommunications infrastructure for
unrivalled coverage of financial and business centers across
Asia-Pacific.
“PEN is
a quantum-leap for the industry that catapults networking into the
cloud-computing age,” said Jim Fagan, President of Managed Services at
Pacnet. “With the region’s most extensive coverage
of data centers and subsea cable network, Pacnet has the capabilities
to execute and deliver next-generation tools to help our customers stay
on top of their networking needs in the demanding world of cloud.”
PEN
offers customers the ability to self-provision bandwidth, manage and
monitor network usage and account information in real-time. The platform
utilizes OpenFlow, an open-source technology,
for high-performance network management, providing seamless
connectivity to a hybrid cloud service environment, giving customers the
flexibility to choose their cloud vendor.
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Leverage Pacnet’s unrivalled global infrastructure: PEN is built on an enterprise class network, which offers point-to-point international private connections to customers, and
extensive data center facilities across 10 data centers in Asia-Pacific.
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Fully automated provisioning with flexible network optimization options: PEN customers can provision dynamic bandwidth within minutes either through
Pacnet Connect, a Web-based portal, or via an Application
Programming Interface (API), eliminating the need for manual processes.
This gives users the control
to customize and configure network based on their performance and quality of service requirements.
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Pay for what you use: With a flexible pricing model, customers will be billed according to the amount, quality and duration of network usage.
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Hybrid cloud gateway:
PEN, which utilizes an OpenFlow based software controller, extends
enterprise class data centers and private clouds to any external cloud
vendors, offering
customers the flexibility to create a truly virtual Asia-Pacific data
center.
As
enterprises continue to rapidly embrace cloud computing to meet their
business needs, the-increasing volume and complexity of data traffic
place severe strains on networks that are based on
traditional hierarchical architectures. PEN puts Pacnet at the
forefront of industry efforts to meet the networking challenges prompted
by the growth of cloud computing, offering customers scalable bandwidth
that adapts to their networking requirements, integrating
software-enabled intelligence with Pacnet’s unsurpassed network of
wholly-owned data center and
undersea cable infrastructure.
PEN
offers customers access to major multiple or large carriers and data
centers through the Pacnet network, and creates a virtualized
cross-connected environment. This means customers can provision
a network from the Pacnet Hong Kong data center to their on-premises
facilities in Australia.
With a
full launch expected in the first quarter of 2014, PEN is at the center
of Pacnet’s transformation into a “next-gen” provider of cloud, data
center and telecommunication services, increasing
options for customers and generating additional synergies with other
existing Pacnet managed services offerings.
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