A screenshot of AT&T's portfolio of cloud services page
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Telecommunications provider AT&T announced on Monday it has launched AT&T Synaptic Compute as a Service with VMware vCloud Datacenter Service, its new enterprise-class private cloud service that combines its technologies with VMware.
Designed for enterprises, developers, and businesses, this new cloud capability is embedded directly into AT&T’s network as the company expands its continually growing cloud infrastructure and offerings.
This enables AT&T’s compute and storage services to be scaled, managed, routed and delivered to business customers, down to almost any fixed or mobile device, on demand, with enterprise-grade security and performance.
The service allows VMware’s more than 350,000 customers to extend their private cloud environments across and into AT&T’s network-based cloud using AT&T’s virtual private network. The benefits of a VPN include the flexibility and cost efficiencies of using private and public cloud systems interchangeably and strategically.
The service allows users to rapidly provision and scale compute resources and easily and flexibly shift workloads between their private clouds and AT&T’s network-based cloud. It also supports bursting, data center extensions, disaster recovery, and mobile application development and deployment.
“Our new cloud offer with VMware can help customers simplify the way they orchestrate their cloud resources between private and public clouds, allowing them to have the best of both worlds,” said John Potter, VP of a service solutions at AT&T Business Solutions.
This new version of AT&T Synaptic Compute as a Service is available immediately in the US with global availability expected by the end of the year.
AT&T has achieved certification according to VMware’s standards for its vCloud Datacenter Service program which was created to ensure globally consistent enterprise-class cloud computing infrastructure services.
This new service is complemented by a series of cloud offers announced by AT&T in the last 90 days which includes AT&T Unified Communications Services, AT&T Cloud Architect, AT&T Platform as a Service.
AT&T’s portfolio of cloud services also includes AT&T Synaptic Storage as a Service and AT&T Synaptic Hosting.
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