Airtel to offer private network solutions for enterprise clients using Amazon Web Services
Bharti Airtel has announced that it has teamed up with AWS Partner Network (APN) to deliver private network solutions for global enterprise customers using Amazon Web Services (AWS).
With this announcement, Airtel’s enterprise customers across the globe will leverage the power of AWS Direct Connect to inaugurate a dedicated network connection between customers’ grounds and Amazon’s datacenters. This will help them to cut network costs, to increase bandwidth throughput, and to experience reliable network connectivity.
Ajay Chitkara, CEO – Global Business, Bharti Airtel said “Today, we are seeing more and more organizations embrace the benefits of hybrid network architectures and on-premise environments across the globe. In line with this market adoption, we are excited to strengthen Airtel’s cloud services portfolio by adding AWS to our growing list of cloud services providers.”
He further added “We are confident that this will help our global customers truly leverage the benefits of cloud, and further Airtel’s long-term commitment towards delivering the best technological capabilities for its customers”.
“We are excited to be working with Airtel to bring the security and reliability of AWS Direct Connect to Amazon Web Services Inc. customers across India,” said Bikram singh Bedi, Head of Amazon Web Services India. “By utilizing AWS Direct Connect, AWS Inc. customers are able to reduce network costs, increase bandwidth throughput and provide a more consistent network experience, helping Indian businesses of all sizes to rapidly expand their organizations.”
How Airtel customers can enjoy a more consistent connectivity through AWS Direct Connect:
- Reduced Bandwidth Costs:
- Consistent Network Performance
- Compatible with all AWS Services
- Private Connectivity to Amazon VPC
- Elastic: AWS Direct Connect provides 1 Gbps and 10 Gbps connections, and customers can easily provision multiple connections.
Further, customers can sign up for AWS Direct Connect service quickly and easily using the AWS Management Console – a single view to efficiently manage all connections and virtual interfaces.
