Level 3 and Cloud Computing

Level 3 Shapes the Cloud
Any Cloud Computing application or service exhibits two characteristics. First it uses virtualization to decouple the end user from the actual service and second it employs a pay-as-you-go business model. Virtualization is the key technology, while pay-as-you-go provides the business flexibility.

Virtualization let’s users take advantage of a service without the concern of owning or managing the actual physical resources used to provide the service. From a business perspective this allows IT departments to take advantage of a multitude of technologies to cost optimize the way they deliver services. Regardless of the type of virtualization employed, one simple fact remains, the user must still be connected to the service via a very ‘un-virtual’, real, physical connection. The connection is the ‘cloud’ of cloud computing. Level 3 builds these clouds.

Application Performance Enables Network Performance

The network is often taken for granted, but in the realm of Cloud Computing, the network has become part of the application. IT managers want to gain the benefits of moving to the cloud, but they must be assured that their customers, the users of the cloud, will have a consistent application experience.

By working with Level 3 those IT managers can be assured that we will match their applications to the right type of cloud. We have no vested interest in driving one type of connection over any other. We have no cloud applications to sell. Our only desire is to create a network cloud that delivers the best experience to their users.

Not only do we have the right tools in our toolbox, we now how to use them. There is a reason that we’ve built backbones for 8 out the worlds 10 largest telecommunications carriers. We build Lamborghinis not Edsels. By working with Level 3 businesses get access to the tools