Company launches new on-demand edge solution
powering businesses to deliver amazing digital experiences and save
costs
DENVER, Aug. 16,
2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lumen
Technologies (NYSE: LUMN) is continuing to invest in edge
computing on the Lumen platform to give businesses more choice on
where they can deploy applications and workloads at the edge,
closer to digital interactions. Lumen is now offering Lumen Edge
Virtual Machines (VM), giving businesses access to on-demand
compute, storage, and secure networking, to run their
next-generation applications with high performance and at scale.
Lumen Edge VM is available on the Lumen Marketplace and integrates
seamlessly with the company's comprehensive edge
portfolio.
With Lumen Edge VM, businesses have a
flexible, on-demand compute solution on the Lumen platform.
More on Lumen Edge VM:
https://www.lumen.com/en-us/edge-computing/vm.html
Speed Read:
- To help businesses deliver enhanced customer experiences, Lumen
is bringing a turn-key solution to meet the challenges of deploying
and running next-generation applications.
- Lumen Edge VM provides flexibility, value, and availability.
Businesses get value from having access to a variety of compute
configurations and storage to support a range of application sizes,
backed with management and orchestration tools.
- Lumen Edge VM runs on the Lumen platform, underpinned by the
Lumen fiber network. Through a single provider, businesses can get
the low latency capabilities that compute-intensive,
next-generation applications require.
- Lumen Edge VM brings flexibility of execution venues for
workloads and applications at the edge. Businesses can access
distributed compute services across dispersed markets, providing
the availability needed to work and collaborate across expanded
geographies.
"Growing digital businesses need infrastructure that gives them
the level of compute power they need - where, when, and how they
need it," said Dave Cooper, senior
vice president, edge computing, Lumen Technologies. "The Lumen
platform provides just that. And with Lumen Edge VM, businesses
have a flexible, on-demand compute solution on the Lumen platform.
It gives the power of orchestration and connectivity across hybrid
IT environments, providing a unique combination of benefits -
increased agility and reliability, plus reduced latency, enhanced
security, and low cost."
Tech Talk:
- Lumen Edge VM offers shared, multi-tenant servers hosted in
Lumen edge facilities for customers to create virtual machines
on-demand for adding, updating, and deleting workloads and
applications.
- Businesses can rapidly spin up virtual machines at the edge,
and easily scale up or down.
- Infrastructure and network services are fully managed by
Lumen.
- Lumen Edge VM offers support for multiple operating systems and
a wide range of configurations and storage using open-source
technology.
- Lumen Edge VM can be managed through Lumen Edge Orchestrator,
alongside other Lumen edge services and public cloud services from
AWS, Microsoft, and Google.
- The "as-a-service" solution helps businesses lower expenses
with a pay only for usage model across a range of compute
requirements, and no capital expenditure required.
Key Facts:
- Lumen Edge Computing Solutions meet 97% of U.S. enterprise
demand within 5 milliseconds of latency.
- For a current list of Lumen edge locations, visit:
https://www.lumen.com/en-us/resources/network-maps.html#edge-roadmap
- Lumen manages and operates one of the largest, most connected,
most deeply peered networks in the world. It is comprised of
approximately 450,000 global route miles of fiber, more than
190,000 on-net buildings, and is seamlessly connected to 2,200+
public and private third-party data centers and leading public
cloud service providers.
Additional Resources:
- Lumen Edge Orchestrator:
https://www.lumen.com/en-us/edge-computing/orchestrator.html
- Lumen Edge Computing Solutions:
https://www.lumen.com/en-us/solutions/edge-computing.html
About Lumen Technologies and the People of
Lumen:
Lumen is guided by our belief that humanity is at its best when
technology advances the way we live and work. With approximately
450,000 route fiber miles and serving customers in more than 60
countries, we deliver the fastest, most secure platform for
applications and data to help businesses, government and
communities deliver amazing experiences. Learn more about the Lumen
network, edge cloud, security, communication and collaboration
solutions and our purpose to further human progress through
technology at news.lumen.com/home, LinkedIn: /lumentechnologies,
Twitter: @lumentechco, Facebook: /lumentechnologies, Instagram:
@lumentechnologies and YouTube: /lumentechnologies. Lumen and Lumen
Technologies are registered trademarks in the United
States.
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