Tata Communications has launched IZO, a global network platform for enhanced hybrid cloud enablement. A game changing new network platform - IZO - brings a new way of tackling the complications and challenges that businesses face in realizing the potential of the cloud. For the first time, a single provider offers access to a full ecosystem of network, cloud and data center connectivity making it simple for a business to connect and build its cloud, their way - be it private, hybrid or public.
The IZO network platform takes the public internet and uniquely engineers it for predictable routing, together with enterprise cloud connectivity and interconnected data centers. Bringing together a growing ecosystem of over 20 service providers reaching 85% of the world’s GDP, two of the largest cloud platforms – Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure – and over 50 data centers across the globe, the IZO network delivers the most comprehensive cloud-enablement platform available today.
The platform comprises of IZO Internet WAN, IZO Private and IZO Public – each of which tackle a significant issue faced by enterprises managing cloud solutions.
Vinod Kumar, Managing Director & CEO, Tata Communications, said, “We are taking the necessary steps towards making the Internet Fit For Business by bringing a new level of predictability and reliability to the public Internet that does not exist today. This isn’t something we can do alone and weare joined in this initiative to bring about a new era of internet, by some of the world’s leading ISP and cloud providers as we collaborate to achieve a common goal. Cloud, in every form, continues to transform the way businesses operate, innovate and generate revenue. Our role is to make sure that we are delivering a network that supports and enhances everybody’s network cloud.”
The IZO network platform gives multinational organizations the freedom to choose a cloud environment suited to their requirements with a platform backed by Tata Communications’ leading global network and global partnerships. Today, over 24% of the world’s Internet routes travel over Tata Communications’ network and the company is the only Tier-I provider that is in the top five by routes in five continents.
