Traditionally, cloud and IaaS offerings allow businesses to pay only for the resources they use. Cloud connectivity, on the other hand, generally requires a fixed contract with fixed fees.
FlexConnect helps resolve this issue by enabling businesses with fluctuating connectivity needs to only pay for the data they transport. Customers can manage and purchase FlexConnect,
available from 500 Mbps to 100 Gbps, on
Tranzact, Zayo’s online self-service platform. With Tranzact, customers can compare prices, purchase services, track orders, view their
bandwidth usage and invoices.
FlexConnect leverages Zayo’s owned and operated fibre network that includes 110,000 route miles in North America and
Europe. Customers benefit from the expansive reach of the company’s metro and intercity fibre footprint with dedicated, high-performance connectivity.
“Zayo’s FlexConnect is aligned with today’s on-demand world, enabling businesses to scale up or down and pay only for the service they use,” said Max Clauson, executive vice
president of Network Connectivity Services at Zayo. ”The solution is ideally suited for cloud and IaaS or any enterprise application with fluctuations or
seasonality in traffic demands.”
“With FlexConnect, which leverages Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute to connect to Microsoft Azure, more customers can leverage Azure
services easily and cost effectively,” said Venkat Gattamneni, group product marketing manager, Microsoft Azure. “FlexConnect is an ideal solution for
customers who need more secure, flexible connectivity to the cloud to meet changing business needs.”
“We are excited to continue to work with Zayo to bring new, creative network solutions to customers inside Equinox International
Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data centres. FlexConnect will provide customers in our facilities with on-demand, cost-effective connectivity to a wider selection
of providers and destinations,” said Bill Long, vice president of Interconnection Services at Equinix. “We also look forward to attracting new customers who now have an exciting new option to connect to our Cloud
Exchange."
