Global Cloud Xchange (GCX) announced an extension of the Cloud X Fusion ecosystem with a direct access to Amazon Web Services (AWS) in London, Frankfurt and Tokyo.
The company said the move will allow it to offer enterprise customers a “robust cloud solutions that drive new business opportunities.”
“London, Frankfurt and Tokyo are key business hubs and the deployment of Cloud X Fusion in these cities forms an integral part of our global cloud strategy,” said Bill Barney, CEO of Reliance Communications (Enterprise) GCX.
“Our expanded coverage across Europe and Asia further supports the strategic cloud requirements of our customers with enterprise grade connectivity from 90 countries to securely connect their on-premise environments directly into an AWS Direct Connect peering point over our global infrastructure.”
Through GCX’s global network and product portfolio, Cloud X Fusion provides low latency connectivity across developed and emerging markets in the US, Europe, Middle East and Asia, which gives enterprises the security, the reliability and predictability as they connect to the AWS cloud services while tapping into bandwidth dynamically on a usage-based consumption, the company said.
Cloud X Fusion is part of GCX’s Cloud X portfolio, a proprietary platform designed to combine the speed and power of fiber optics with “pay-as-you-go” cloud computing.
Cloud X nodes has been launched in Hong Kong, Palo Alto (California), London, New York and all five Indian cities (Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad) since 2014, with plans to roll out additional nodes in the next 12 months.