The Justice Department has given CenturyLink the green light to sell certain metro network assets of Level 3 Communications in Boise, Idaho, to fiber-optic networking services provider Syringa Networks. Monroe, Louisiana-based CenturyLink said Tuesday the sale is still subject to other customary closing conditions and comes nearly five months after the telecommunications firm …
Read More »CenturyLink to Supply Data Networking Products to Pennsylvania
CenturyLink has received a five-year contract from the state government of Pennsylvania to supply data networking products. The telecommunications company said Monday it will work with Comcast‘s business arm to deliver network services and last mile connectivity to state agencies, commissions, councils, bureaus, authorities and boards. The new contract reflects another phase of service delivery under …
Read More »Pennsylvania Taps Level 3 for Internet, Network Security Services
Level 3 Communications has received a five-year, $79 million contract from the government of Pennsylvania to deliver backbone network, internet and managed network security services. The company said Wednesday the contract covers managed dedicated fiber, ethernet, virtual private local area networks, private line, multi-protocol label switching virtual private networks and wavelengths. Level 3 …
Read More »David Young of Level 3 on GSA’s Telecom Contract Transition and Internet Connectivity Trends at Agencies
David Young oversees sales activities in the federal government market for Level 3 Communications in his role as a vice president at the multinational telecommunications and Internet service provider company. Broomfield, Colo.-headquartered Level 3 operates a Tier 1 network worldwide and its work for federal agencies includes network security, Internet connections …
Read More »Research and Markets: DDoS Mitigation Market to Hit $977M by 2019
A new Research and Markets report predicts the distributed denial-of-service mitigation market revenue will reach $977.2 million by 2019 from $449.5 million in 2014. Research and Markets said Monday the demand for DDoS mitigation services sustains its growth trend as organizations continue to fall prey to this kind of attack. The …
Read More »Level 3 Severs Data Flow to Servers in China; Brett Wentworth Comments
Level 3 Communications has moved to thwart what it believes is a form of cyber attack by blocking data traffic to a network of servers in China, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. The company detected a group of malicious computers that Level 3 says is responsible for denial-of-service-attacks on …
Read More »Level 3, Comcast Forge Network Interconnection Partnership; Jack Waters Comments
Level 3 Communications and Comcast have inked a multi-year agreement to interconnect their networks in an effort to fulfill future customer requirements. The companies said Thursday the partnership is meant to expand both companies’ existing network capacity to exchange Internet traffic between the two networks at present and in the …
Read More »Level 3 to Offcer Google Platform Through Cloud Ecosystem; Anthony Christie Comments
Level 3 Communications will offer Google‘s cloud platform to cloud ecosystem users in an effort to help developers and enterprises develop and deploy applications on Google’s infrastructure. Level 3 intends for the Google Cloud Platform to provide connectivity to enterprises via Google Cloud Interconnect, Level 3 said Wednesday. “The network is a critical link in enabling cloud …
Read More »Executive Profile: John Lind, QTS Federal Sales VP
John Lind serves as vice president of federal sales at QTS and is responsible in leading the company’s efforts to grow its federal systems group, which works with customers across the public sector. He has more than 20 years of information technology and telecommunications operations and sales leadership experience and most recently served as …
Read More »Ed Morche on Level 3’s Growth During Sequestration, Bringing Commercial Solutions into Government & the Benefits of a ‘Shared First’ Approach
Ed Morche leads Level 3 Communications‘ government markets group as its senior vice president and general manager, leading all functional activities in support of the firm’s civilian, defense, intelligence and other customers. In that role, the more-than-20-year telecommunications veteran also sets strategic direction for the firm’s capture strategy for government …
Read More »Level 3 Unveils Enterprise Data Center, Cloud Connection Tool; Paul Savill Comments
Level 3 has introduced a new tool that works to help enterprises directly connect to data centers and cloud computing applications via a direct network link. Cloud Connect Solutions works to offer customers private network access to information technology services, Level 3 said Thursday. “From performance to cost efficiency, enterprises …
Read More »IntelliDyne Receives CMMI-DEV Maturity Level 3 Appraisal; Richard Sears Comments
IntelliDyne has attained a capability maturity model integration for development level 3 rating from the Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute. The CMMI-DEV appraisal suggests that IntelliDyne has continued to improve its business operations and projects using standard process assets, the consulting firm said June 12. Richard Sears, IntelliDyne director of software …
Read More »Serco Picks Level 3 for 5-Year IP Services Contract; Garry Fingland Comments
Serco Group Plc has awarded communications firm Level 3 a five-year contract to provide Serco data, voice and video services through a single vendor. Level 3 will also provide Serco with converged Internet Protocol network services, according to a Level 3 release. Serco selected Level 3 for its differentiated service …
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