Windstream Deploys Infinera Cloud Xpress for Data Center Interconnect in Chicago - Seite 2

"With our initial deployment of Cloud Xpress, we are able to meet the growing bandwidth needs of our customers needing connectivity to high demand Internet Exchange facilities like 350 Cermak," said Joe Scattareggia, Senior Vice President of Sales for Windstream Carrier Solutions. "Cloud Xpress delivers the space savings, low power and high bandwidth required to serve our wholesale and enterprise customers with optical networking solutions at bandwidths up to 100 Gb/s." 

"To meet the tremendous growth in bandwidth and data demands, Windstream is continuing its commitment to investing in network and technology enhancements -- such as the deployment of Cloud Xpress in the Chicago market -- bringing tremendous benefits to our customers," said Chris Nein, Windstream regional president. "Cloud Xpress allows us to meet the unique needs of our customers by quickly and incrementally scaling and expanding bandwidth capacity on demand, ultimately building a foundational, world-class technology ecosystem required for continued business growth and success."

"We are pleased that Windstream continues to invest in Infinera's Intelligent Transport Network solutions," said Bob Jandro, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales at Infinera. "With the Cloud Xpress, Windstream accelerates its network service delivery to its data center interconnect customers. We look forward to greater adoption of Cloud Xpress as the company expands its data center interconnection initiatives."

Infinera introduced the Cloud Xpress family in 2014 delivering a cloud-optimized WDM solution to cloud service providers, Internet content providers, Internet Exchange service providers and other large-scale data center operators. The Cloud Xpress family offers customers the choice of 10 gigabit Ethernet (GbE), 40 GbE and 100 GbE client interfaces to meet their specific requirements. 

About Windstream

Windstream Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: WIN), a FORTUNE 500 company, is a leading provider of advanced network communications and technology solutions for consumers, small businesses, enterprise organizations and carrier partners across the U.S. Windstream offers bundled services, including broadband, security solutions, voice and digital TV to consumers. The company also provides data, cloud solutions, unified communications and managed services to business and enterprise clients. The company supplies core transport solutions on a local and long-haul fiber-optic network spanning approximately 125,000 miles. Additional information is available at windstream.com. Please visit our newsroom at news.windstream.com or follow us on Twitter at @WindstreamNews.