Global Cloud Xchange launches Cloud X WAN

Reliance Communications (RCOM) and its subsidiary Global Cloud Xchange (GCX) on Wednesday launched ‘Make in India’ Cloud X WAN, a network platform designed to help overcome many of the challenges facing today’s global enterprise networks.

“In today’s market, it is evident that SD WAN (software-defined wide area network) is rapidly gaining momentum as it offers an innovative way to adapt traditional WANs to Cloud services,” said Bill Barney, CEO, RCOM (Enterprise) and GCX.

Cloud X WAN will provide cloud-based managed services globally across the company’s proprietary CLOUD X platform; a leading edge Cloud ecosystem and multi-service orchestration platform implemented in key hubs along GCX’s Global subsea network infrastructure.

“Cloud X WAN, was developed to address the market, offering an affordable solution which embraces flexibility, scalability and enhanced security,” he added.

Cloud X WAN’s centralised SD WAN architecture will provide managed MPLS (Multiprotocol Label Switching) and SD WAN services as well as virtualised network functions such as virtual customer premises equipment and virtual private network, virtual firewall and security, virtual WAN optimization and storage as a service across the GCX network.

Reliance Communications (RCOM)