Private Cloud Connectivity Comes of Age at AWS re:Invent

BROOMFIELD, Colo., Nov. 10, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NYSE:LVLT, news, filings) launched its Level 3 Cloud Connect Solutions nearly one year ago. In that time, the company has seen a major transformation in the way businesses are thinking about the network strategy required to successfully migrate and operate IT infrastructure and apps in the Cloud.

At this year’s AWS re:Invent, Level 3 will provide the high performance network connectivity needed to bring AWS Direct Connect, live, to the show.

AWS Direct Connect will power the Test Drive Showroom and an ongoing demonstration of Amazon Workspaces, as well as showcase the AWS Management console vCenter plug-in that enables the transfer of VMware workloads into AWS over Direct Connect.

To read more about how Level 3 Cloud Connect Solutions make it easy for enterprises to establish secure and reliable connections to the Cloud, read Private Cloud Connectivity Comes of Age at AWS re:Invent, visit: http://blog.level3.com/cloud-computing/private-cloud-connectivity-comes-of-age-at-aws-reinvent.

About Level 3 Communications
Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NYSE: LVLT) is a Fortune 500 company that provides local, national and global communications services to enterprise, government and carrier customers. Level 3’s comprehensive portfolio of secure, managed solutions includes fiber and infrastructure solutions; IP-based voice and data communications; wide-area Ethernet services; video and content distribution; data center and cloud-based solutions. Level 3 serves customers in more than 500 markets in over 60 countries over a global services platform anchored by owned fiber networks on three continents and connected by extensive undersea facilities. For more information, please visitwww.level3.com or get to know us on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.

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Private Cloud Connectivity Comes of Age at AWS re:Invent

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