Polaris selects Verizon as new partner

MUMBAI, INDIA: Polaris Software Lab,a provider in IT services, announced on Monday that it has selected Verizon Business to streamline the company's global sites and enhance business communications.

The Verizon private IP would be rolled out across Polaris Software Lab's global network to provide a secure, resilient foundation that offers reliability and flexibility, said a press release.

In addition, the multiprotocol-label-switching (MPLS) based service could be easily scaled to support the company's ongoing global expansion plans, it added.

The company plans to achieve significant cost and management efficiencies, as well as enhanced redundancy and resilience.

Verizon Private IP -- a network-based, virtual private network (VPN), offers customers secure, scalable and flexible network connections with integrated performance- and traffic-management capabilities.

It would not only support the fast and efficient addition of new sites as the company expands, but also provide the capacity for future IP-based conferencing and unified communications solutions to enhance global collaboration.

V. Balakrishnan,chief information officer, Polaris Software Lab's, said, " We needed a communications platform that would essentially future-proof our business in terms of both geographical expansion and technical capabilities.”

“Verizon Business combined a strong technology solution with global presence, local expertise and strong service to give us a solution that would support both our current and future communications needs," he added.

Andrew Dobbins, regional vice president, Asia-Pacific, Verizon Business said, "Global companies like Polaris Software Lab need resilient and reliable communications solutions that enable them to focus on their core business operations.

" He added that it is always gratifying when IT experts recognize the value that their expertise and global reach can bring to their business, and decide to entrust them with the provision of their global communications infrastructure.

Dobbins commented, “We look forward to working with Polaris Software Lab to seamlessly deliver its evolving global communications needs as the company continues to expand around the globe."