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Verizon Business upgrades cloud services

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BANGALORE, INDIA: Verizon Business upgraded its cloud computing solution, Verizon Computing as a Service, or CaaS.

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Verizon added the following features to CaaS:

· Server Cloning — Provides IT administrators with the option to customize the configuration of a CaaS virtual server and then create a golden, or reference, server image.

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This eliminates the need to manually create the same server image multiple times and enables the rapid deployment of server clones supporting the same corporate application.

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· Application and Operating System Expansion — The SUSE Linux operating system is now supported on the Verizon CaaS platform as a standard service offering. Linux software is used with commonly deployed enterprise resource planning packages. In addition, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 has been added as a “click-to-provision” database server option.

· Expanded Networking Flexibility — Enterprises now have expanded and streamlined networking new link options — virtual router and shared virtual private networks, including Verizon Private IP — for connecting back-end systems to Verizon CaaS via the online portal.

In addition, customers can purchase metered, burstable bandwidth up to 1Gbps to meet immediate requirements for temporary computing capacity.

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In addition to adding new features, Verizon has completed the first annual SAS 70 Type II examination of controls for its CaaS data centres.

SAS 70, a widely recognized auditing standard performed by a third party accounting firm, is conducted in compliance with the standards set by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants for examining specific areas such as access to facilities, logical access to systems, network services, operations and environmental safeguards. 

Joseph S. Crawford, executive director — IT solutions, Verizon Business said: “With the addition of new features and the completion of the SAS 70 Type II data center audit, we are continuing the investment in our flagship cloud offering as enterprise clients increasingly look to cloud computing to fundamentally change the way they consume IT resources.”

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