{"id":22380,"date":"2016-05-09T08:57:39","date_gmt":"2016-05-09T08:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businesscloudnews.com\/?p=252132"},"modified":"2016-05-09T08:57:39","modified_gmt":"2016-05-09T08:57:39","slug":"bharti-airtel-bolsters-cloud-capabilities-with-microsoft-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/bharti-airtel-bolsters-cloud-capabilities-with-microsoft-partnership\/","title":{"rendered":"Bharti Airtel bolsters cloud capabilities with Microsoft partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businesscloudnews.com\/files\/2016\/05\/Partnership.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-252142 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.businesscloudnews.com\/files\/2016\/05\/Partnership-300x250.jpg\" alt=\"Silhouette Businessman Holding Puzzle\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a>Bharti Airtel has announced the launch of Connexion as well as a new collaboration with Microsoft to deliver Azure ExpressRoute to Indian businesses.<\/p>\n<p>The new Connexion service is designed to maximize network performance over the cloud, whereas Azure ExpressRoute ensures a more secure and scalable connection between enterprises, cloud service providers, and data centre partners, through using a private connection as opposed to public internet. Microsoft claim the service increases reliability, speed and security, while also lowering latency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the years, at Airtel, we have been serving a vast array of global customers through our world class technology and innovative connectivity solutions,\u201d said Ajay Chitkara, CEO of Global Business at Bharti Airtel. \u201cToday, we are excited to further expand our value proposition for them with the launch of our \u2018Connexion\u2019, which is a direct private connectivity to cloud services.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis platform is the right choice for the service providers and businesses seeking to make their IT infrastructure more agile and flexible. With \u2018Connexion\u2019 &#8211; we are confident of helping customers seamlessly and more securely connect to Microsoft Azure, by bringing down their network cost substantially and improving performance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The partnership further increases Airtel\u2019s international cloud capabilities and ability to serve customers in the Middle East, South Asia and Asia-Pacific regions. Last month, the Airtel business also announced a partnership with GBI to build its influence within the Middle East. GBI operates a multilayer carrier neutral network, connecting the world to the Middle East, a region which is a long-term target for Airtel\u2019s growth ambitions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis new partnership with GBI is a significant step in that direction,\u201d said Chitkara. \u201cGBI being a key network asset for the region will not only improve our customers\u2019 experience and reach but would also enable GBI\u2019s customers to experience a seamless extension on the Airtel Global network spanning across 50 countries across 5 continents\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bharti Airtel has announced the launch of Connexion as well as a new collaboration with Microsoft to deliver Azure ExpressRoute to Indian businesses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":105,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2077,1989,4166,1976,54],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-22380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bharti-airtel","category-enterprise-it","category-micrsoft-azure","category-news-analysis","category-private-cloud","tag-cloud"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/105"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22380"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22381,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22380\/revisions\/22381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}