There’s no denying that demand for data centre services is growing, driven by exponential growth in data volumes. Furthermore, the subsequent explosion in cloud and Software as a Service (SaaS) providers caused these massive data volumes to increase – but one of the more recent changes in the industry has been the arrival of Network as a Service (NaaS) platforms such as Console Connect.
As digital transformation and cloud adoption accelerate globally, NaaS provides a more flexible, secure, and efficient way for organisations to connect, and connect to, their digital ecosystems. A NaaS platform ensures businesses can manage their connectivity services in real-time and on-demand, enabling them to move to a consumption-based model and adjust bandwidth requirements to meet their actual needs.
At Teraco, we partner with Console Connect, making the platform available to local clients across all locations and providing remote ports in South Africa and various parts of the world. Clients deployed in our Johannesburg and/or Cape Town facilities can connect directly to AWS Direct Connect and Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute or via Teraco’s Africa Cloud Exchange (ACX) platform.
Console Connect differs from other NaaS platforms because it offers access to PCCW Global’s international MPLS and IP networks, which offer some industry’s leading service level agreements (SLAs). Our partnership with Console Connect means we’re able to provide enterprises with direct access to Platform Teraco: a rich ecosystem of over 300 networks, 130 IT service providers, more than 50 global content providers, all the global cloud on-ramps, and direct peering at NAPAfrica, Africa’s largest internet exchange point.
Using Console Connect means businesses can access NAPAfrica from over 900 data centres worldwide via a private and secure Layer 2 network connection.
The Console Connect platform is integrated with the world’s major cloud providers, including AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, IBM Cloud, Oracle Cloud and many more. It can help businesses reach cloud locations worldwide. The platform also offers a multi-cloud solution called CloudRouter that dynamically routes traffic between different cloud providers, allowing backup and redundancy.
Organisations with operations in multiple global markets, including SaaS providers looking to roll out in new geographies, have access to public clouds through an on-demand, self-service model that meets the bandwidth demands of businesses – only paying for what they use. This means no lengthy contracts and the ability to spin up virtual services for as little as a day.
It, therefore, cannot be overstated how important the benefits of having the right interconnection partners can be. Collaborating with Console Connect means Teraco clients can take full advantage of Software Defined Interconnection (SDI) technology and the underlying PCCW Global network, bringing enterprise clients closer to the cloud and extending their reach to hundreds of global cloud on-ramps.
A range of on-demand connectivity services is available on the platform, including a premium internet service that uses PCCW Global’s AS3491 network and has instant access to a complete partner ecosystem, including enterprises, carriers, SaaS providers, internet exchanges, IoT providers, and other NaaS platforms.
Since its inception in 2008, Teraco has focused on building highly resilient vendor-neutral data centres. We have taken our ever-expanding ecosystems and network-dense interconnection hubs and moved beyond colocation.
Platform Teraco provides the lowest latency interconnection points. Enterprises can deploy in a low latency, secure, and resilient environment with a direct private connection to all leading cloud providers. Enterprises use Teraco to scale their IT infrastructure, adopt hybrid and multi-cloud architectures, and interconnect with strategic business partners like Console Connect within the Teraco ecosystem.
