Europe via its Amsterdam data centre. The company also announced that Modevity, a provider of contents rights management solutions, will be using the CaaS solution to manage its platform more effectively.

Verizon Business Expands Cloud Computing Capabilities in Europe

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands  Sept. 1, 2009 -- Verizon Business has extended availability of its comprehensive on-demand, "cloud-based" Computing as a Service (CaaS) solution to the company's Amsterdam data center. The announcement reinforces the company's strategy of expanding cloud-computing deployment resources around the globe to meet the stringent security, performance regulatory requirements of business customers.

In June, Verizon Business announced its CaaS offering with the provisioning of the service in its U.S. data center based in Beltsville, Maryland. Additional CaaS locations are planned in the Asia-Pacific region in 2010.

The service - which leverages Verizon's world-class global IP infrastructure and data centers - enables mid-market and larger companies to use a Web-based portal to employ computing resources in the quantities and duration dictated by the companies' business needs. As a result, businesses pay only for the resources used and avoid having to build out for peak capacity requirements by buying new equipment and adding staff.

The Amsterdam location particularly benefits companies doing business in Europe and elsewhere that need to operate under a "safe harbor" privacy framework that calls for a European-hosted location, or want to use facilities located closer to their European locations.

Proactive Management of Security; Rigorous SLAs


The Amsterdam data center is part of Verizon Business' secure global infrastructure, which the company's network and security professionals proactively manage under a program developed by the Verizon Cybertrust Security team. Verizon's data centers are also audited for physical security.

Additionally, Verizon Business has built strong security features into its CaaS offering. These include secure connections to customer-provisioned resources, as well as a multi-tiered network with a virtual firewall, and an audit trail for all changes.

Customers can also opt for a third tier of optional, add-on security services including identity and access management, host intrusion detection, application vulnerability assessment, network application assessment, and professional security services.

Verizon CaaS is supported by rigorous service level agreements to ensure enterprise-class performance and rapid server provisioning.

"With the activation of our Amsterdam facility, our customers can take advantage of a new era in cloud computing, using the location that makes the most sense for their business," said Stuart Curzon, group vice president for international sales, Verizon Business EMEA. "Verizon Business offers what we believe is an unsurpassed degree of security, coupled with guaranteed performance and all the efficiencies that come with on-demand IT."

Ideal for Shifting IT Resources Quickly and Efficiently


Verizon CaaS is ideal for new development projects, major events, mergers and migrations because it enables organizations to easily and quickly shift IT resources as required. It is also well-suited for businesses with seasonal demands, such as retailers or sales promotions, that drive incremental traffic to Web sites.

Verizon Business worked with a broad range of leading technology providers -- including HP, VMware and Red Hat -- to deliver its next-generation computing solution. This advanced architecture lets customers provision both physical and virtual server environments to best accommodate the type of application being deployed -- a key differentiator of the service. For example, a business may want to use a virtual environment for staging and development. For business-critical applications, such as database servers, businesses may choose a physical server infrastructure that lets them customize servers as well as select from a range of server configurations.

CaaS Part of Extensive Verizon IT and Hosting Solutions


Verizon CaaS is part of Verizon Business' extensive portfolio of IT and hosting solutions aimed at helping customers improve their IT infrastructure and boost application performance in today's complex, dynamic business environment. Supported by a global team of professional services experts that deliver a broad range of world-class capabilities and backed by a secure and reliable technology infrastructure, these solutions allow customers to meet their most pressing IT needs. More information is available at http://www.verizonbusiness.com/us/itsolutions.

Verizon Business will be exhibiting at VMWorld at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California, from Aug. 31-Sept. 3 in Booth #2522, where executives will discuss the company's expanded Computing as a Service capabilities.

Modevity Uses Verizon Business for Cloud Computing

BASKING RIDGE, NJ  Sept. 1, 2009 -- Modevity, a provider of content rights management solutions, was searching for a partner to help it more effectively and securely distribute confidential and proprietary content to its customers while controlling costs. Verizon Business' SMB Solutions team provided just the right answer.

Modevity will use Verizon Computing as a Service (CaaS), an on-demand, flexible solution that allows businesses of varying sizes to harness cloud (Web-based) computing to better manage IT resources and deliver exceptional performance and security that supports growth. In addition to these benefits, Modevity expects to see a significant positive impact on the company's bottom line as a result of its CaaS investment.

"We are focused on continuing to grow Modevity in a smart way by making key resource decisions in terms of capital and staffing expenditures," said Tom J. Canova, co-founder and chief marketing officer for Modevity. "Moving to a virtual environment with Verizon Business allows us to consolidate our existing server hardware and software, and eliminates future purchasing and licensing costs in that area. It also allows us to add more staff in key areas - all while maintaining consistent, reliable service to our customers."

Verizon Business is providing Modevity with a comprehensive cloud-computing environment, supplying server hardware, bandwidth, load balancing, firewall network security, backup and managed services to support the Modevity ARALOC™ Content Rights Management hosted solution. A customer-facing, Web-based solution, ARALOC protects confidential, proprietary content from unauthorized viewing and misuse. Modevity's content rights management solution is ideally suited for companies in multiple industries including high tech, professional services, publishing, health care and pharmaceutical.

With Verizon Business' robust CaaS offering behind Modevity, the company can rely on Verizon Business to deliver secure and available infrastructure as a service. This frees up Modevity to invest in more strategic product development, research and development, and customer support initiatives.

"With Verizon Business as its partner, Modevity can grow its business strategically while relying on us to seamlessly power its customer applications," said James Geary, vice president of Verizon Business SMB sales. "Our world-class CaaS solution will allow Modevity to drive more value from its computing resources while controlling costs."

A key consideration in the selection of Verizon Business was its flexible delivery model and the ability to pay only for resources consumed. As a SaaS (software as a service) provider for content rights management product solutions, Modevity was keen to work with a partner that had a similar approach, as well as provided the flexibility to grow the infrastructure as its user base and global footprint grew.

Added Canova: "To continue to be successful, we have to keep our customers' ARALOC software fully functional and reliable 24 x 7. Verizon Business understands this, and in fact, Verizon Business delivers CaaS with the exact same approach we use for our customers. We are confident that in Verizon Business we have selected a cloud-computing leader, and that Verizon Business will serve as a true seamless extension of the Modevity team."

Verizon Business Offers Customers the Complete IT Services Package


CaaS is part of Verizon Business' extensive portfolio of IT and hosting solutions aimed at helping customers of all sizes improve their IT infrastructure and boost application performance in today's complex, dynamic business environment. Supported by a global team of professional services experts that deliver a broad range of world-class capabilities and backed by a secure and reliable technology infrastructure, these solutions allow customers to meet their most pressing IT needs.

Verizon Business SMB Solutions Offers Best of Both Worlds


Verizon Business gives small- and mid-sized business customers the best of both worlds - enterprise-grade capabilities used by top global companies combined with tailored solutions and local accountability. In today's economy, it's vital that companies of every size harness technology to help them work more productively and efficiently. Verizon Business marries integrated solutions with a focus on reliability, simplicity and value to enable growing, entrepreneurial organizations to connect, communicate and collaborate.


About Modevity, LLC:


Modevity, founded in 2004, is a leader in content rights management technology solutions. Modevity's ARALOC™ and Imperium™ rights management product solutions provide clients powerful 256 bit AES encryption technology with extensive content rights management controls and viewer reporting and analytics.

Modevity develops and provides industry leading product solutions on a software as a service basis (SaaS). Modevity is headquartered in West Chester, Pennsylvania.

About Verizon Business


Verizon Business, a unit of Verizon Communications, is a global leader in communications and IT solutions. We combine professional expertise with the world's most connected IP network to deliver award-winning communications, IT, information security and network solutions. We securely connect today's extended enterprises of widespread and mobile customers, partners, suppliers and employees - enabling them to increase productivity and efficiency and help preserve the environment. Many of the world's largest businesses and governments - including 96 percent of the Fortune 1000 and thousands of government agencies and educational institutions - rely on our professional and managed services and network technologies to accelerate their business.


Information Source:    Verizon Business