Network-as-a-service (NaaS) provider Console Connect announced a partnership with network-neutral edge data center provider 1623 Farnam to extend its global connectivity framework for hybrid and multicloud environments.

Regional organizations can connect to Console Connect's NaaS platform or its API and access any cloud, data center, or network where the NaaS provider is present. This means enterprises relying on 1623 Farnam's Omaha-based connectivity will see improvements in provisioning, managing, and controlling hybrid or multicloud deployments as a result of the partnership.

1623 Farnam touts a range of cloud partners and platforms for enterprises also working with Console Connect, which helps deliver “expanded value that enriches the ecosystem we offer and presents new advantages and opportunities,” 1623 Farnam President Todd Cushing told SDxCentral.

The NaaS cloud model allows customers to rent networking services from cloud providers. This allows enterprises to operate and control a network without needing to purchase, own, or maintain network infrastructure. With NaaS, enterprises can scale up and down based on demand changes, quickly deploy services, and reduce or eliminate costs associated with hardware. This is because NaaS enables IT teams to outsource the provisioning, deployment, network management, maintenance, and lifecycle management of network infrastructure.

Once an organization links to Console Connect's NaaS portal, “they have access to anywhere in the world where Console Connect has a presence,” Cushing said. “Having a Console Connect connection helps level the playing field for a company that may have been network trapped in a rural area in the middle of the U.S. Now, they can deliver [and] use services anywhere in the world where Console Connect is,” he explained.

Specific benefits available to joint customers include connectivity access to 900 data centers in more than 50 countries and 300 U.S. locations; the ability to quote, order, and manage both layer 2 and layer 3 network connections to major cloud platforms like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud, IBM Cloud, and Microsoft Azure; and an on-demand IP transit service from a tier-one IP network, Cushing said.

“This partnership is also able to extend the Console Connect reach here in the Midwest,” he added.