Reliance - Global cloud xchange
Global Cloud Xchange (GCX) a subsidiary of Reliance Communications, offers a
comprehensive portfolio of solutions customized for carriers, enterprises and new
media companies across the worlds largest private undersea cable system spanning
more than 67,000 route kilometres (rkm), integrated with Reliance
Communications 200,000 rkm of domestic fiber-optic backbone. With connections
to 40 key business markets worldwide spanning Asia, North America, Europe
and the Middle East, GCX is equipped to support businesses through the
deployment of next generation Enterprise solutions across its Cloud Delivery
Networks
GCX delivers Managed Services to more than 160 countries and offers
extensive VPLS-enabled Ethernet network capabilities globally
GCX OFFICE
GCX has principal offices in Mumbai and Hong Kong in addition to offices
in Australia, Belgium, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the
Netherlands, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, the United Arab
Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
What is VPLS?
Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) is a way to provide Ethernet-based
multipoint to multipoint communication over IP or MPLS networks. It allows
geographically dispersed sites to share an Ethernet broadcast domain by
connecting sites through pseudo-wires.
LEADERSHIP
Senior Leadership
Bill Barney: Chief Executive Officer
Rory Cole: Chief Financial Officer
Wilfred Kwan: Chief Operating Officer
Lorain Wong: Chief Marketing Officer
Gina Haspilaire: Chief Human Resources Officer
Vanina de Verneuil: General Counsel
Braham Singh: SVP, Global Product Management
Regional Leadership
Fabrizio Civitarese: President of Asia Pacific
Thomas Gowen: President of North America ]
Mark Russell: President of Europe
Vineet Verma: President of Middle East & Africa
GLOBAL NETWORK
The principal elements of the Global Cloud Xchange Global Network include five subsea cable
systems operating on major global data traffic routes: the Trans-Atlantic route, the Europe-Asia
route, the Europe-Middle East & Egypt route and the Intra-Asia route.
As of June 30, 2014, these cable systems had a total length of 68,698 route kilometres
(rkm) and landed at 46 landing stations in 27 countries. GCX has launched India Cloud
Xchange (ICX) through capacity acquired on the TIC cable to boost its connectivity between
India and Singapore. GCX is also expanding through Pacific Cloud Xchange (PCX) which will
connect Tokyo with the US west coast. With the added capacity on TIC and the completion of
PCX, GCX will deliver further economies of scale and network cost savings to its clients.
GCX has owned as well as leased terrestrial networks with a total length of 83,432 rkm
integrated within the subsea cable system. These are present in over 34 metropolitan areas across
14 countries covering major business centres. GCX also has a scalable global IP and multi-
protocol label switching (MPLS) network provided over 27 diverse owned and leased
international subsea and terrestrial cable routes, with 836 direct inter-connections to 342 third
party networks.
GCXs managed network services platform connects approximately 27,000 sites in 158 countries
through a combination of leased and owned infrastructure offered through a dedicated
secure IP network. Two GNOCs in Denver and Mumbai act as the global network operational
centres of the GCX Global Network, the functions of which include 24-hour monitoring,
network operations, restoration coordination and technical support.
HISTORY
Global Cloud Xchange (GCX) offers a comprehensive portfolio of solutions
customized for carriers, enterprises, OTT and new media companies. GCX owns
the worlds largest private undersea cable system spanning more than 67,000 route
kms which, seamlessly integrated with Reliance Communications 200,000 route
kms of domestic optic fiber backbone, provides a robust Global Service Delivery
Platform. With connections to 40 key business markets worldwide spanning Asia,
North America, Europe and the Middle East, GCX delivers Managed Services to
more than 160 countries and offer extensive VPLS-enabled Ethernet network
capabilities globally. GCX is equipped to support businesses through the
deployment of next generation Enterprise solutions across its Cloud Delivery
Networks.
Reliance Group's flagship company (a $16 Billion conglomerate), Reliance
Communications is India's foremost and truly integrated telecommunications
service provider. The Company has a customer base of above 118 million including
over 2.6 million individual overseas retail customers. Reliance Communications
corporate clientele includes over 39,000 Indian and multinational corporations
including small and medium enterprises and over 290 global, regional and
domestic carriers. Reliance Communications has established a pan-India, next
generation, integrated (wireless and wireline), convergent (voice, data and video)
digital network that is capable of supporting best-of-class services spanning the
entire communications value chain, covering over 21,000 cities and towns and over
400,000 villages. Reliance Communications owns and operates the world's largest
next generation IP enabled connectivity infrastructure, comprising over 280,000
kilometers of fiber optic cable systems in India, USA, Europe, Middle East and the
Asia Pacific region.
TECHNICAL QUESTIONS
INFASTRUCTURE SOLUTIONS
Hosting
IP Transit
Transmission service
(to get all details about these three in infastructure solutions read fully from
this link
http://globalcloudxchange.com/products-and-solutions/infrastructure/
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CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS
Private line
Ethernet
IP service
( click this link to study these three
http://globalcloudxchange.com/products-and-solutions/connectivity/
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PRODUCT AND SOLUTIONS
Infastructure solutions
Connectivity solutions
Managed network solutions
(http://globalcloudxchange.com/products-and-solutions/industries/
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General about company management view
With unsurpassed strength in our global network assets and managed services
expertise, Global Cloud Xchange is focusing on building a leading edge
technology company that sits at the crossroads of where the future Clouds will
migrate.
We are one of the leading global data communications service providers with one
of the largest global subsea cable and terrestrial networks. We serve a diverse
customer base including major telecommunications carriers, large multinational
enterprises and new media companies. Our wide range of products allow our
customers to create, manage and connect their networks globally.
We provide our services through a global network of subsea cables, landing
stations, terrestrial networks, IP network and managed network services platform
controlled by two fully redundant global network operating centers The GCX
Global Network connects most of the major telecommunications hubs across the
globe, from the developed markets in the U.S. and Europe to the key emerging
markets in the Middle East and Asia, including India and China.
OUR STRENGTHS ARE IN DELIVERING ATTRACTIVE INDUSTRY
FUNDAMENTALS
We believe that the global data communications services industry has attractive
growth prospects driven by various factors, which include:
The rapid increase of Internet users, particularly in emerging markets;
Consumer demand for faster broadband speeds;
The increase in the number of connected devices such as smart phones,
tablets and other IoE gadgets;
Growth in demand of data-intensive applications such as social networking,
video, online gaming, file sharing and remote file storage;
The development and widespread implementation of cloud computing
technologies by enterprises which require high bandwidth and low-latency global
networks.
We believe that our comprehensive range of product and service offerings and the
scale and extent of the GCX Global Network places us in an ideal position support
customers in the expected increased demand in the data communications services
industry. We are building a technology company that sits at the crossroads of where
the future Clouds will migrate.
PARTNERS
ATLAS PROGRAM
Atlas is Global Cloud Xchanges on-net ecosystem of best-of-breed cloud
companies which use our Global Network as a cloud distribution system and
through which we want to make it easier for enterprises to do business.
Atlas gives cloud service providers the opportunity to offer cloud services
complementary to ours and develop joint go-to-market market propositions,
whether sell-though, sell-with or by referral.
We are looking for the following Cloud services providers to join our ecosystem:
Generic cloud content
Cloud-based back-up, archiving & storage
Cloud-based security
Cloud-based hosted video
Cloud-based telephony VoIP
Vertical application contents (eg Financial Services, Legal, Healthcare,
Business Services)
SaaS, PaaS, IaaS and co-location
Managed network solutions
Managed networks
Managed security
Managed unified communications
(http://globalcloudxchange.com/products-and-solutions/managed/
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About cloud
Cloud X
Cloud fusion
Cloud X IaaS
Cloud X Pricing
Cloud X Coverage
(http://globalcloudxchange.com/cloud-platform/
Read cloud very important)
