CenturyLink

Versa Networks | June 28, 2016

Versa Networks today announced that it has been selected by CenturyLink as a software-defined WAN (SD-WAN) and security (SD-Security) vendor for its new managed SD-WAN service. Based on network functions virtualization (NFV) concepts, CenturyLink SD-WAN uniquely provides all the benefits of SD-WAN technology and more, including centralized provisioning, scalability and integrated security to seamlessly protect Internet-based connectivit....

sdxcentral.com | June 13, 2017

Service provider CenturyLink is building on its relationship with Cisco’s Meraki to offer enterprise customers managed WiFi networks, software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN), phone services, security, video cameras for surveillance, and monitoring capabilities through a single dashboard.Meraki is a product line within Cisco that offers the hardware and software for the services listed above, which can all be managed from the cloud....

Centurylink Inc | June 13, 2016

Analysts are weighing in on how Centurylink Inc (NYSE:CTL), might perform in the near term. Wall Street analysts have a much less favorable assessment of the stock, with a mean rating of 2.9. The stock is rated as buy by 3 analysts, with 1 outperform and 10 hold rating. The rating score is on a scale of 1 to 5 where 1 stands for strong buy and 5 stands for strong sell....

| June 09, 2016

CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL), Verizon (NYSE: VZ) and XO Communications are chasing the SDN and NFV path for their networks, but the challenge for embedded providers in making this transition is maintaining reliability, particularly for business customers. During a Tuesday afternoon panel at the TIA 2016 trade show here called "Carriers Speak on NFV/SDN Plans," these service providers said unlike dot-com companies that have embraced virtual technologies, the transition requires the coordination of mul...