Pacnet wins Frost & Sullivan 2014 Asia Pacific Data Communications Product Line Differentiation Award

Pacnet, a provider of integrated technology solutions in the Asia-Pacific region, has received the Frost & Sullivan 2014 Asia Pacific Data Communications Product Line Differentiation Award. The accolade is a testament to Pacnet's success in creating a differentiated value proposition for its data communications services in the region.
Pacnet introduced the Pacnet Enabled Network (PEN), a service platform that leverages software-defined networking (SDN) to deliver flexible and scalable bandwidth configurable by customers last November. PEN enables customers to self-provision and configure their network resources instantly, similar to the way users can provision cloud resources today. They can also control network performance and the quality of service parameters using a flexible pricing model and SLAs. Since its launch, PEN has been deployed by organisations across the Asia Pacific region and is available in Pacnet data centres in Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, and the US.

"We had witnessed the availability of computing and storage as a pay-per-use resource providing greater flexibility and scalability for enterprise IT than ever before. However, the network had not caught up with the trend. In the second half of 2013, Pacnet made an industry-defining announcement with the launch of its network-as-a-service (NaaS) offering. "NaaS provides enterprises with the much sought-after flexibility and scalability in provisioning network resources. Pacnet makes it available through an easy-to-use and highly visual self-service portal which allows its customers to choose duration, bandwidth and latency. The service is backed by the company's robust infrastructure, including its enterprise-class data centers and privately-owned submarine cables," said Danni Xu, Industry Analyst, Asia Pacific Data Center and Cloud Practice, Frost & Sullivan. "The ability to self-provision point-to-point network resources, define performance characteristics and create virtual links to meet the demands of multiple traffic profiles is a key differentiator for Pacnet in the Asia Pacific data communications market."In selecting the award recipient, the research team of Frost & Sullivan tracked all the service providers in the data communications market in Asia-Pacific, studied their individual product roadmaps, differentiation strategies and how their vision aligns with market trends. Pacnet secured the highest rating in the study and was awarded the no. 1 industry ranking in product differentiation.