Zayo Offers Direct Connect to AWS in Under 60 Minutes Through Tranzact

BOULDER, Colo.--()--Global Bandwidth Infrastructure services provider Zayo Group Holdings Inc. (NYSE:ZAYO) today announced it will offer current Zayo customers the opportunity to connect to Amazon Web Services (AWS) Direct Connect in under 60 minutes through Tranzact, Zayo’s innovative bandwidth shopping platform.

Quick Connect, Zayo’s newest Tranzact feature, allows customers to connect to the AWS cloud in less than 60 minutes over secure, private, high-performance connections. The feature is available now to all existing Ethernet and IPVPN customers, and provides connectivity through any of Zayo’s AWS Direct Connect sites located in New York City, Los Angeles, San Jose, Seattle, Ashburn, Va., and London.

To access Quick Connect, customers can login to Tranzact, confirm the AWS location to which they want to connect, and select desired bandwidth up to 500Mbs. Zayo’s team then configures the service and enables customers to reach AWS in less than 60 minutes.

“With the launch of Quick Connect, Zayo is answering market demand for private fiber-based connectivity to the cloud with the quick turn up enterprises are looking for,” stated John Real, vice president of strategic channels. “Our solution provides reliable, secure, cost-effective connectivity to the cloud, and we look forward to enabling customers to access these benefits in less than 60 minutes.”

Zayo is an Amazon Partner Network (APN) Technology Partner and has offered direct connect to AWS since 2011. Direct connectivity improves user experience when connecting to the cloud by providing customers consistent, secure, and reliable bandwidth over a private network. Zayo provides Quick Connect over its extensive fiber-optic network which spans more than 81,500 route miles and connects to more than 16,000 on-net buildings.

For more information on AWS direct connect, visit zayo.com/network/cloud-connectivity/amazon-web-services-aws.

To access Tranzact and the new Quick Connect feature, visit zayo.com/tranzact.

About Zayo Group

Based in Boulder, Colo., Zayo Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:ZAYO) is a publicly traded company that provides comprehensive Bandwidth Infrastructure services in over 300 markets throughout the US and Europe. Zayo delivers a full suite of lit services and dark fiber products to wireline and wireless customers, data centers, Internet content providers, high-bandwidth enterprises, and government agencies across its robust 81,500 route mile network. The company also offers 37 carrier-neutral Data Center facilities (prior to Latisys) across the US and France. Please visit zayo.com for more information about Zayo and its fiber solutions.

Contacts

Zayo Group Holdings Inc.
Investor Relations
Stacey Finerman, 303-414-2545
stacey.finerman@zayo.com
or
Media Contact
Crystal Thomas, 720-361-1797
crystal.thomas@zayo.com

Contacts

Zayo Group Holdings Inc.
Investor Relations
Stacey Finerman, 303-414-2545
stacey.finerman@zayo.com
or
Media Contact
Crystal Thomas, 720-361-1797
crystal.thomas@zayo.com