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Channel organisations that want to keep up with the pulse of change should consider partnering to sell cloud services, according to CenturyLink.

"As one of Ciena's diamond level partners, we are providing the right combination of services to help enterprise customers grow and achieve success."

"The acquisition also gives us deeper expertise in several additional industry verticals."

"Partnering with CenturyLink enables the Australian channel to help their business customers make a successful transition to cloud.”

"This award validates our commitment to delivering a wide range of innovative IT services."

"Achieving M&O Stamp of Approval on a global level reinforces CenturyLink’s commitment to operational excellence."

CenturyLink is addressing the ever-growing need for disaster recovery solutions and has now come to the market with its own offering.

"he recognition reinforces CenturyLink's reputation it the hybrid IT space as it continues to focus heavily on the Asia Pacific region."

“The ultimate objectives are to maximize the end-users control of their network resources and cloud connectivity."

"We believe this transaction will benefit customers, employees and investors."

The success of our partners is our success, and the awards are a great opportunity for us to reflect on the complimentary nature of our relationships.

"It allows CenturyLink to safeguard its cloud investments and drive international expansion more aggressively than the company was able to before."

Global IT company CenturyLink is spending around $34 billion to buy out Fortune 500 and global communications company Level 3 Communications.

"IT departments are experiencing tremendous change as organisations turn IT into a driving force for all aspects of the business."

Centurylink's Australian channel partners are now able to capitalise on what it calls 'bare metal on demand'.

"We have a strong team and the right assets in place to help our customers embark and progress on their hybrid IT journey."

“In today’s increasingly digital world, businesses, government agencies and consumers alike face drastically increased needs for connectivity."

Why maximising on a company’s current investments could potentially achieve greater scale and efficiency across its IT department.

“The acceleration of next-generation technology is causing a widening chasm between legacy and emerging technology."

“They need to assess what steps to take the organisation through, to enable the move to cloud, and modernise their legacy IT environment.”

“By accessing several different data center carriers, customers are better positioned to deliver reliable and secure connections for their clients."

“Cloud is not brand new. Most organisations have been using cloud for long enough to know that the promised cost savings aren’t always forthcoming."

The global communications, hosting, cloud and IT services company offers network and data systems management, Big Data analytics and IT consulting.

"Businesses need to choose their cloud provider carefully to get the ITaaS benefits they need.”