OREANDA-NEWS. NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com), the ICT solutions and international communications business within NTT (NYSE: NTT), announced the extension of Multi-Cloud Connect services in the US. The roll-out has started with the connection to Microsoft Azure and Office 365, which is now ready in the West Coast and will be ready in the East Coast within October. Connection to NTT Com's Enterprise Cloud in late October and Amazon Web Services (AWS) in November will follow.

Multi-Cloud Connect enables customers of Arcstar Universal One – NTT Com's MPLS network service – to easily build a multi cloud environment. Instead of an internet connection, enterprises can connect to public cloud services as well as NTT Com's private cloud service through a highly secure MPLS VPN. Service expansion in Singapore and other Asian markets are also in the roadmap.

NTT Communications provides consultancy, architecture, security and cloud services to optimize the information and communications technology (ICT) environments of enterprises. These offerings are backed by the company’s worldwide infrastructure, including the leading global tier-1 IP network, the Arcstar Universal One™ VPN network reaching 196 countries/regions, and over 140 secure data centers worldwide. NTT Communications’ solutions leverage the global resources of NTT Group companies including Dimension Data, NTT DOCOMO and NTT DATA.

Multi-Cloud Connect currently connects to third party cloud services such as Microsoft Azure and AWS, as well as to NTT Com's cloud services via a security-enhanced, private Layer 3 connection, not via the internet.

Multi-Cloud Connect allows enterprises to easily meet the needs of different applications, by enabling hybrid cloud environment: such as a mix of public cloud and private cloud, or on-premises, private cloud (Enterprise Cloud) and/or public cloud.

After its launch in Tokyo and London, Multi-Cloud Connect will continue to expand globally to other parts of Europe and Asia.