Feb 5, 2023
Cirion adds Zoom Phone to its managed Unified Communications solutions portfolio
A corporate telephony solution that powers video collaboration. The Zoom Phone service allows users to have the best collaboration tools while enabling access to voice calls through the public network.
BUENOS AIRES, May 2, 2023 Today, many business activities occur in several platforms and the hybrid work format brought a series of online solutions to support remote work and improve employees’ productivity, efficiency, and comfort. However, when it comes to seeking solutions that favor connectivity between teams, we are faced with a frequent problem: communications platforms.
Many times, the systems available to workgroups haven’t been updated to the features required by new working formats. The solution to this issue will arrive with Zoom’s latest release: Zoom Phone.
At Cirion, we have deployed this new tool as a service, offering companies and institutions support in defining their needs, integration of their own network services, and customized management adjusted to corporations’ business needs, explains Pablo Landea, Voice & Collaboration Product Manager at Cirion Technologies.
Zoom Phone is a modern, private corporate telephony platform that offers Software as a Service (SaaS). This solution integrates collaboration capabilities for customers who want to maintain their own video communications, allows users to have the best collaboration tools and, at the same time, enables access to voice calling services over the public network (PSTN), among other features.
Zoom’s entire platform space was specifically designed to function as a whole. Consequently, user experience is intuitive, it automates tasks, simplifies management, and allows them to work from anywhere, including hybrid environments, adds Landea.
Whether through Zoom’s marketplace or other manufacturers’ ecosystems, Zoom Phone can be integrated with Microsoft Office 365, MS Teams, Salesforce, and Zendesk environments and several contact center and customer experience applications. Additionally, the platform guarantees a 99.999% voice and video service level.
This system was developed as a unified concept within the Zoom public cloud application ecosystem so that the platform offers workgroups chat, private telephony, whiteboard, meetings, and events, and enables access to other applications that possess artificial intelligence services bringing the possibility of integration to other developers to add value to each business’ workflows.
For Cirion’s executive, the Zoom Phone application was designed as a cloud solution for corporate private telephony so it can be easily integrated with other infrastructures and is compatible with a wide range of user devices and meeting rooms to support each customer’s needs in a customized manner.
The unified communications platform has centralized management that provides reports, call monitoring and even allows recording and encryption, for caller security. This way, the company that adopts this tool maintains its telephone lines and, in addition, allows employees to have an extension on their mobile phones while expanding communications from chat to call and from call to videoconference.
The key values delivered by Zoom Phone are:
- Quality and Security
- Simplified user experiences
- Easy handling for platform administrators
- Ability to integrate with legacy systems migration needs
- Agility and continuous innovation without the need for further investments
For companies, Zoom Phone offers among other benefits reduced operational costs, increased profitability for better productivity, significant improvement in effectiveness for users, and access to a simplified collaborative environment.
The Zoom Phone service will be available through Cirion, a provider that integrates its own network services to manage the solution.
About Cirion
Cirion is a leading digital infrastructure and technology provider, offering a comprehensive suite of fiber networks, connectivity, colocation, cloud infrastructure, and communications and collaboration solutions with the purpose of furthering Latin Americas progress through technology. Cirion serves over 5,500 Latin America-based and multinational customers, including enterprises, government agencies, cloud service providers, wireline and wireless carriers, ISPs, and other leading businesses. Cirion owns and operates a portfolio of networks and data centers, with extensive coverage throughout the Latin American region. Learn more about Cirion at www.ciriontechnologies.com
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Dec 15, 2022
Elections 2022: Internet Providers Deliver Digital Infrastructure
Cirion Technologies was one of the ISPs providing internet connectivity, SD-WAN, and cybersecurity solutions
São Paulo, December 15, 2022 – The second ballot of 2022 Elections totaled more than 124MM people going to the polls, as reported by the Superior Electoral Court (TSE -for its acronym in Portuguese-) According to the Federal Justice body, Brazil is the fourth largest democracy and owns the major computerized election worldwide, since all voting is done through electronic ballot boxes. This makes our country a world benchmark in electoral security.
This voting mechanism has existed for more than 25 years and was fully computerized in 2000, when all Brazilian municipalities began to use electronic ballot boxes during elections, according to the TSE.
During the voting period, the ballot box operates in isolation and without any connection to data networks, however, after the counting closes, connectivity and security technologies are necessary to guarantee the aggregate results are conveyed.
The technological breakthroughs raised the need of creating solutions meant to guarantee information integrity and security in this verification process, mainly for fraud and cyberattacks prevention. These technologies are available through internet providers, who work to fight and minimize potential risks. Cirion Technologies, leading digital infrastructure and technology provider, was one of the companies working in tandem with the Regional Electoral Courts (TRE) and the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) to guarantee security of elections in the Federal District and other States: Ceará, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul and São Paulo.
During the first and second rounds, Cirion focused on network security, Internet and SD-WAN solutions, thereby enabling data transmission and long-distance network management.
“To guarantee the voting process security and combat any type of potential threat online, our security and network team created an action plan to monitor and act immediately, in the event of contingencies, several days before the election,” said Danilo Cereza, Sales Director in Cirion Brazil.
According to a Black Lotus Labs report, Telecommunications, Software and Technology, and Government were the most affected terminals by cyberattacks. This implies that internet evolution not only calls for more data protection. The providers role to fight against potential threats, primarily upon situations like a presidential election is as well highlighted.
This is why being prepared to combat any risk immediately becomes essential. During the elections, Cirion experts conducted a thorough monitoring and follow-up, to increase security of the process and, fortunately, there were no contingencies, continued the executive.
Cirion was also responsible for providing connectivity to the worldwide web. Initially, 2 Gbps accesses were available, however a 10 Gbps upgrade was made in advance to the first electoral round, because of the large volume of access to the services provided by the TSE. According to the TSE, the internet speed allowed voters to know which candidates were elected within 3 hours further to the close of voting. In countries where voting is still on paper, total vote counting can take days before results are released.
About Cirion:
Cirion is a leading digital infrastructure and technology provider, offering a comprehensive suite of fiber network, connectivity, colocation, cloud infrastructure, and communication and collaboration solutions with the purpose of furthering Latin America´s progress through technology. Cirion serves over 6,400 Latin America-based and multinational customers, including enterprises, government agencies, cloud service providers, carriers, ISPs, and other leading businesses. Cirion owns and operates a facilities-based network and data center portfolio, with extensive coverage spanning across the Latin America region. Learn more about Cirion at www.ciriontechnologies.com
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Dec 5, 2022
Lumen mitigated DDoS attacks that targeted a single company more than 1,300 times
Latest DDoS report reminds businesses that anyone can be target; vigilant defenses are key
DENVER, May 12, 2022 Lumen Technologies (NYSE: LUMN) continues to track Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks around the world, and today the company released a report that details the DDoS statistics and trends for the first quarter 2022.
Key Findings:
- The number of DDoS attacks that Lumen scrubbed in Q1 2022 increased by 66% compared to Q4 2021, and by 32% compared to Q1 2021.
- Of the 500 largest attacks in Q1, 97% targeted the Telecommunications, Gaming, Software and Technology, Hosting, and Government verticals.
- Lumen protected one organization from more than 1,300 DDoS attacks more than 20% of the total number of attacks scrubbed during the entire quarter.
- The same organization accounted for the largest bandwidth attack that has ever passed through Lumens scrubbing centers at 775 Gbps.
Our first-quarter data shows just how important it is for businesses to maintain solid cyber defense strategies, said Beth Kohler, senior director of Security Product Management for Lumen. Anyone can be the target of a large attack at any time. Even a few minutes of downtime can cause serious damage to a companys operations, revenue and reputation. Because the highly targeted customer uses Lumens Always-On DDoS Mitigation Service with Rapid Threat Defense, many attacks are blocked before they can do any damage. We can only imagine the harm these criminals could have caused to our customer (and their customers) had these attacks succeeded.
Read the full report here: https://tinyurl.com/Q1DDoSReport
Other Findings:
- The largest packet rate-based attack scrubbed in Q1 was 127 Mpps, which was more than double what Lumen mitigated in Q4.
- The longest DDoS attack period Lumen mitigated for an individual customer in Q1 2022 lasted five days.
- Thirty two percent of all DDoS mitigations were single-vector, TCP SYN flooding attacks. This indicates that many actors are still relying on simple, tried-and-true attack methods.
- Multi-vector attacks seem to be the tactic of choice for the gaming and telecommunications sectors represented 38% of all DDoS mitigations.
Additional Resources:
- To read previous DDoS reports, visit the archive.
- Learn how to recognize the signs of a DDoS attack: How to Tell if Your Business is Suffering from a DDoS Attack.
- Learn more about Lumen DDoS Mitigation and Application Security Services.
- See how Lumen can turn up DDoS mitigation services in as little 15 minutes with the on-demand or always-on services of DDoS Hyper, available through the Lumen Marketplace.
- Find out how threat intelligence from Black Lotus Labs helps keep the internet clean.
About Lumen Technologies and the People of Lumen:
Lumen is guided by our belief that humanity is at its best when technology advances the way we live and work. With approximately 450,000 route fiber miles and serving customers in more than 60 countries, we deliver the fastest, most secure platform for applications and data to help businesses, government and communities deliver amazing experiences. Learn more about the Lumen network, edge cloud, security, communication and collaboration solutions and our purpose to further human progress through technology at news.lumen.com/home, LinkedIn: /lumentechnologies, Twitter: @lumentechco, Facebook: /lumentechnologies, Instagram: @lumentechnologies and YouTube: /lumentechnologies. Lumen and Lumen Technologies are registered trademarks in the United States.
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Oct 20, 2022
Frost & Sullivan Recognizes Cirion with the 2022 Competitive Strategy Leadership Award
Award is reserved for companies at the forefront of innovation and growth in their respective industries.
MIAMI, FL, October 27, 2022 Cirion Technologies, a leading digital infrastructure and technology provider, received Frost & Sullivans prestigious 2022 Competitive Strategy Leadership Award, recognizing the company for its excellence in best practices in the Latin America data center services industry.
As digital transformation continues to be a key organizational goal for Latin American businesses, it is even more crucial to address challenges such as the growing need for hyperscale capacity from public cloud providers, over-the-top (OTT) content, and media segments, which play a significant role in enterprises increasing demand for data center colocation services during their digital transformation paths. Cirions go-to-market strategy goes beyond its vast expertise and best-in-class capabilities, with customer value as a strategic imperative.
This recognition by Frost & Sullivan underscores Cirions commitment to furthering technology in Latin America and providing the best customer experience possible, said Gabriel del Campo, VP Data Center, Cloud & Security for Cirion Technologies. We strive to understand customers business dynamic and objectives, and to obtain the necessary information to design, offer, implement, and support a suitable solution that allows them to carry forward their business strategies.
Cirion relies on its extensive salesforce and solid presence across Latin America to offer seamless solutions through a combination of network strength and data center footprint and managed services that bridge the cloud, IT infrastructure, and the Edge for workloads and applications, ultimately providing a complete end-to-end solution for optimal performance where digital interaction occurs. Its robust infrastructure, network, and data center options are aligned with market trends and needs. Cirions recent investments in new high-capacity data centers in the region showcase the companys expansion in Brazil, Colombia, and Peru.
Frost & Sullivan believes that innovation and growth opportunities drive future success, and having a competitive strategy is critical, said Steven Lopez, Best Practices Research Analyst for Frost & Sullivan. Cirion Technologies understands this core concept and is leading the data center services market with its focused presence across Latin America and ability to address customer needs with low latency Edge network offerings. We strongly believe that the company is well-positioned to drive the colocation data centers space into its next growth phase, capturing market share and sustaining its leadership in the coming years.
In 2020, Frost & Sullivan recognized Cirion Technologies (previously Lumens Latin American business, and now an independent company within the Stonepeak portfolio) globally in the holistic web protection market, in 2021 for its excellence in collaboration services, and in 2022 as Latin America Enterprise Services Company of the Year.
Key Facts:
- Criteria used to gauge Cirions performance against competitors in the 2022 Competitive Strategy Leadership Award include two key factors: strategy innovation and customer impact.
- Cirion Technologies is leading the data center services market with its focused presence across Latin America and ability to address customer needs with low latency Edge network offerings.
- Cirions recent investments in new high-capacity data centers in the region showcase Cirion Technologies expansion in Brazil, Colombia, and Peru.
- Cirion offers a wide range of data center services, including colocation, hosting, network storage, disaster recovery, hybrid cloud, DDoS and integrated security solutions, all backed by a superior network infrastructure and a highly interconnected and fully redundant Data Center platform, thereby allowing the company to satisfy the regions unmet market needs.
- Cirion was recognized by Frost & Sullivan with the Latin American Enterprise Services Provider Company of the Year Award in 2022, 2019, 2018 and 2016.
- Cirion received the 2018 Frost & Sullivan Award for Competitive Strategy Innovation and Leadership in the MPLS/IP-VPN Services Market.
About the Award:
- Frost & Sullivan is an international consulting company dedicated to helping clients accelerate growth and achieve best-in-class positions in innovation and leadership.
- Frost & Sullivans Competitive Strategy Leadership Award recognizes the company with a stand-out approach to achieving top-line growth and a superior customer experience.
- Frost & Sullivan industry analysts compare market participants and measure performance through in-depth interviews, analyses, and extensive secondary research to identify best practices.
Additional Resources:
About Cirion:
Cirion is a leading digital infrastructure and technology provider, offering a comprehensive suite of fiber network, connectivity, colocation, cloud infrastructure, and communication and collaboration solutions with the purpose of furthering Latin Americas progress through technology. Cirion serves over 6,400 Latin America-based and multinational customers, including enterprises, government agencies, cloud service providers, wireline and wireless carriers, ISPs, and other leading businesses. Cirion owns and operates a facilities-based network and data center portfolio, with extensive coverage spanning across the Latin America region. Learn more about Cirion at www.ciriontechnologies.com
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Oct 20, 2022
Frost & Sullivan Recognizes Cirion with the 2022 Latin America Enterprise Services Company of the Year Award
MIAMI, FL, October, 20, 2022 Frost & Sullivan awarded Cirion Technologies its prestigious Latin America Company of the Year Award for enterprise services, recognizing Cirion for its strong overall performance and effective strategy.
As digital transformation continues to be a key organizational goal for Latin American businesses, it is even more crucial to address challenges such as finding suitable, cost-effective network services that seamlessly integrate the various technology platforms, applications, and services a business uses.
“After extensive research in this field, Frost & Sullivan firmly believes Cirions outstanding infrastructure and extensive service portfolio, along with its dedication to identifying and addressing the obstacles of digital transformation and efficiency, successfully meets the unmet needs of enterprises and government agencies, said Ignacio Perrone, Research Director for Frost & Sullivan. Cirions unparalleled expertise in the convergent telecom-IT services arena earns the company an undisputed place as a full enterprise service provider.
As part of its analysis, Frost & Sullivan found that many customers face big decisions regarding IT investments that will support their digital transformation and communications initiatives. Based on Frost & Sullivans research, Cirion has positioned itself well, with products and services to help customers integrate existing platforms and bring new services online.
Cirion captured a first-mover advantage in bringing to market a first-of-its-kind product and agreement package in a software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) solution in Latin America. Enabling the next generation of network optimization, Cirions SD-WAN empowers organizations with intelligent routing, faster branch site deployment, centralized policy management, and direct internet connectivity to public clouds and cloud applications.
Cirion raises the standard to the next level for its range of value-added, managed, and data center services, with a broad unified communications and collaboration solutions suite for the traditional Ethernet and broadband infrastructure, said Perrone.
Cirion is committed to partnering with Latin American businesses to achieve their technological goals and continue on their digital transformation journeys, said Leonardo Barbero, President & EVP of Products and Sales for Cirion Technologies. Enterprises are facing an ever-changing technology landscape, with high-capacity demands, security concerns, and the need to migrate to new platforms. This recognition by Frost & Sullivan validates our efforts to deliver a simple enterprise user experience with sophisticated capabilities and reinforces Cirions ongoing leadership in delivering a wide range of services that meet our customers needs, all while providing a high level of service.
Key Facts:
- The criteria used to gauge Cirions performance against competitors in the Company of the Year Award category include two key factors: growth performance and customer impact.
- Cirions value-added services, reinforced by its innovative solutions, position the company as a best-in-class leader in Latin America.
- Cirion offers a range of services, including SD-WAN, CDN, WAN optimization, and network management, all backed by a superior network infrastructure, allowing the company to satisfy the regions unmet market needs.
- Cirion was recognized by Frost & Sullivan with the Latin American Company of the Year Award with enterprise services provider market in 2019, 2018 and 2016.
- Cirion received the 2018 Frost & Sullivan Award for Competitive Strategy Innovation and Leadership in the MPLS/IP-VPN services market.
About the Award:
- Frost & Sullivan is an international consulting company dedicated to helping clients accelerate growth and achieve best-in-class positions in innovation and leadership.
- Frost & Sullivans Best Practices Award recognizes companies in various regional and global markets for demonstrating outstanding achievement and superior performance in leadership, technological innovation, customer service, and strategic product development.
- Frost & Sullivan industry analysts compare market participants and measure performance through in-depth interviews, analyses, and extensive secondary research to identify best practices.
Additional Resources:
About Cirion:
Cirion is a leading digital infrastructure and technology provider, offering a comprehensive suite of fiber network, connectivity, colocation, cloud infrastructure, and communication and collaboration solutions with the purpose of furthering Latin America´s progress through technology. Cirion serves over 6,400 Latin America-based and multinational customers, including enterprises, government agencies, cloud service providers, wireline and wireless carriers, ISPs, and other leading businesses. Cirion owns and operates a facilities-based network and data center portfolio, with extensive coverage spanning across the Latin America region. Learn more about Cirion at www.ciriontechnologies.com
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