“ As we ’ ve built the platform , we can push software down it – and the cool thing is that it future proofs our customers ’ technology position ”
CHRISTOPHER SMITH VICE PRESIDENT PRODUCT MANAGEMENT , PLATFORM APPLICATIONS , LUMEN
Also attending the call is Shawn Draper , vice president of enterprise platform engineering . Lumen is the amalgamation of dozens of acquisitions over the years , with Draper working at CenturyLink for over 20 years .
“ Lumen ’ s ability to be able to deliver platform capabilities over its high-speed , highly secure network gives it the ability to allow customers and business units to create unprecedented levels of capability ,” says Draper .
“ Never before in the history of network engineering have customers had the level of flexibility on where they want to put their compute and how they want to consume the network ,” he says .
“ Our low latency network enables customers to place their computer where it ’ s needed most and that ’ s the premise behind edge – the ability to operate closest to where the capability is being consumed or data is being created .”
Customers not only have access to Lumen ’ s fibre-optic network , whether through public or private means , but can also extend it to the cloud provider of their choice .
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