PRESS RELEASE — Seattle, WA — May 11, 2018 — StrataCore, the premier IT services broker for data center, cloud, connectivity and security, is committed to meeting the high demand from customers to interconnect their infrastructures across North America, APAC, and Europe. As infrastructure deployments become increasingly complex, it’s even more important to efficiently interconnect those deployments through reliable, scalable solutions. The new partnership with Megaport enables StrataCore to better meet these demands with Megaport’s global Software Defined Network.

Megaport provides secure, seamless, and on-demand connectivity to enterprises, networks, and over 250 service providers, including the world’s leading public clouds such as AWS, Azure, IBM Cloud, Google Cloud, and Oracle Cloud. Megaport currently connects over 900 customers worldwide across a growing footprint of more than 200 data centers.

“StrataCore is very excited to be working with the top-notch team at Megaport. Our customers have deployed significant infrastructure across the globe including colocation, private cloud, and public cloud services. Megaport provides a cost-effective and high performing means of interconnecting that infrastructure,” said Jay Schwartz, COO and General Counsel at StrataCore.

Nicole Cooper, Megaport’s Executive Vice President, Americas, commented, “As a one-stop shop for connectivity, our partnership with StrataCore is a natural fit due to our shared goal of enabling enterprises around the world to quickly implement scalable hybrid cloud strategies and expand into new regions. Megaport will provide significant value to StrataCore customers by allowing enterprises to right-size their networking needs to the service providers of their choice. This value will only increase as our Ecosystem of service providers and network footprint continues its rapid expansion. We look forward to working with the StrataCore team and their customers.”

About StrataCore
StrataCore is the premiere IT services broker for data center, cloud, connectivity and security.  With more than 300 clients and 1000 contracts negotiated worldwide, StrataCore delivers clients improved IT performance, at a lower cost. StrataCore offers unbiased, custom solutions while maintaining a clear view of the competitive landscape to optimize contract terms and pricing. Its market intelligence, exclusive StrataTools™ and detailed vendor selection process provide clients with the necessary insight to make informed IT decisions. For more information, visit http://www.stratacore.com/

About Megaport
Megaport is the global leading provider of Elastic Interconnection services. Using Software Defined Networking (SDN), the Company’s global platform enables customers to rapidly connect their network to other services across the Megaport Network. Services can be directly controlled by customers via mobile devices, their computer, or an open API. Megaport connects over 900 customers in more than 200 data centers globally. Megaport is an Alibaba Cloud Technology Partner, Oracle Cloud Partner, AWS Technology Partner, AWS Networking Competency Partner, Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute Partner, Google Cloud Interconnect Partner, IBM Direct Link Cloud Exchange provider, and Salesforce Express Connect Partner.