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SINGAPORE, July 7, 2020 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/--

-- CenturyLink to offer customers in region unmatched hybrid cloud capabilities

and flexibility  based on Dell and VMware cloud solutions

CenturyLink, Inc. (https://news.centurylink.com/ ) (NYSE: CTL) today announced

it has expanded its global cloud alliance with Dell Technologies, Inc.  and

VMware, Inc. to offer a hybrid cloud solution designed to help digital

businesses in Asia Pacific successfully modernize their application workloads

and manage their cloud journey.

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According to IDC(1) FutureScape: Worldwide Cloud 2020 Predictions -- APEJ

Implications, by 2021, over 90 percent of enterprises in Asia Pacific Excluding

Japan (APEJ) will rely on a mix of on-premises/dedicated private cloud, several

public clouds and legacy platforms to meet their infrastructure needs.

This collaboration immediately offers customers the benefits of a fully managed

software-defined datacenter (SDDC) solution deployable in more than 2,200

CenturyLink network-connected private and public datacenters globally. This

complete SDDC solution with built-in automation enables improved security and

new levels of control and scalability across private and public clouds to

deliver a consistent customer experience.

Ignatius Wong, director, product management, hybrid cloud & IT solutions at

CenturyLink Asia Pacific said: "This cloud alliance brings innovation from

today's leading cloud technology providers for a scalable, secure and

high-performance architecture to ensure a seamless transition to the cloud and

help businesses looking to leverage a hybrid cloud strategy to meet the demands

of a digital reality."

IDC(1) has also emphasized that as cloud services become core to enterprises,

the IT environments they operate in grow more complex. Multiple public cloud,

private cloud and traditional systems need to be interconnected, integrated and

collectively managed. Coupled with the relatively low skills in APEJ to manage

cloud implementation across private and public clouds, the situation is forcing

enterprises to seek a managed cloud services deployment model to help them

effectively run and optimize their on- and off-premises cloud.

Wong added: "Customers adopting a multi and hybrid cloud approach can also use

CenturyLink's Cloud Application Manager to coordinate the delivery of

infrastructure, applications and services across the private or public cloud

with greater agility, flexibility and control. CenturyLink can deliver an

end-to-end solution to help customers achieve their multi and hybrid cloud

vision, while also minimizing IT downtime and migration risk."

Enterprises can also benefit from CenturyLink Cloud Connect solutions, which

deliver secure, high-performance, and virtualized networking functionality to

leading public and private clouds. This includes the ability to self-provision

network connectivity to leading public clouds on demand utilizing CenturyLink's

Cloud Connect Dynamic Connections.

"Cloud technology has brought immense and undeniable benefits to enterprises

worldwide," said David Bate, vice president, cloud, VMware, Asia Pacific Japan.

"Through this joint offering that VMware is bringing together with CenturyLink

and Dell, our APAC customers will be able to achieve a higher level of

flexibility and scalability in their cloud strategy. This is also in line with

our aim to help customers build and deploy modern applications from the data

center, to the cloud and the edge, and to offer the ability to migrate

seamlessly between environments with no constraints."  

Key Facts:

    -- CenturyLink is a VMware Premier Cloud Provider Partner, as well as a

       Dell Technologies Global Platinum Partner.

    -- CenturyLink Private Cloud on VMware Cloud Foundation™ is CenturyLink's

       managed private cloud service built on VMware Cloud Foundation and

       enabled by Dell Technologies' PowerEdge servers.

Additional Resource:

    -- 1: IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Cloud 2020 Predictions -- APEJ

       Implications (https://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=AP45762119 )

       (Doc # AP45762119, January 2020)

    -- Learn more about CenturyLink's Hybrid Cloud Solutions:

       https://www.centurylink.com.sg/hybrid-it-cloud/hybrid-cloud.html

    -- For more detail on Cloud Connect and Cloud Connect Dynamic

       Connections, visit:

       https://www.centurylink.com.sg/networking/cloud-connectivity.html

About CenturyLink

CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) is a technology leader delivering hybrid networking,

cloud connectivity, and security solutions to customers around the world.

Through its extensive global fiber network, CenturyLink provides secure and

reliable services to meet the growing digital demands of businesses and

consumers. CenturyLink strives to be the trusted connection to the networked

world and is focused on delivering technology that enhances the customer

experience. Learn more at http://news.centurylink.com/.

SOURCE:  CenturyLink, Inc.

CONTACT: CenturyLink

         Darryn Lim

         67688085

         darryn.lim@centurylink.com;

         Ying Communications, (a FINN Partners company)

         Danial Cheah | Syafiq Rahman

         67795514

         centurylinkprasia@finnpartners.com