MEET THE PLATFORM MAKING 4IR POSSIBLE

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Lumen is an enterprise technology platform for deploying data-intensive workloads needed in the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR). It unifies global network assets, cloud edge investments, security expertise and collaboration services into an advanced application architecture.

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One platform to run cloud and edge applications

Our platform is built to deliver the scale, speed and intelligence that cloud and edge applications require, making it easy to run, rev and respond faster.

Cloud

Seamless and scalable connections to public and private clouds enable application virtualisation, cloud hosting of IT services and data, more efficient capacity use and faster response.

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Edge

100+ edge market nodes help deliver 5ms or better latency to power near-real time response for latency sensitive, data intensive applications, 5G and other distributed compute demands.

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Connected Security

Intelligent and automated threat detection and response that is built-in to the network to proactively safeguard data and applications.

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Edge Cloud

Low-latency edge compute and cloud connectivity that deliver high-performance data and application experiences closer to where data is used.

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Adaptive Networking

Globally scalable, high-bandwidth connectivity that intelligently adjusts to real-time capacity needs to seamlessly deliver applications and data.

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Collaboration

Easy-to-use, all-in-one voice, video, chat and call centre solutions that drive greater business productivity and customer engagement.

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Fibre backbone

140,000 global route miles of owned fibre with 170,000 on-net fibre locations in over 60 countries and over 120 global PoPs.

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Data centres

Dynamic connectivity to over 2,200 public and private data centres.

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Cloud connectivity

Seamless hybrid managed cloud access to top providers, including AWS, Azure, Google, IBM and Oracle.

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Seamless and scalable connections to public and private clouds enable application virtualisation, cloud hosting of IT services and data, more efficient capacity use and faster response.

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100+ edge market nodes help deliver 5ms or better latency to power near-real time response for latency sensitive, data intensive applications, 5G and other distributed compute demands.

Learn more

Intelligent and automated threat detection and response that is built-in to the network to proactively safeguard data and applications.

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Low-latency edge compute and cloud connectivity that deliver high-performance data and application experiences closer to where data is used.

Learn more

Globally scalable, high-bandwidth connectivity that intelligently adjusts to real-time capacity needs to seamlessly deliver applications and data.

Learn more

Easy-to-use, all-in-one voice, video, chat and call centre solutions that drive greater business productivity and customer engagement.

Learn more

140,000 global route miles of owned fibre with 170,000 on-net fibre locations in over 60 countries and over 120 global PoPs.

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Dynamic connectivity to over 2,200 public and private data centres.

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Seamless hybrid managed cloud access to top providers, including AWS, Azure, Google, IBM and Oracle.

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Accelerate results with a modern architecture

Move and respond faster

Stay agile and quickly turn up 4IR data, apps and experiences with 318% greater bandwidth scalability.¹

NETWORKING

Speed growth

Accelerate data and applications for next-gen workloads with 100+ edge market nodes designed for 5ms or better latency.

EDGE COMPUTING

Protect as you connect

Shield critical data and apps with automated threat detection that actively monitors 3.6 million threats/day and mitigates ~120 DDoS attacks/day.

SECURITY

Redefine team productivity

Launch scalable voice, video and web collaboration solutions to improve employee productivity by 29%.²

COLLABORATION

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of global IT leaders say current IT infrastructures are not prepared to support coming increases in users, data volumes and application performance needs³

of global IT leaders say they trust technology partners with expansive global networks to help them quickly acquire, analyse and act on data³

Hear from experts on our platform and infrastructure

“Customers can use the Lumen Platform to drive benefits from global cloud core to distributed cloud edge, including increased performance, controlled costs, faster time-to-value and partner co-innovation on our open and interoperable standards.”

David Shacochis, VP Hybrid IT

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“By managing enterprise connectivity, edge connectivity and cloud connectivity, the Lumen Platform can allow the network to flex as application usage demands fluctuate. If a customer needs more bandwidth or lower latency, the network provides it. You specify your intent, and the network takes care of it.”

Andrew Dugan, Chief Technology Officer

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Resources

BLOG: Amazing experiences built on the Lumen Platform

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Find out how hybrid cloud and edge computing can power your distributed applications with agnostic orchestration and low latency.

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VIDEO: Transforming in the 4th Industrial Revolution

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See how the Lumen Platform delivers data-driven insights, digital-first simplicity and differentiated experiences to give you a competitive advantage.

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¹IDC, CenturyLink Adaptive Networking Solutions Enable Enterprise Customers to Optimise Network Costs and Performance, March 2020.

²Nemertes, Employee, Customer Experience Transformations Deliver Measurable Value, Q3 2020.

³Quadrant Strategies, Global Poll: Impact of the 4th Industrial Revolution, July 2020.
* Platform claim based on Lumen’s unique combination of assets and services with the lowest network latency on the majority of the MSA routes, threat detection, data scrubbing centre capacity and end-to-end protection.