MEET THE PLATFORM MAKING 4IR POSSIBLE

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The Lumen Platform is the fastest, most secure platform for next-gen apps and data, unifying four core IT components into one application delivery solution built to support the technological possibilities of the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR).

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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 virtualization, cloud hosting of IT services and data, more efficient capacity utilization 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's 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 center solutions that drive greater business productivity and customer engagement.

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Fiber backbone

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

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Data centers

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

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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 virtualization, cloud hosting of IT services and data, more efficient capacity utilization 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.

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Intelligent and automated threat detection and response that's 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.

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

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

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

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

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How the Lumen Platform works

See how we engineered an integrated platform as the critical layer between network, cloud and edge infrastructure assets and next-gen applications, and explore common use cases.

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The Fastest, Most Secure Platform for Next-Gen Apps

Meet the four core IT components of our Platform—Networking, Edge Cloud, Security and Collaboration—and see how our infrastructure sets us apart. (2:05)

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The Lumen Platform Difference

Learn why extensive physical infrastructure is essential to powerful performance. (2:00)

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Use Case: Application Delivery

The Lumen Platform unifies multiple IT capabilities designed to boost application performance, protection and control. (2:00)

Use Case: Application Storage

The Lumen Platform offers enterprises a holistic solution to meet the immense data storage requirements of feature-rich applications. (1:51)

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Use Case: Application Security

The Lumen Platform protects latency-sensitive applications without compromising their need for real-time access. (1:51)

The Fastest, Most Secure Platform for Next-Gen Apps
The Lumen Platform Difference
Use Case: Application Delivery
Use Case: Application Storage
Use Case: Application Security

Accelerate results with an advanced applications 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 2.3 million unique threats/day and proactively disrupts ~150 C2s per month through takedowns and notifications.

SECURITY

Boost productivity

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

COLLABORATION

Resources

BLOG: The platform for powering the 4th Industrial Revolution

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David Shacochis, VP of Enterprise Strategy at Lumen, discusses how the Lumen Platform is helping companies forge the next generation of digital business.

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BLOG: Turning IT transformation challenges into tangible outcomes

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Mahesh Dalvi, VP of Managed Technology Solutions at Lumen, discusses how Lumen enables your IT transformation journey.

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¹IDC, CenturyLink Adaptive Networking Solutions Enable Enterprise Customers to Optimize 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 center capacity and end-to-end protection.