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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.

Learn more Small red arrow pointing to the right

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

Learn more Small red arrow pointing to the right

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

Learn more Small red arrow pointing to the right

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

Learn more Small red arrow pointing to the right

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

Learn more Small red arrow pointing to the right

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.

Accelerate results with an advanced applications architecture

Adaptive Networking

Networking

Give your enterprise the capacity needed to power 4IR data, apps and experiences with the #1 most peered global network1.

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Internet Cloud

Edge Computing

Accelerate data and applications for next-gen workloads with 50+ edge market nodes in North America designed for 5ms or better latency.

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Connected Security

Security

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.

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Collaboration

Collaboration

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

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Resources

BLOG: The platform for powering the 4th Industrial Revolution

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

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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1Center for Applied Internet Data Analysis (CAIDA), AS Rank, May 2022.

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.