NTT Com: Multi-Cloud Connect To Extend To Microsoft ExpressRoute For Office 365

(RTTNews) - NTT Communications Corp., the ICT solutions and international communications business within Japanese telecom company NTT (NTT), announced Wednesday its plans of extending connectivity of Multi-Cloud Connect to Microsoft ExpressRoute for Office 365.

The company noted that direct access to ExpressRoute for Office 365 is expected to be ready in London from January, followed by Tokyo in February of 2016. After launches in Tokyo and London, Multi-Cloud Connect will continue to expand globally to other parts of Asia and to North America.

Multi-Cloud Connect currently connects to NTT Com's cloud services as well as to third party cloud services such as Microsoft Azure and AWS via a security-enhanced, private Layer 3 connection, not via the internet.

Following its connectivity to Microsoft Azure, the extension of Multi-Cloud Connect will enable enterprises to easily build hybrid cloud environment.

NTT noted that customers of Arcstar Universal One - NTT Com's MPLS network service - can use Multi-Cloud Connect to establish highly secure connections to NTT Com's cloud services as well as different third party public cloud services, as an alternative to relying on public Internet connection.