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  |  By Alex Hawkes
Console Connect recently hosted a live webinar called ‘Assessing the Real Cost of Egress’ that discussed the findings of a new research paper which identified an egress fee breakeven point for businesses who switch to a private network solution. The research study, entitled ‘A Business Case for Internet-Bypass Solutions in 2023’ authored by William B.
  |  By Alex Hawkes
If you want to connect any equipment - known as CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) - at one of your enterprise buildings to the Console Connect platform you'll need an Edge Port.
  |  By Will Templeton
One of Console Connect's most powerful features is the ability to quickly configure and immediately provision Layer 2 interconnections between Console Connect endpoints at the bandwidth capacity you need. But what if your bandwidth needs evolve or you need to respond to a temporary surge in demand? You might encounter scenarios where you need more flexibility, such as.
  |  By Alex Hawkes
Healthcare is undergoing a massive transformation, and network innovation is at the heart of it. But how can we simplify this complex process and make it practical for healthcare providers and, specifically, IT managers in the sector? Let's break it down.
  |  By Alex Hawkes
There are three main infrastructure types to consider when hosting and deploying applications: Bare Metal, Virtual Machines (VMs), and Containers, each with its own advantages and disadvantages depending on your use case. The three technologies are not mutually exclusive however, as both VMs and containers run on top of bare metal servers, while containers can also be deployed inside VMs.
  |  By Alex Hawkes
The Oil and Gas sector, responsible in part for two industrial revolutions in the last 300 years, has been something of a laggard when it comes to adoption of new technologies. Cloud and edge penetration in Oil and Gas is late compared to other industries, mainly due to long standing concerns around security and data privacy.
  |  By Alex Hawkes
Web 3.0 could see the emergence of more decentralized online ecosystem based on blockchain. In this blog, we examine the important role that network performance will play in the arrival of Web3 in order to reduce frustrations and shortcomings with the existing traditional public internet. In this blog we look at the role network performance will play in the delivery of web 3.0.
  |  By Alex Hawkes
In our previous blog, we looked at the rise of the API economy. In this instalment we explore how APIs are transforming the provisioning of connectivity through the move to Network-as-a-Service (NaaS).
  |  By Alex Hawkes
The way content is created, distributed, and consumed has changed a lot over the last decade with the introduction of streaming and on-demand viewing. Media sector revenues are growing, but so is the cost to produce content and manage complex digital ecosystems. So how can media and broadcasting companies simplify network complexity and improve performance, all while delivering great content to hungry audiences?
  |  By Alex Hawkes
APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) have been around for decades, but although the concept emerged as far back as the 1940s, it wasn’t until the early 2000s and the efforts of eBay, Salesforce, and Amazon that really put them on the map. APIs today are ubiquitous - any company developing software will likely have an API for customers and partners - and research suggests the majority of enterprises consuming APIs are focused on strategies for easier consumption and management of APIs.
  |  By Console Connect
Yogesh Lulla in a carpool karaoke-style interview with Cellusys and Hot Telecom’s Isabelle Paradis. They talk about the transformation that IoT, Blockchain and AI are said to bring in the coming years and more.
  |  By Console Connect
In the second round of the HotTelecom Super CEO Faceoff Series, 8 CEOs including our very own Marc Halbfinger, answer the question “What Keeps You Awake At Night?” Click here to see the very thought-provoking answers
  |  By Console Connect
The 14th Telecom Review Leaders' Summit 2020 Panel Discussion – Wholesale and Capacity: Managing the Explosion of Data Traffic discussion covers how the wholesale and capacity industry played a major role amid COVID-19, the impact of the pandemic on data traffic, challenges brought about by COVID-19 and more.
  |  By Console Connect
PCCW Global Console Connect IoT service is to address challenges in deploying IoT connectivity by offering unified integration through our software defined network, which supports digital transformation and development of new business models and offerings. Billions of IoT devices can be connected, helping you stay relevant to your customers and grow new revenues while helping your customers gain a competitive advantage.
  |  By Console Connect
The world of business has changed, so we’ve changed everything - with Software Defined Interconnection®. Putting you in complete control. Console Connect takes your business through the multi-cloud online world, with ease. All with a simple to use platform, that makes this, feel like this.. Connect anything directly to anything or everything. In ways and to places you’ve never been able to before. Gain access to one of the world’s most advanced, robust, global networks.
  |  By Console Connect
Console Connect by PCCW Global is dedicated to helping broadcasting organisations overcome the barriers and complexity of connecting their business critical applications. See how we enabled Hong Kong Tourism Board to scale up and down on-demand easily and how the benefits of Console Connect allowed them to attract the best talent and increase an ever wider audience. VR and higher resolutions mean more bandwidth and lower latency for the wider ecosystem of broadcasters and streaming organizations and Console Connect is here to support you.
  |  By Console Connect
Some essential and easy tips for improving your enterprise connectivity Let's face it, the traditional public internet wasn't made for enterprise workloads. As enterprises increase their number of connections to private data centres and public cloud assets, the shortcomings of the public internet are becoming even more apparent. The Definitive Enterprise Connectivity Guide recognises this fundamental challenge facing network engineers and network architects and offers some essential and easy tips on how to improve your enterprise connectivity.
  |  By Console Connect
How to use APIs to automate network connectivity Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) exist to abstract the underlying complexity of a system whilst allowing third parties to integrate and with and extend their own systems and capabilities. At least 50% of all B2B collaboration occurs via APIs. Without access to APIs, partners can't easily interact with an organisation's data or services, meaning that connectivity to infrastructure assets becomes something the organisation has to stop and build itself, leaving it vulnerable to competition
  |  By Console Connect
It has been a transformative year for Africa's cloud ecosystem. Considerable new investment is going into carrier-neutral data centres across the region and slowly but surely the adoption of cloud services is gathering pace. Meanwhile, the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has led many businesses to accelerate adoption of cloud services, and reaffirmed the need to push ahead with digital transformation initiatives.
  |  By Console Connect
How SD-WAN, dedicated cloud connections, MPLS and the public internet compliment each other as essential components of the hybrid enterprise WAN Enterprises' use of multiple public and private connectivity is only going to continue into the future, bringing unwanted complication to their networks as they connect not just site-to-site and site-to-cloud, but also cloud-to-cloud.
  |  By Console Connect
6 examples of how private, on-demand connectivity will transform your enterprise network Console Connect can help you transform your network with private, scalable and on-demand connectivity. Learn about six different customer cases that will help you understand how common connectivity challenges can be easily overcome with Console Connect's solution. Console Connect is a Software-Defined Interconnection platform, enabling the connection of Cloud-based, business-critical connections to always be simple, secure and straightforward.
  |  By Console Connect
The Enterprise Guide to Hybrid Cloud Strategy As Enterprise IT continues to shift and businesses are under pressure to innovate, the public Cloud has become the host for an increasing number of mission critical applications, causing network demands for availability, security and bandwidth to rapidly expand.

Connecting networks, clouds and businesses, Console Connect by PCCW Global is dedicated to helping organisations overcome the barriers and complexity of connecting to the cloud. Our goal is to provide businesses with on-demand, dedicated connectivity into cloud service providers and partners around the globe, making access to business-critical applications simple, predictable and ultra-secure.

Console Connect by PCCW Global is the world’s first global software-defined interconnection platform, born out of the belief that business connectivity should be simpler and more accessible for all. Console Connect enables users to efficiently manage their private connections via a user-friendly interface, regardless of their level of technical expertise.

Why Choose The Console Connect Platform?

  • Connect to more things, faster: Connect data centres, businesses and apps on-demand. Directly connect to the world’s leading clouds, including AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google, Tencent, IBM Cloud, Alicloud and more. Get one-click private access to Internet Exchanges, as well as IoT and SaaS partners.
  • Reach further across the globe: Console Connect automates one of the world’s largest high performance networks. We go beyond North America, Europe and Asia and reach into Africa, the Middle East and Latin America. We are enabled in 40+ countries and growing, fast.
  • Reliability and performance you can count on: At the core of Console Connect is the continuity and security of PCCW Global’s fibre and IP network. The same uncontended, end-to-end network that is trusted by multinationals and service providers across the world.
  • Connectivity as agile as your business: Take the pain out of network provisioning and management with self-service, on-demand connections. Access and manage Console Connect through our simple, powerful web application or API.

Connect data centres, partners and clouds on-demand with Software Defined Interconnection® and Console Connect.