Zayo Group Strengthens Edge and SD-WAN Leadership
with Acquisition of QOS Networks
Together, Zayo and QOS Networks will enable successful digital
transformation through managed edge (SD-WAN) services
Zayo Group Holdings, Inc., a leading global provider of
fiber-based communications solutions, today announced the acquisition of QOS Networks, a leading
provider of SD-WAN and edge managed services. This move positions Zayo as a
premier provider of secure edge networking services, helping enterprise
customers deploy, manage, and monitor their mission-critical SD-WAN and edge
network environments.
Edge networks are seeing prolonged, strong growth, driven by users requiring applications to be delivered efficiently and
ubiquitously across the enterprise from the edge. Solutions are shifting away
from traditional private data center environments to edge and multi-cloud
connectivity which enhance user productivity, reduce costs and improve the
holistic customer experience. Zayo’s extensive fiber network, coupled with its
optical and packet capabilities, is uniquely positioned to power the growth of
the network edge and the rapid adoption of 5G and private wireless. These
technologies are the critical foundation for distributed, multi-cloud
capabilities.
Together, Zayo and QOS will create significant opportunities to leverage
relationships with cloud hyperscalers investing in the edge, multi-tenant data
centers investing in the core and carriers investing in fiber-to-the-tower
(FTT). The combination of Zayo and QOS provides enterprise CIOs high quality
network services with global reach, real-time control and visibility, and
consistent security at every network endpoint.
“This acquisition represents our commitment to, and investment in, our
edge-to-core, edge-to-cloud and edge-to-edge network services portfolio,”
said Brian Lillie, Chief Product and
Technology Officer at Zayo. “We are extremely well-positioned to be a leading
provider of networking for the evolving edge at all layers – fiber, optical and
packet – and for all players – enterprises, hyperscalers and carriers. This
requires secure, software-defined intelligent network control, management and
monitoring capabilities that our customers need in a highly dispersed,
multi-cloud world.”
QOS Networks, founded in 2012, is the leading, independent managed
service provider of SD-WAN solutions that help companies through digital
transformation. QOS Networks provides enterprise-class SD-WAN hardware and
software solutions, including VMWare’s VeloCloud solution, Versa and Palo
Alto’s Prisma. QOS provides the world's best quality of service using a
powerful AIops driven platform to empower IT teams and lines of business to be
highly productive with complete solutions from edge-to-cloud. QOS Networks has
deployed over 45,000 SD-WAN edge devices to large enterprises globally. As a
division of Zayo, the QOS brand will be retained and will continue leading the
industry.
“Joining forces with Zayo will bring our leading SD-WAN solutions into
their already robust portfolio of communications infrastructure solutions,”
said Frank Cittadino, CEO of QOS Networks. “Combining our end-to-end enterprise SD-WAN
solutions and whiteglove services with Zayo’s best-in-class fiber and network
expertise will allow us to unlock unique value for our customers in the
software-defined layer. On behalf of everyone at QOS Networks we are excited
for our next chapter with Zayo and we look forward to driving new solutions for
our customers.”
Source: Zayo Group media announcement