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Global Telecom & Technology announced that it has become an AWS Direct Connect Solution Provider to deliver high performance, dedicated network connectivity to the AWS cloud platform.

"We are delighted to join forces with AWS to provide flexible, reliable and secure network access directly into their cloud platform via the AWS Direct Connect service," said Rick Calder, President and CEO of GTT. "As more and more companies utilize AWS for increasingly complex and mission critical applications, improved connectivity to the cloud becomes ever more important. Our relationship with AWS enables customers to take advantage of our high performance private networking solutions to create direct connections between their locations and AWS."

AWS Direct Connect allows users to access the platform via a dedicated high speed, private network connection from their own data center, colocation facilities or corporate offices. By bypassing the public Internet, AWS customers can enjoy increased bandwidth throughput, more consistent network performance, and greater reliability with the opportunity to reduce network costs."

"GTT's private connectivity solutions are designed to enhance service quality and security, and will allow enterprises the comfort of meaningful service guarantees for key applications", said Andy Johnson, Chief Strategy Officer at GTT. "As well as inherently private and secure, our dedicated Layer 2 network connections offer flexible and immediately scalable bandwidth as well as guaranteed performance for more latency sensitive or critical applications."