VEXXHOST collaborates with Ciena as part of Canada’s ENCQOR 5G partnership

VEXXHOST collaborates with Ciena as part of Canada’s ENCQOR 5G partnership

VEXXHOST is collaborating with Ciena on the ENCQOR 5G partnership in Canada – a transformational public-private partnership focused on the research and innovation of 5G technologies.

As certified specialists in hosting and management of OpenStack, VEXXHOST’s contributions to ENCQOR 5G will be to provide a fully managed service of the existing OpenStack cloud environment.

By being the cloud computing partner of this initiative, VEXXHOST will be handling the internal cloud environment for the ENCQOR Compute network supported by Ciena and ensure that it is set up with best practices in place.

The responsibility of VEXXHOST is to keep the IT resources of ENCQOR 5G up to date in its five innovation centers (Montreal, Quebec City, Ottawa, Toronto and Waterloo) updated on the latest releases and secure the smooth functioning of cloud resources.

ENCQOR has built a 5G network to enable companies of all sizes, to get early access to a state-of-the-art 5G development and test platform for prototyping new products and services.

“We are thrilled to be working in collaboration with the Ciena-ENCQOR 5G team in support of this innovative initiative,” said Mohammed Naser, CEO of VEXXHOST. “This is a milestone project that helps set up smarter communities across Canada harnessing the possibilities of 5G and we are glad to provide our cloud services to enable it.” 

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