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QTS Expands Managed Public Cloud Solutions with Microsoft Azure

Mar 18, 2019
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New service provides enterprises with best-of-breed tools and expertise to improve visibility and control and simplify public cloud infrastructure management

Overland Park, Kan. (March 19, 2019) – Responding to increasing demand for cost-effective hybrid cloud management solutions, QTS Realty Trust (NYSE: QTS), a leading provider of hybrid colocation and mega scale data center solutions, and now a Microsoft Azure CSP Direct Reseller partner, today announced availability of QTS’ Managed Azure Essential service.

As the newest member of QTS’ family of managed public cloud solutions, QTS Managed Azure Essential offers tools to monitor environments, analyze usage, optimize costs, and enhance security. The service also includes 24×7 customer support, automated alerts and consolidated billing.

Leveraging QTS’ innovative Service Delivery Platform (SDP), QTS provides access to a robust Hybrid Cloud Manager which supports multi-cloud views for all QTS managed public cloud and Hosted Private Cloud services.

“Managed Azure is the latest in a growing portfolio of solutions that allow our customers to manage multi-cloud environments,” said Chris Ortbals, Executive Vice President of Product & Marketing, QTS. “Backed by our software-defined Service Delivery Platform, we help automate the management of our customers’ Azure environment by providing industry-leading tools that monitor scalability, performance, cost, and security.”

Managed Azure Essential is a key component of QTS’ public cloud infrastructure management strategy. QTS can now seamlessly support the consultation and migration of Microsoft Azure workloads into is Managed Public Cloud solution and provide private connectivity from QTS Data Centers to Microsoft Azure via QTS Switchboard, QTS’ new fully-automated interconnection service that connects customers to QTS’ ecosystem of data centers, carriers and public clouds in minutes.

About QTS

QTS Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: QTS) is a leading provider of data center solutions across a diverse footprint spanning more than 6 million square feet of owned mega scale data center space throughout North America. Through its software-defined technology platform, QTS is able to deliver secure, compliant infrastructure solutions, robust connectivity and premium customer service to leading hyperscale technology companies, enterprises, and government entities. Visit QTS at www.qtsdatacenters.com, call toll-free 877.QTS.DATA or follow on Twitter @DataCenters_QTS.

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