QTS Expands Partnership to Become Cisco Intercloud Fabric Provider

OVERLAND PARK, Kan., June 8, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Today at Cisco Live, Cisco's annual IT and communications conference, QTS announced it is now offering solutions built on Cisco Intercloud Fabric. QTS Realty Trust (NYSE: QTS), one of the nation's leading providers of data center facilities and cloud services, has a longstanding relationship with Cisco, a technology provider for QTS' Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) solutions.

With Cisco Intercloud Fabric, QTS can now give its customers access to an array of scalable, reliable hybrid cloud solutions. The Intercloud is a globally connected network of highly secure public and private cloud providers whose infrastructure aligns with Cisco's best-of-breed cloud architecture.

QTS' suite of highly secure, compliant IaaS solutions include the QTS Enterprise Cloud, the FedRamp compliant QTS Federal Cloud and QTS Disaster Recovery-as-a-Service (DRaaS), an enterprise-grade, cloud based disaster recovery solution. QTS Enterprise Cloud with Cisco ICF will be available in the fourth quarter.

"As our customers' IT needs continue to evolve, QTS is dedicated to elevating our hybrid cloud offering and providing the most flexible, scalable IaaS solutions available to support their applications," said Frank Eagle, Vice Business Development - QTS. "Integrating Cisco Intercloud Fabric into our solution portfolio is one way that we are acting on that dedication. We are proud to be a Cisco partner."

"When I talk to customers, it's clear there are trends toward cloud platforms and subscription-based IT," said Gee Rittenhouse, SVP Cloud & Virtualization Group at Cisco. "However, one of their key concerns is security and compliance requirements. With Cisco Intercloud Fabric, QTS Enterprise Cloud offers a suite of highly secure, compliant IaaS and Disaster Recovery as a Service solutions – providing a choice to customers."

Cisco LiveQTS will exhibit at Cisco Live, June 7-11, 2015 in San Diego, and on Tuesday, June 9 at 11:30 a.m., will present a case study on documenting its use of Cisco Intercloud Fabric in a complex colocation to cloud transition. QTS will be at the Cisco Powered Booth #1733

About QTSQTS Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: QTS) is a leading national provider of data center solutions and fully managed services. The company offers a complete, unique portfolio of core data center products, including custom data center (C1), colocation (C2) and cloud and managed services (C3), providing the flexibility, scale and security needed to support the rapidly evolving infrastructure demands of web and IT applications. With 12 data centers in eight states, QTS owns, operates and manages over 4.7 million square feet of secure, state-of-the-art data center infrastructure and supports more than 875 customers. For more information about QTS, please visit www.qtsdatacenters.com, call toll-free 877.QTS.DATA or follow us on Twitter @DataCenters_QTS.

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