India, Feb. 13 -- Verizon has expanded Secure Cloud Interconnect to allow its customers to privately connect to Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of the Alibaba Group.

Verizon's customers - particularly those looking to expand into the Asia-Pacific region - can now benefit from a secure and direct connection using MultiProtocol Label Switching (MPLS) to one of the world's fastest growing cloud service providers.

The addition of Alibaba Cloud in Singapore and Hong Kong brings the number of Cloud Service Providers accessible from Verizon Secure Cloud Interconnect to 10, covering over 72 locations globally.

"In the past, organizations had to connect with multiple cloud service providers through the public Internet, which meant less c...