Vello Systems’ disruptive open software solutions represent a completely new design model for the future of application and service delivery for Cloud service providers and their enterprise customers alike. Already in commercial deployment at Global 200 companies and MSPs, Vello’s flagship VellOS OS and Connectivity Exchange software are re-writing the relationship between applications and the underlying networks by allowing the application layer to directly program both inter- and intra-data center links on both merchant Ethernet and merchant Optical switches. Three primary use cases have been deployed to date by Vello’s customers: 1) Application-logic edge routing 2) Virtual cross-connect (creating a single virtual data center that can span continents) and 3) Optical router bypass Starting with these use cases Vello then adds unheard of levels of automation, visibility, analytics and security to their standards-based application delivery platform. This, in turn, revolutionizes IT consumption and disrupts existing business models. Now services that used to take months to deploy can be in play in minutes. With Vello, NaaS (Network-as-a-Service) has come to life – as have other new offerings, such as Disaster Recovery-as-a-Service and Active/Active data mirroring. VellOS and Connectivity Exchange allow customers to “rediscover” technology-driven competitive advantages by decoupling the application/compute, storage and networking domains, thus removing the underlying network as an innovation limiter for successful IT application deployments and initiatives.