CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) has pushed back the projected closing date for its pending $34 billion acquisition of Level 3 Communications (NYSE: LVLT) through a cash-and-stock transaction from Sept. 30 to mid-to-late October. The revised timeframe for the transaction’s intended closure was based on the California administrative law judge’s recommendation for the California Public Utilities …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 14, 2017 — CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) has received authorization from King & Union to resell the latter’s Avalon cyber analysis collaboration platform to customers in the commercial and government sectors, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The platform works to deliver dynamic graphing and visualization capabilities to facilitate situational …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 8, 2017 — CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) will bid on work to deliver information technology and telecommunications infrastructure services to federal agencies through the General Services Administration‘s $50 billion Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions vehicle, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Wednesday it aims to provide its cybersecurity, cloud and managed …

Following CenturyLink’s acquisition of Level 3, current SVP and GM of Federal Solutions Erich Sanchack will be taking on an SVP role for IT Services and New Market Development. As a senior VP of the combined company, Sanchack will be responsible for the go-to-market strategy and approach for the IT and managed …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 19, 2017 — CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) has added BroadSoft‘s cloud-based unified communications-as-a-service platform to its public sector offerings under the General Services Administration‘s Information Technology Schedule 70 contract vehicle, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. BroadSoft Government Cloud powers the UCaaS technology that works to support secure, mobile and on-demand …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 6, 2017 — CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) has added EagleForce Associates‘ predictive analytics platform for pharmaceutical applications as part of its offering under the General Services Administration‘s Information Technology Schedule 70 contract vehicle, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. EagleForce’s technology works to facilitate real-time monitoring of medications through the use of neural …

Edward Morche, a 16-year Level 3 Communications (NYSE: LVLT) veteran, will serve as president of strategic enterprise, federal government and state government business unit at CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) once the Monroe, Louisiana-based telecommunications firm completes its pending $34 billion acquisition of Level 3. Erich Sanchack continues to lead the federal government group. Morche will …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 14, 2017 — CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) has entered into a partnership with ThreatConnect for the integration of their managed security service and threat defense technology to build on clients’ cybersecurity posture, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. ThreatConnect said Monday its SAP HANA-powered security platform will complement CenturyLink’s managed security services in …

Jeff Storey, president and CEO of Broomfield, Colorado-based Level 3 Communications (NYSE: LVLT), will serve as president, chief operating officer and board member at CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) once the Monroe, Louisiana-based telecommunications firm completes its planned $34 billion acquisition of Level 3. Storey will succeed CenturyLink CEO Glen Post, who will …

CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) has finalized the sale of its colocation business and 54 data centers to a consortium led by private equity firms Medina Capital and BC Partners. CenturyLink said Tuesday it has secured net pre-tax proceeds valued at approximately $1.86 billion and assumed ownership of 10 percent minority stake in the newly created global security …