MELBOURNE, Australia,
May 19, 2015 /PRNewswire/
-- Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the global
interconnection and data center company, today
announced that Azure ExpressRoute has deployed into its
Melbourne data center, ME1. As of
today, Equinix enables Melbourne
businesses to be able to directly connect with Microsoft Azure
through the ME1 International Business Exchange (IBX®) data center.
The deployment is part of Equinix's global partnership with Azure
which now directly connects 16 markets globally with Azure
ExpressRoute.
Highlights / Key Facts
- In the recently released report, Deloitte Access Economics: The
Connected Continent II1, it was noted Australia's digital economy contributed
$79 billion to Australia's GDP in 2013/14. This contribution
is estimated to increase to $139
billion by 2020. Equinix is playing a major role in
advancing the Australian digital economy, through the recent
expansion of its Australian footprint.
- Azure is an open and flexible cloud platform that enables
customers to quickly build, deploy and manage applications. Azure
ExpressRoute is designed to help customers bridge public cloud and
on-premise IT to privately and more securely extend enterprise
networks while improving performance, reliability and
scalability.
- Equinix Cloud Exchange is an advanced interconnection solution
that enables seamless, on-demand, direct access to multiple clouds
from multiple networks. Following the expansion of Equinix's
Australian footprint, Melbourne
businesses will now have the opportunity to access multiple cloud
providers, such as Azure ExpressRoute, via the Equinix Cloud
Exchange. This provides Melbourne
enterprises improved security, low-latency and high-performance
direct connections with public and private cloud providers.
- Azure ExpressRoute's expansion into ME1 provides Equinix's
Australian customers geo-redundancy, enabling enterprises to access
Azure in Australia's two largest
economic centers. This dual market presence further ensures
high-performance, network reliability, redundancy, and
low-latency.
- The ME1 IBX data center enables Melbourne businesses to connect with Equinix's
network-dense ecosystem of more than 1,000 networks globally, 130
of which are available in Australia. It provides customers with access
to over 500 cloud providers across more than 100 data centers
worldwide, providing improved performance of cloud-based
applications and workloads through high-throughput, low-latency
connections.
- ME1, Equinix's fourth data center in Australia and its first in Melbourne, officially opened in March 2014. ME1 has more than 50 customers
deployed, reflecting the strong demand for Equinix's data center
and interconnection services.
Quotes
- Jeremy Deutsch,
managing director, Equinix Australia:
"As we move
into the interconnected era, enterprises require the ability to
connect to multiple clouds, multiple users and multiple networks to
fully reap the business benefits of cloud computing. It is
through the Equinix Cloud Exchange we can offer our
Melbourne customers improved
security with a flexible and reliable connection to Azure, giving
Equinix customers further choice and flexibility to pick the cloud
services and connections best suited for them."
- Ross Ortega, Principle
Product Manager, Networking, Microsoft Azure:
"Microsoft
is pleased to continue to work with Equinix to provide even more
Australian customers and partners the option to create private
connections between the Azure public cloud and infrastructure
located on-premises or in a colocation environment."
Additional Resources
- Equinix Connects Melbourne with New International Business
Exchange Data Center [press release]
- Equinix to Make Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute Available through
Data Centers in 16 Markets Globally [press release]
About Equinix
Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX) connects
some of the world's leading businesses to their customers,
employees and partners inside the
most interconnected data centers. In 33 markets across
five continents, Equinix is where companies come together
to realize new opportunities and accelerate their
business, IT and cloud strategies. www.equinix.com.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements that
involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ
materially from expectations discussed in such forward-looking
statements. Factors that might cause such differences include, but
are not limited to, the challenges of acquiring, operating and
constructing IBX centers and developing, deploying and delivering
Equinix services; unanticipated costs or difficulties relating to
the integration of companies we have acquired or will acquire into
Equinix; a failure to receive significant revenue from customers in
recently built out or acquired data centers; failure to complete
any financing arrangements contemplated from time to time;
competition from existing and new competitors; the ability to
generate sufficient cash flow or otherwise obtain funds to repay
new or outstanding indebtedness; the loss or decline in business
from our key customers; and other risks described from time to time
in Equinix's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
In particular, see Equinix's recent quarterly and annual reports
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, copies of which
are available upon request from Equinix. Equinix does not assume
any obligation to update the forward-looking information contained
in this press release.
Equinix and IBX are registered trademarks of Equinix, Inc.
International Business Exchange is a trademark of Equinix, Inc.
1 Deloitte Access Economics: The Connected Continent
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