REDWOOD CITY, Calif.,
June 2, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Equinix,
Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the global interconnection and data center
company, today announced the availability of 100Gbps port speeds on
the Equinix Internet Exchange™ (IX), its peering platform that
enables networks, content providers and enterprise customers to
easily and effectively exchange Internet traffic. The
increase in port speed is intended to meet the growing bandwidth
demands of these customers who leverage IX to obtain significant
cost savings by eliminating the need for an intermediary network.
Customers such as Netflix and Hurricane Electric are among the
companies already taking advantage of these increased speeds.
In today's digital economy, companies are increasingly
interconnecting with one another to fuel growth and realize new
business opportunities. Equinix brings together more than
6,300 companies across its global footprint of 100+ International
Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data centers. Providing additional
peering capacity is essential to continue to meet the needs of this
growing, global customer base. In addition to Internet Exchange
growth, customers turn to Equinix for the ability to privately peer
with one another via cross connects in the same IBX. Equinix
estimates that current IP peering traffic enabled via cross
connects in its data centers is growing by 15Tbps per quarter.
Highlights / Key Facts
- Equinix Internet Exchange aggregates thousands of peering
sessions onto a shared fabric, connecting peers at 19 Internet
Exchange Point (IXP) locations in 17 markets around the world. With
the enhanced peering capabilities, the service further lowers costs
and delivers enhanced end-to-end network performance, speed and
reliability. 100Gbps port speeds provide benefits for both existing
and new customers of the Internet Exchange. For existing
customers that are looking to lower their costs while preserving
their current level of peering bandwidth, they can seamlessly
replace multiple 10Gbps Internet Exchange ports with single 100Gbps
ports. For those looking to increase bandwidth they can
immediately add 100Gbps ports as well as add bandwidth in 10Gpbs
increments.
- As a global leader in Internet peering, demand for the
Equinix Internet Exchange is outpacing overall
growth in Internet traffic. In fact, the company has
witnessed more growth in the past 18 months than the previous four
years combined, resulting in Equinix becoming one of the largest
peering platforms in the world, as measured by peak traffic
(4.37Tbs).
- 100Gbps port speeds are currently available in nine markets
across Asia Pacific and
North America, including
Chicago, Dallas, Hong
Kong, Los Angeles, Silicon
Valley, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo, and Washington, D.C., with additional European
markets being added later in 2015.
Quotes
- Bill Long, vice president,
interconnection, Equinix
"Equinix strives to provide the best value for
customers interconnecting IP traffic as their traffic volumes
increase and they evolve from transit to public peering to private
peering. Providing a cost effective 100G IX option provides
customers with a valuable new tool for peering more
efficiently."
- David Temkin, director of
global networks, Netflix
"As video usage continues to grow exponentially on the
Internet, its robustness relies on continual improvement of public
Internet Exchange platforms such as the Equinix Internet Exchange.
The massive scalability that a 100G-capable platform provides leads
to greater efficiency and helps us continue to deliver a great
Netflix experience to our members around the world."
- Mike Leber, president,
Hurricane Electric
"As the world's largest IPv6 network, Hurricane Electric is
focused on providing our customers with the highest quality transit
service at the lowest price across North
America, Asia, and
Europe. To keep our costs low and reduce network latency,
Hurricane makes extensive use of Equinix's globally deployed campus
peering environments which allows us to interconnect with companies
we need to, either through their Internet Exchange platform or
through private interconnection."
Additional
Resources
- Why you need to develop a broader peering strategy [blog
post]
- More about the Equinix Internet Exchange [website]
About Equinix
Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX) connects
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.
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