REDWOOD CITY, Calif.,
May 3, 2016 /PRNewswire/
-- Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the global
interconnection and data center company, today announced that
Internap Corporation (Nasdaq: INAP), a provider of
high-performance Internet infrastructure services, has joined the
Equinix Channel Partner Program as well as the Equinix Cloud
Exchange™ to expand its global reach and provide high-performance
connectivity to its portfolio of cloud services. As part of
this partnership, Internap will be offering its China Performance
IPTM solution via Equinix data centers in Hong
Kong. China Performance IP leverages Internap's patented
Managed Internet Route OptimizerTM (MIRO) technology to
identify the fastest route into China across multiple carriers. By offering
this solution via Platform Equinix, Internap is able to deliver
latency improvements of 2-10X over traditional IP.
With more than 688 million Internet users (according to a China
Internet Development Statistics report), China has more than double the amount of users
than the United States.
Companies doing business in this burgeoning region face a
significant problem in ensuring how to deliver applications to this
vast audience in a high-performing, low-latency manner.
Specifically, performance-sensitive applications – including those
common to e-commerce, ad tech and financial services industries –
can face numerous technological hurdles. Without a direct
connection into mainland China,
latency issues will arise. By partnering with Equinix,
Internap addresses these issues and provides its customers a
low-latency solution via direct connection to multiple Chinese
network service providers.
Highlights / Key Facts
- By providing direct, route-optimized connection between
Hong Kong and China, Equinix and Internap enable enterprises
to gain low latency access to mainland China's fast-growing markets, removing the
complexity, cost and time required to set up operations on the
mainland or engage directly with China's Internet providers. Latency
improvements of 2X over Internap's traditional Hong Kong IP
offering is typical, and some mainland China destinations experience latency
improvements of up to 10X.
- A long-term customer of Equinix, Internap will now be joining
the Equinix Channel Partner Program as a Gold Reseller. As part of
this arrangement, Internap will leverage Equinix's global platform
to help its enterprise clients quickly and confidently deploy
multi-site IT solutions, build cloud infrastructure, and expand
into new markets. Internap will deliver best-in-class colocation
and cloud solutions across Equinix's 40 markets in 15 countries.
And via the Equinix Cloud Exchange, Internap can offer its
customers direct access to its cloud services, enabling multi- and
hybrid-cloud deployments.
Quotes
- Steve Orchard, SVP and GM
of data center and network services, Internap
"Our
14-year relationship with Equinix has allowed us to continually
offer expanded services, worldwide. By joining the Equinix
Cloud Exchange and offering our China Performance IP via Platform
Equinix in Asia, we continue to
provide the highest performance solutions for our growing
enterprise customer base, whether they are in Asia, or anywhere across the globe. And
now, under the Equinix channel program, our relationship will
continue to grow, providing cloud-based services to the
market."
- Christopher Rajiah, vice
president channel program, Equinix
"We are thrilled to have Internap as a valued reseller in our
Channel Partner Program. We look forward to working with them
to bring low-latency application delivery to their global
enterprise customer base, and specifically the growing China market. We are confident that
access to Platform Equinix and Equinix Cloud Exchange will ensure
high-performance and secure delivery of their applications on a
global scale."
Additional Resources
- Learn more about Platform Equinix [solution
brief]
- Equinix Cloud Exchange overview [web site]
- Learn more about Internap China Performance IP
[website]
- Overview of Equinix Channel Partner Program
[website]
About Internap
Internap is the high-performance
Internet infrastructure provider that powers the applications
shaping the way we live, work and play. Our hybrid infrastructure
delivers performance without compromise – blending virtual and
bare-metal cloud, hosting and colocation services across a global
network of data centers, optimized from the application to the end
user and backed by rock-solid customer support and a 100% uptime
guarantee. Since 1996, the most innovative companies have relied on
Internap to make their applications faster and more scalable. For
more information, visit www.internap.com.
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 40 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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