REDWOOD CITY, Calif.,
July 7, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Equinix,
Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the global interconnection and
data center company, today announced it will extend access to
Alibaba Cloud, the digital
technology and intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group,
through Platform Equinix® for customers
from 17 metros globally, including Dubai, Frankfurt, Hong
Kong, Jakarta,
London, Singapore, Sydney,
Tokyo, as well as US metros such
as Chicago, Dallas, Denver. This expansion, along with its API
integration with Equinix Cloud Exchange Fabric™ (ECX Fabric™),
will help enterprises from these global markets easily and
privately connect to Alibaba Cloud
on Platform Equinix.
Alibaba Cloud is the third
largest global provider of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and
the largest in Asia-Pacific,
according to Gartner.1 With the partnership,
Alibaba Cloud can also enjoy secure,
direct access to a robust, interconnected ecosystem of more than
9,700 customers, including 1,800 network providers and over 2,900
cloud and IT service providers globally to enhance
performance, lower latency, and increase reliability for its
customers.
As a key enabler of digital transformation, cloud has been
heavily adopted by multinational enterprises as they seek to
modernize and mobilize their IT systems. According to Gartner, IaaS
is expected to reach $62 billion in
2021 globally, and is forecast to grow at a compound annual growth
rate (CAGR) of 24% during the forecast period
2019-2024.2 To deliver on the expectations of
transformation, it is critical for enterprises to ensure they can
securely and seamlessly access multiple cloud service providers
(CSPs), such as Alibaba Cloud.
In view of increasing market demand, Alibaba Cloud has also integrated its API with
ECX Fabric™ to streamline the process for enterprises to
facilitate private and direct connections to Alibaba Cloud. Through a single portal,
customers can create and manage private connections to Alibaba Cloud on demand in any of the 45 ECX
Fabric metros, in minutes.
Highlights/Key Facts
- Alibaba Cloud provides a
comprehensive suite of cloud computing services to businesses
worldwide, which include Elastic Compute Service, Storage,
Relational Databases, Big Data Solution and CDN. Its rich and
diverse ecosystem ranges from e-commerce and payments, to logistics
and supply chain management solutions.
- Alibaba Group's market share in the global IaaS market climbed
to 9.1% in 2019, up from 7.7% in 2018, according to
Gartner.3 To support its growing international
business, Alibaba Cloud distributes
its IT infrastructure on Platform Equinix in 17 metros across the
Americas, Asia-Pacific and
EMEA:
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- Nine American metros: Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Los
Angeles, Miami,
New York, Seattle, Silicon Valley and Washington D.C.
- Five Asia-Pacific
metros: Hong Kong, Jakarta,
Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo
- Three EMEA metros: Dubai,
Frankfurt and London
- Alibaba Cloud's API integration
with ECX Fabric enables seamless, streamlined access for customers.
Enterprises can establish a secure connection between their network
and Alibaba Cloud through a single
portal in minutes. This allows enterprises to maintain private
clouds and manage sensitive data within Equinix IBX data centers in
proximity to Alibaba Cloud, while
taking advantage of its flexibility, scalability and cost-savings
benefits.
- As global IT decision-makers respond to an increasingly dynamic
world, many are accelerating their digital transformation efforts
and continuing to prioritize the adoption of hybrid multicloud
solutions. Platform Equinix has more than 40% of the public cloud
on-ramps in markets where it operates, which is the highest share
in the world, making it essential for any enterprise deploying
hybrid multicloud at the edge.
- Available in more than 170 International Business Exchange™
(IBX®) data centers across 45 metros, ECX Fabric is an
on-demand, SDN-enabled interconnection service that allows any
business to connect between its own distributed infrastructure, and
that of any of its 2,100 users, including the world's largest
network service and cloud providers, on Platform Equinix.
- Direct and private connectivity to strategic cloud service
providers is essential as digital transformation fuels higher
demand for localized digital services at the edge. According to the
Global Interconnection Index (GXI) Volume 3, a market study
published by Equinix, interconnecting to multiple clouds and IT
services across multiple edge locations and cloud regions
represents the next largest and fastest use of interconnection
bandwidth and is predicted to grow 13x by 2022.
Quote
- Shunmin Zhu, Researcher of
Network Products, Alibaba Cloud Intelligence
"Equinix's global platform and ever-expanding footprint has
made it easy for Alibaba Cloud to
grow into new markets and offer our customers access to a rich
ecosystem of cloud service providers via Platform Equinix and
Equinix Cloud Exchange Fabric. This valuable and growing
collaboration enables us to deliver further flexibility and
security, while also bringing our services closer to businesses,
without having to compromise on speed or performance."
- Royce Thomas, Senior Vice
President, Global Account Management, Equinix
"We are glad to deepen our collaboration with Alibaba Cloud in new metros around the world. In
today's digital economy, delivering cloud computing has become a
top priority for enterprises. As such, direct access to cloud
service providers, like Alibaba
Cloud, via high-speed, low-latency connections is helping
enterprises gain a competitive advantage and fully realize the
benefits of the cloud. We are happy that we share the common goal
with Alibaba Could to help enterprises locate services,
interconnect to them and build valuable relationships with their
business partners. With this extended reach, we will continue to
partner with Alibaba Cloud and
support more enterprises to accelerate their digital journey across
the globe."
Additional Resources
- Equinix Partners with Alibaba
Cloud to Deliver Greater Cloud
Connectivity [release]
- Equinix Cloud Exchange Fabric [website]
- Platform Equinix [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. On this
global platform for digital business, companies come together
across more than 55 markets on five continents to reach everywhere,
interconnect everyone and integrate everything they need to create
their digital futures. Equinix.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
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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 data
centres and developing, deploying and delivering Equinix products
and solutions; unanticipated costs or difficulties relating to the
integration of companies we have acquired or will acquire into
Equinix; a failure to receive significant revenues from customers
in recently built out or acquired data centres; a 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; risks related to our taxation as a REIT;
and other risks described from time to time in Equinix filings with
the Securities and Exchange Commission. In particular, see recent
Equinix 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.
1 Gartner - Market Share: IT Services Worldwide
2019, April 2020, Super Region:
Asia/Pacific
2 Gartner - Forecast: Public Cloud Services,
Worldwide, 2018-2024, 1Q20 Update, May
2020
3 Gartner - Market Share: IT Services Worldwide
2019, April 2020: Infrastructure as a
Service
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