REDWOOD CITY, Calif.,
June 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/
-- Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the world's digital
infrastructure company™, today announced that it has been
recognized as a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Datacenter
Colocation and Interconnection Services 2021 Vendor Assessment (doc
#US46746121, June 2021) for the
second consecutive year.
This second IDC MarketScape assessment evaluates nine colocation
service providers worldwide and is based on current and future
capabilities, with a view of presenting a comprehensive analysis of
enterprise digital infrastructure requirements. It represents a key
milestone in the evolution of the data center and networking
industry, as it reflects the increasingly strategic role digital
infrastructure plays in businesses today – particularly as
companies look to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the
IDC MarketScape, companies will accelerate hybrid infrastructure
strategies and look to colocation providers as integral partners
for colocation and cloud interconnection.
Highlights/Key Facts
- As a part of the research and analysis for the report, Equinix
was recognized for the following strengths:
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- Platform Capabilities and Innovation: The IDC
MarketScape report cites that Platform Equinix offers a multilayer
portfolio – spanning data center, interconnection and digital
infrastructure services – that meets both current and emerging
digital infrastructure requirements for companies. Supported by top
IT, cloud and networking partners, Platform Equinix enables
enterprises to implement an agile hybrid cloud architecture and
digital framework.
- Value of Ecosystems: Equinix's ecosystem has grown to
now include approximately 10,000 customers, including 1,800
networks and 2,950 cloud and IT companies. To help solve for
digital infrastructure requirements, Equinix's partner program is
focused on "The power of three," which brings together a partner
and a provider to enable customers to scale on Platform Equinix and
interconnect to their partners, supply chains and ecosystems.
- Sustainability: The report recognizes Equinix as a
leader in leveraging sustainable energy sources and innovations.
During 2020, Equinix leveraged over 90% (5,840 GWh) of the
electricity it consumed from sustainable renewable sources.
- According to the report, companies should consider Equinix when
looking for robust digital infrastructure services to modernize
hybrid capabilities, scale digital partnerships, build new
experiences and extend analytics across a secure edge.
Quotes
- Courtney Munroe, Research
Vice President, Worldwide Telecommunications Research, IDC
"Equinix has developed a reputation for delivering
enhanced performance and connectivity with the most
comprehensive and seamless global portfolio of digital
infrastructure and interconnection services. Platform Equinix
provides customers a robust and dynamic roadmap with sustainable
investment and expansion."
- Joe Harding, Vice President,
Product Marketing, Equinix
"We are thrilled to be named a Leader in the IDC
MarketScape once again. As we have seen over the past year, the
role of digital infrastructure has become increasingly
mission-critical and companies are taking a digital-first approach
that encompasses architecting for a distributed core, interacting
with business ecosystems and extending to the edge to be closer to
users."
Additional Resources
- IDC MarketScape Names Equinix a Colocation and Interconnection
Leader – [blog]
- IDC MarketScape report names Equinix a Leader on Colo &
Interconnection – [analyst report]
- IDC – Equinix: The Global Digital Platform Facilitator –
[analyst report]
- Global Interconnection Index Vol. 4 – [report]
About IDC MarketScape
About IDC MarketScape: IDC
MarketScape vendor assessment model is designed to provide an
overview of the competitive fitness of ICT (information and
communications technology) suppliers in a given market. The
research methodology utilizes a rigorous scoring methodology based
on both qualitative and quantitative criteria that results in a
single graphical illustration of each vendor's position within a
given market. IDC MarketScape provides a clear framework in which
the product and service offerings, capabilities and strategies, and
current and future market success factors of IT and
telecommunications vendors can be meaningfully compared. The
framework also provides technology buyers with a 360-degree
assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of current and
prospective vendors.
About Equinix
Equinix (Nasdaq: EQIX) is the
world's digital infrastructure company, enabling digital leaders to
harness a trusted platform to bring together and interconnect the
foundational infrastructure that powers their success. Equinix
enables today's businesses to access all the right places, partners
and possibilities they need to accelerate advantage. With Equinix,
they can scale with agility, speed the launch of digital services,
deliver world-class experiences and multiply their value.
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® data
centers 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 centers; 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.
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