Equinix,
Inc. EQIX, the global interconnection and data center company,
together with IBM today announced an agreement to provide enterprises direct
access to the full portfolio of cloud services from SoftLayer, an IBM Company,
via the Equinix Cloud Exchange™ in nine markets worldwide spanning the
Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific. Equinix also announced Cloud Exchange
enhancements, including API functionality that makes it easier for service
providers to use a single interface to the Cloud Exchange, resulting in
scalable, private and secure connections to their cloud services with near
real-time provisioning.
Equinix and SoftLayer previously partnered to offer customers direct cloud
connection inside Equinix International Business Exchange (IBX) data centers
via SoftLayer's Direct Link service, a dedicated network connection. By
extending the partnership to include additional secure and dynamic connections
through Cloud Exchange, SoftLayer provides its customers with the ability to
easily move production workloads in and out of the cloud, thus better enabling
them to fully realize their hybrid cloud strategies.
Highlights / Key Facts
o Studies show enterprise cloud deployments are on the rise. In fact, in a
recent survey of more than 650 IT decision makers, the vast majority (77
percent) said they plan to implement multi-cloud architectures in the
coming year. Yet, while enterprise cloud deployments continue to grow,
many enterprise CIOs still cite security and performance concerns as a
major barrier to cloud adoption. Equinix Cloud Exchange helps alleviate
these concerns by providing direct access to multiple cloud and network
service providers through a single port. This enables quick,
cost-effective access to the cloud in a secure, high-performance
environment that CIOs require. Newly added API functionality enables cloud
service providers to efficiently use Cloud Exchange on a broader scale,
thus making it easier and more efficient to offer their cloud services via
the platform.
o The SoftLayer platform is designed to give customers complete access and
control over the infrastructure that they need to build in the cloud. By
offering a connection to SoftLayer's cloud services via the Equinix Cloud
Exchange, SoftLayer provides its customers additional choices, a global
network that extends beyond the 40 cloud centers that IBM has committed to
establishing, and peace of mind through a secure, low latency connection
to the cloud.
o The Equinix Cloud Exchange is currently available in 17 markets globally –
Amsterdam, Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, London, Los
Angeles, New York, Paris, Seattle, Silicon Valley, Singapore, Sydney,
Tokyo, Toronto and Washington D.C. – with expansions planned to Osaka, Sao
Paulo and Zurich. Access to SoftLayer cloud services will be available
through the Equinix Cloud Exchange in nine markets spanning the Americas,
Europe and Asia Pacific, including Amsterdam, Chicago, Dallas, Paris,
Silicon Valley, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo and Washington, D.C.
Quotes
o Ihab Tarazi, chief technology officer, Equinix:
"Equinix Cloud Exchange continues to build momentum with secure,
low-latency connections to multiple cloud providers, and adding IBM
SoftLayer to our growing portfolio will continue to help our enterprise
customer realize the benefits of the cloud. SoftLayer, with its broad
reach into the enterprise market and proven success in networking will be
a great asset to Cloud Exchange, enabling customers to seamlessly
replicate data between markets. Our direct access capabilities to cloud
services such as SoftLayer provide enterprise customer with a choice of
multiple clouds to better enable their hybrid cloud strategies."
o Sonny Fulkerson, chief information officer for SoftLayer, an IBM Company:
"SoftLayer has maintained a long-standing commitment to providing advanced
network capabilities to the enterprise as part of our core service
offerings. By extending our Direct Link offerings to now include access
via the Equinix Cloud Exchange capabilities, we further our goal to
improve the flexibility, performance, security and reliability of
enterprise connections to SoftLayer."
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