Equinix Achieves Microsoft Gold Cloud Platform Status
Demonstrates company’s ongoing commitment to helping enterprise
customers worldwide achieve seamless, on-demand access to Microsoft Azure and
Office365
customers worldwide achieve seamless, on-demand access to Microsoft Azure and
Office365
SINGAPORE – June 27, 2017 – Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the global interconnection and data center company,
today announced that it has achieved Microsoft Gold Cloud Platform status via
its Equinix Professional Services (EPS) organization. This designation
reinforces Equinix’s ongoing commitment to delivering Microsoft hybrid cloud to
its customers inside a global footprint of International Business Exchange™
(IBX®) data centers. Since Equinix began offering direct
access to Microsoft Azure in 2014, it has seen significant growth in the amount
of enterprise customers developing hybrid- and multi-cloud deployments across
five continents including North America, South America, Asia, Europe and
Australia. Equinix currently offers direct connections to Microsoft Azure via
the Equinix Cloud Exchange™ in
19 metros around the world.
today announced that it has achieved Microsoft Gold Cloud Platform status via
its Equinix Professional Services (EPS) organization. This designation
reinforces Equinix’s ongoing commitment to delivering Microsoft hybrid cloud to
its customers inside a global footprint of International Business Exchange™
(IBX®) data centers. Since Equinix began offering direct
access to Microsoft Azure in 2014, it has seen significant growth in the amount
of enterprise customers developing hybrid- and multi-cloud deployments across
five continents including North America, South America, Asia, Europe and
Australia. Equinix currently offers direct connections to Microsoft Azure via
the Equinix Cloud Exchange™ in
19 metros around the world.
Equinix’s Gold Competency
status was awarded in recognition of its expertise in the areas hybrid cloud
enablement through EPS. Hybrid cloud continues to be a top priority for
enterprise CIOs. In fact, based on results from IDC’s 2017 CloudView Survey,
nearly 70 percent of cloud users expect that within two years the
majority of their IT capabilities will be delivered through some form of cloud
service — public, private, or hybrid. Yet the path to the hybrid cloud can be
technically challenging. Through Equinix Professional Services and Equinix’s
ability to provide direct access to Microsoft Azure via the Equinix Cloud
Exchange, Equinix helps its enterprise customers advance their cloud strategies
and capitalize on these cloud benefits by seamlessly incorporating cloud
services into their existing architectures.
status was awarded in recognition of its expertise in the areas hybrid cloud
enablement through EPS. Hybrid cloud continues to be a top priority for
enterprise CIOs. In fact, based on results from IDC’s 2017 CloudView Survey,
nearly 70 percent of cloud users expect that within two years the
majority of their IT capabilities will be delivered through some form of cloud
service — public, private, or hybrid. Yet the path to the hybrid cloud can be
technically challenging. Through Equinix Professional Services and Equinix’s
ability to provide direct access to Microsoft Azure via the Equinix Cloud
Exchange, Equinix helps its enterprise customers advance their cloud strategies
and capitalize on these cloud benefits by seamlessly incorporating cloud
services into their existing architectures.
Highlights / Key Facts
- Microsoft Gold certification, provided
to a select group of partners who demonstrate that they meet strict
criteria, is the highest level of certification for companies that are
part of the Microsoft partnership program. Companies, such as Equinix,
that attain this status must provide successful client references and
demonstrate that they have developed innovative products and solutions
based on Microsoft technologies. Equinix has been aligned with
Microsoft for many years to provide high-level interconnection and global
access to Microsoft Azure. Equinix will also be expanding its role as a
critical partner in Microsoft hybrid cloud solutions by integrating Azure
Stack into its interconnection offerings.
- With Equinix, applications and workloads
operating in a hybrid cloud are optimized for business value. By
directly and securely connecting to Microsoft Azure and Azure Stack inside
Equinix, customers can take advantage of:
o Superior application performance and user experience
o Enhanced compliance by connecting privately to Azure and keeping data
within region, without going over the public internet
within region, without going over the public internet
o Increased cloud security, by bypassing the public internet
- EPS offers practical guidance and proven
solutions to help enterprise customers optimize and future-proof their
data center architecture and cloud journey. EPS provides hands-on
experience in assessing, enabling, migrating, optimizing, planning,
designing, testing and deploying IT infrastructure, networks and cloud
architectures.
- Equinix will be showcasing its
interconnection capabilities at the upcoming Microsoft Inspire conference, taking
place July 9 – 13, in Washington, D.C.
Quotes
- Bob Breynaert, managing director,
Microsoft strategic alliance, Equinix:
“Hybrid cloud is revolutionizing the way
enterprises do business, and Equinix is committed to empowering our
customers to deploy high-performance, scalable and secure hybrid cloud
solutions on a global scale. A critical component of this is
interconnectivity to Microsoft Azure and Office 365 platforms inside our
vast platform of data centers. We are honored to have reached Gold partner
status with Microsoft, and look forward to providing additional ways for
our global customers to achieve improved performance of their cloud-based
applications.”
- Ryan Mallory, vice
president, global solutions enablement,
Equinix:
“We are incredibly proud to have achieved Gold
Cloud Platform status. The recipe for our accomplishment ultimately stems
from the right mix of a number of symbiotic ingredients: Equinix’s hybrid
cloud enabling interconnection platform with unprecedented global reach,
Microsoft’s reputable cloud service offerings, the exceptional quality of
work delivered by our Professional Services organization, and last but not
least, our extremely innovative customers. Teaming with a pioneering
organization like Microsoft is instrumental in being able to deliver
end-to-end solutions that quickly deliver business results and satisfy the
evolving needs of our customers.”
- Robert Mahowald, group vice president,
applications and cloud business models, IDC
“In our recent research, we are seeing a
strong trend within enterprise IT to move applications and workloads off
premises onto cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure, to achieve cost and
application performance benefits. Equinix is helping enterprise customers
easily make this transition by enabling direct, low-latency, secure
connections to cloud services within its global footprint of data
centers.”
Additional Resources
· Maximizing Cloud Impact – A New
Paradigm for Connecting Clouds within the Enterprise [white
paper]
Paradigm for Connecting Clouds within the Enterprise [white
paper]
· Microsoft Azure Stack and Equinix
Deliver the True Value of Hybrid Cloud to Digital Business [blog
post]
Deliver the True Value of Hybrid Cloud to Digital Business [blog
post]
· Learn more about Equinix and
Microsoft [web page]
Microsoft [web page]
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 44 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.
EQIX) connects the world’s leading businesses to their customers, employees and
partners inside the most interconnected data centers. In 44 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.
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.
Equinix and IBX are
registered trademarks of Equinix, Inc.
International Business Exchange is a trademark of Equinix, Inc.
registered trademarks of Equinix, Inc.
International Business Exchange is a trademark of Equinix, Inc.
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