Data center services companies
Equinix and Global Cloud Xchange (GCX) have announced collaboration that will facilitate access to the Equinix Cloud Exchange through GCX’s Cloud X Fusion at key locations that include Ashburn, Virginia, and Los Angeles, California, USA, Frankfurt, Germany, London, United Kingdom, Tokyo, Japan, and Singapore.
An American public corporation, Equinix is a network-neutral data center and interconnection services provider. It is the largest IBX data center and colocation provider in the world. The company offers carrier-neutral data centers and internet exchanges via global "lowest latency" network routes and has a presence in the Americas, the EMEA region, and in Asia-Pacific. Its Equinix Cloud Exchange offers access to more than 400 cloud providers including IBM/Softlayer, Amazon Web Service (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and the Google Cloud Platform.
A Reliance Communications company, GCX provides managed services and data center services to customers in around 160 countries. The company manages a substantial subsea cable network (67,000 route kilometers) which underpins its integrated cloud ecosystem. It also manages a 200,000 route kilometer optic fiber backbone within the United States. Part of GCX's Cloud X offering, Cloud X Fusion is a proprietary cloud platform solution that utilizes fiber optics and offers a "pay-as-you-use" approach to cloud computing.
Cloud X Fusion allows companies to use Ethernet or MPLS VPN to connect on-premises networks and data centers (as well as any other network resources that might be used) through GCX's private network. Cloud X Fusion will provide "enterprise grade" connectivity "directly into the Equinix Cloud Platform".
“As enterprises become more adept at integrating, aggregating and orchestrating Cloud, it is mission critical to have a reliable, secure, and high-performance network connectivity to succeed in this new landscape,” explained Equinix's CEO, Steve Smith. “We are pleased to have GCX as part of our growing Equinix Cloud Ecosystem.”
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