Equinix Accelerates Hybrid Cloud Transformation on Azure
Businesses in Six New Global Markets Can Now Access
Private Cloud On-ramps to Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute on Platform Equinix
VMware and Equinix Empower
Enterprises to Accelerate Hybrid Cloud Transformations on Azure
Equinix, the world's digital infrastructure company™, today announced it is
expanding private network access to Microsoft Azure via Azure ExpressRoute on Platform Equinix® to
service customers in six new global markets, including Berlin, Bogotá, Canberra,
Dubai, Rio de Janeiro and Seoul. The expanded service provides enterprises
with direct, on-demand network access to a variety of Azure services, including
Azure VMware Solution, which helps enterprises speed up their hybrid cloud
transformations by moving or extending on-premises VMware environments to
Azure.
With this expansion, private cloud
on-ramps to Azure ExpressRoute are now available in 32 Equinix metros, further
extending Equinix's position as one of the leading providers of Microsoft Azure
ExpressRoute on-ramps in the world.
As enterprises today continue to
digitally transform and shift to hybrid cloud architectures, private and secure
connectivity to cloud service providers such as Microsoft Azure is essential
for accelerating their journey to the cloud. For businesses looking to migrate
strategic legacy applications to the cloud, the expanded global availability of
Azure VMware Solution via Platform Equinix can help simplify hybrid cloud
deployments by seamlessly shifting on-premises, legacy workloads to the cloud
with high-bandwidth and low-latency connectivity.
Additionally, enterprises can
further extend their global reach by remotely accessing Azure ExpressRoute
cloud services via Equinix Fabric™. By
utilizing the interconnection capabilities of Equinix Fabric to privately
connect to Azure services, enterprises can optimize the performance of their
Azure VMware Solution environment on a global scale by minimizing network
latency and bandwidth concerns from their hybrid cloud deployments.
Highlights/Key Facts:
- Since 2013, Equinix has been enabling cloud
connectivity to Azure. With the addition of six new global markets, Azure
ExpressRoute is currently available in Equinix International Business
Exchange™ (IBX®) data centers in 32 metros, including Amsterdam,
Atlanta, Bogotá, Canberra, Chicago, Dallas, Dubai, Dublin, Frankfurt, Geneva,
Hamburg (serving Berlin), Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Miami,
Milan, New York, Osaka, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Seattle, Seoul,
Silicon Valley, Singapore, Stockholm, Sydney, Tokyo, Toronto, Washington,
D.C. and Zurich.
- Azure VMware Solution is available via Platform Equinix
in 10 global Azure regions today. The hybrid cloud solution can be
accessed directly in Equinix IBX data centers located in Amsterdam, Chicago,
Dublin, London, Silicon Valley, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo, Toronto and Washington,
D.C. via Equinix Fabric. Enterprise customers in remote markets can
leverage Equinix Fabric for high-speed, low-latency connectivity into
these available regions, which provides high-performance global
availability for Azure VMware Solution through Platform Equinix.
- Equinix Fabric is a software-defined interconnection
service that allows any business to connect between its own distributed
infrastructure and to any other company's infrastructure on Platform
Equinix. When combined with Azure ExpressRoute, Equinix Fabric enables
seamless, on-demand, direct access to cloud services such as Azure.
- Equinix continues to be one of the single best places
for companies to deploy their digital infrastructure for hybrid cloud
architectures, offering the most locations to directly and privately
connect to the leading IaaS and SaaS clouds. In just minutes, Equinix
Fabric customers can directly connect to major cloud providers as well as
a growing ecosystem of network service providers, SaaS and collaboration
providers. This rapidly growing density of enterprise digital
infrastructure adjacent to public cloud infrastructure has continued to
attract new cloud and network service providers to make their services
available on Equinix Fabric.
- Direct and private connectivity to strategic cloud
service providers like Microsoft is essential as digital transformation
can fuel higher demand for localized digital services at the edge.
According to Volume 4 of the Global Interconnection Index,
an annual market study published by Equinix, interconnecting multiple
cloud and IT providers across multiple locations and cloud regions
represents the fastest-growing use case of interconnection bandwidth – and
is expected to grow to 16% of the ecosystem by 2023.
Quotes:
- Courtney Munroe, Research Vice President, IDC
"As companies today
architect their hybrid cloud infrastructures, they require strategically
located facilities for cost-effective access to public clouds with
reliable and predictable performance. With the global reach of Platform
Equinix and cloud connectivity capabilities of Equinix
Fabric, Equinix provides a clear path to the cloud for digital
businesses. The global expansion of Microsoft Azure
ExpressRoute service and Azure VMware Solution into more
Equinix data centers around the world further empowers enterprises to run
their most mission-critical applications and workloads securely on Azure
while simplifying their hybrid cloud deployments."
- Maura Hameroff, Director of Product Marketing for
Azure, Microsoft
"By providing ExpressRoute
connectivity to Microsoft Azure in more than 30 markets around the world,
Equinix enables customers to adopt Azure VMWare Solution for migration,
disaster recovery and hybrid scenarios. As Microsoft continues to deploy
Azure VMware Solution globally, we are pleased to have Equinix as one of
our partners that can provide dedicated access to these services through
their network of data centers and global interconnection platform."
- Narayan Bharadwaj, Vice President, Product Management,
Cloud Services Business Unit, VMware
"Microsoft Azure VMware Solution empowers customers to
seamlessly extend or completely migrate existing on-premises VMware applications
to Azure without the cost, effort or risk of re-architecting applications
or retooling operations. This helps customers gain cloud efficiency and
enables them to innovate at their own pace with Azure services across
security, data, and AI, as well as unified management capabilities.
Platform Equinix offers Azure VMware Solution customers an important
connectivity service to help enable access to and protection of
mission-critical resources, accelerate migrations, and support business
resiliency and continuity."
- Royce Thomas, Senior Vice President, Strategic
Alliances and Global Account Management, Equinix
"In today's cloud-first
world, accessing private connectivity to major cloud providers like
Microsoft Azure is a critical priority for enterprises as they transition
to the cloud. By expanding our collaboration with Microsoft to offer Azure
ExpressRoute cloud services, including Azure VMware Solution, to customers
in more markets around the world, we're helping companies get cloud ready
by accelerating their hybrid cloud transformations on Platform
Equinix."
Source: Equinix media announcement
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