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Equinix CEO: ‘The service provider world is very different’

Despite macroeconomic volatility, Equinix sees growth as investment in cloud-enabled digital transformation continues Looking back a decade, Equinix President and CEO Charles Meyers recalled service providers focused on networks and hyperscalers beginning what would become an incredible growth period. As the world of networks and...

What’s the right business case for mobile edge computing (Part 2)

Editor’s note: The teams from RCR Wireless News and Enterprise IoT Insights recently convened a wide range of telecoms and enterprise stakeholders to examine all things mobile edge computing at the Mobile Edge Forum virtual event, available on demand here. This article is taken...

What is the right business case for mobile edge computing? (Part 1)

Editor’s note: The teams from RCR Wireless News and Enterprise IoT Insights recently convened a wide range of telecoms and enterprise stakeholders to examine all things mobile edge computing at the Mobile Edge Forum virtual event, available on demand here. This article is taken...

VMware Cloud comes to Equinix Metal

The service combines VMware-managed cloud services with Equinix’s Bare Metal as a Service Equinix and VMware announced this week VMware Cloud on Equinix Metal, a new cloud service that sees VMware-managed cloud-based Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) available on Equinix’s Bare Metal as a Service offering. The companies predict...

Orange eyes Equinix for global telco cloud expansion

The new collab leverages Equinix’s Bare Metal as a Service International telco Orange and data center operator Equinix this week announced a collaboration that sees Orange deploying its New Generation International Network - eNGINe - using Equinix’s Bare Metal as a Service. The new partnership promises on-demand...

Fortinet expands enterprise security reach with Comcast Business

SASE and SSE services are available using Secure Gateways hosted by Equinix Comcast Business on Monday announced a partnership with enterprise security firm Fortinet to deliver Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) and Secure Service Edge (SSE) solutions as managed services to Comcast Business customers. The new services...

BT promises easier multi-cloud deployments with Connected Cloud Edge

Using Equinix Fabric and "Carrier Neutral Facilities," BT promises to accelerate enterprise digital transformation with its new platform.

Dish selects Equinix as connectivity infrastructure provider for 5G network

Equinix will provide digital infrastructure services to support Dish’s cloud-native, Open RAN-based 5G network. As a result, Dish will have access to the infrastructure company’s International Business Exchange (IBX) data centers across the U.S. “Dish is taking the lead in delivering on the promise of...

Verizon expands automated interconnect solution with Equinix

The Software-Defined Interconnect solution is part of the Verizon Business Network-as-a-Service strategy and was first launched in 2019 Recognizing “shifting market demands,” Verizon Business and Equinox are partnering to expand Verizon’s Software-Defined Interconnect (SDI) solution to enable global enterprise and public sector customers to connect...

As 5G and MEC converge, enterprise services will drive profit

Today in the United States, the three Tier 1 service providers are all offering “nationwide” 5G coverage. T-Mobile is using its 600 MHz and AT&T and Verizon are delivering with Dynamic Spectrum Sharing. And with the recent release of the iPhone 12 lineup, which...

Nokia tees-up band of five to push private 5G ahead of spectrum release in Japan

Nokia has said it is building a “strategic partnership ecosystem” to bring private LTE and 5G networks to industrial and government customers in Japan.  Spectrum for local LTE and 5G will be released in Japan at the end of 2019 for enterprise use. Nokia expects...

Equinix launches SmartKey to simplify hybrid cloud data protection

Equinix announces new key management and encryption service Data center company Equinix announced the general availability of a new global key management and encryption Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) called SmartKey. The purpose of SmartKey is to better protect data across multi-cloud environments using encryption key management. In particular,...

Tech Mahindra makes AT&T Flexware available for global clients

Tech Mahindra and AT&T strengthen camaraderie IT company Tech Mahindra and AT&T are building on their relationship with a deal that will make the latter company’s FlexWare (SM) available to the former company’s global clientele. AT&T Flexware, previously known as AT&T Network Functions on Demand, is...

AT&T brings on-demand capabilities to Equinix data centers

AT&T and Equinix build on relationship AT&T and Equinix announced they are strengthening their relationship by making AT&T’s Switched Ethernet Service with Network On-Demand available to businesses in Equinix International Business Exchange data centers. AT&T and Equinix have been working together for over a decade. In...

Equinix leverages SDN to expand global platform

Equinix unleashes new inter-metro connectivity through cloud exchange fabric Equinix, a global international and data center company, announced an addition to its interconnection offering, leveraging software-defined network (SDN) to make it easier for different data centers to connect. Specifically, the company said it will move...

PacketFabric to extend SDN platform via trans-Atlantic connectivity

PacketFabric looks to extend its SDN platform to Europe using Aqua Comms' AE Connect Aqua Comms, the operator of Ireland's first subsea fibre-optic network interconnecting New York, Dublin and London, announced it will provide PacketFabric, a NantWorks company, access to its trans-Atlantic America-Europe (AE) Connect...

Hybridization pushes Google to update Dedicated Interconnect

Google targets hybrid cloud market with Dedicated Interconnect updates Google announced Tuesday updates to Dedicated Interconnect, which are aimed at Google customers seeking to develop hybrid cloud deployments. The company is expanding its networking capabilities to allow customers to have more ways to connect to...

Verizon sells cloud, managed hosting business to IBM

Verizon cloud sale follows on sale of data centers to Equinix Verizon has agreed to sell its cloud and managed hosting operations to IBM and plans to "work with IBM on a number of strategic initiatives involving networking and cloud services," according to a posting by...

Verizon scores $3.6B from data center sale to Equinix

Verizon said it plans to sell 24 data center locations across the U.S. and Latin America to Equinix for $3.6 billion, which will include 250 Verizon employees. Verizon Communications has moved on plans to unload some of its data centers, announcing plans...

Dense wavelength division multiplexing is the future of fiber

From metro rings to long-haul and subsea transmission, the world's networks--wireless and wireline--depend on fiber optic cable. And, given the costly nature of fiber deployments, it's essential to maximize the efficiency and capacity of existing assets. To that end, dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) has...

Digital Realty makes big data center deal in Europe

U.S. firm aims to complete the data center transactions in 2016 U.S.-based Digital Reality, which provides data center, colocation and interconnection solutions, entered into a definitive agreement with Equinix to acquire a portfolio of eight carrier-neutral data centers across Europe. Five of the data center...

AT&T and Equinix form alliance for secure cloud access

AT&T and data center company Equinix announced an alliance that seeks to expand adoption of cloud services by offering secure cloud access via AT&T's virtual private networks (VPNs), instead of the public Internet. AT&T's NetBond offering will be embedded in select Equinix data centers in...

Latam Wrap-Up: Telecom Italia’s future in Brazil, Argentina; data center boom

When Spain-based Telefónica announced plans to bolster its stake in the Telco holding company, which controls about 22% of Telecom Italia, it started a huge discussion in Brazil and Argentina's telecom markets about what would happen to TIM in Brazil and Telecom Argentina, which are both...

Equinix to sell $1.5 billion in senior notes

The interconnection and data center company Equinix made two announcements on Feb. 28 about a public offering of senior notes. The company plans to sell up to U.S.$1.5 billion in senior notes with the intention to use the net proceeds to redeem its outstanding...