REDWOOD CITY, Calif. and
LONDON, Jan. 11, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Equinix, Inc.
(Nasdaq: EQIX), the global interconnection and data center company,
today announced global financial cloud infrastructure provider,
Beeks Financial Cloud, has deployed on Equinix's Cloud Exchange as
it continues to expand its business globally.
Beeks Financial Cloud leverages Cloud Exchange and Platform
Equinix™ to connect its customers to global cloud services and
networks via a secure, private and low-latency interconnection
model. By joining the Equinix Cloud Exchange, Beeks Financial Cloud
gains access to instantly connect to multiple cloud service
providers (CSPs) in 21 markets, build a more secure application
environment and reduce the total cost of private network
connectivity to CSPs for its customers.
Highlights / Key Facts
- Today, banks, brokers, forex companies and professional traders
are increasingly relying on high-speed, secure and low-latency
connections for more efficient business transactions, as demand for
data centers and colocation services in the cloud, enterprise and
financial services sector continues to grow. According to a
July 2016 report by Gartner –
Colocation-Based Interconnection Will Serve as the 'Glue' for
Advanced Digital Business Applications – digital business is
"enabled and enhanced through high-speed, secure, low-latency
communication among enterprise assets, cloud resources, and an
ecosystem of service providers and peers. Architects and IT leaders
must consider carrier-neutral data center interconnection as a
digital business enabler."
- Beeks Financial Cloud, a UK-based company, first deployed in an
Equinix London data center four years ago on one server rack, now
has approximately 80 interconnections within Equinix across eight
data centers situated in financial business hubs around the world.
These direct connections provide increased performance and security
between Beeks and its customers and partners across its digital
supply chain. Beeks was the first provider in the world to use
cross connects to ensure a retail trader customer had a direct
connection to their broker.
- Beeks' new deployment in Equinix's Cloud Exchange provides the
necessary digital infrastructure and access to a mature financial
services business ecosystem to connect with major financial
services providers in key markets around the globe via the cloud.
Equinix's global data centers are home to 1,000+ financial services
companies and the world's largest multi-asset class electronic
trading ecosystem— interconnected execution venues and trading
platforms, market data vendors, service providers, and buy-side and
sell-side firms.
- Equinix's Cloud Exchange offers software-defined direct
connections to multiple CSPs including Amazon Web Services (AWS),
Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute and Office 365,
IBM Softlayer, Oracle Cloud and others. This has allowed Beeks to
scale up rapidly while securely connecting to multiple cloud
providers.
- Beeks Financial Cloud has continued to expand its business on
Equinix's global interconnection platform of 146 International
Business Exchanges™ (IBX®) in 40 markets across the globe. Beeks is
currently deployed in Equinix's International Business Exchanges™
(IBX®) in London, New York, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Chicago, and most recently, Hong Kong.
- The move to Equinix's Cloud Exchange is expected to help save
approximately £1M over the next 3 years, while enabling Beeks
Financial Cloud to meet the needs of its global customer base who
thrive and grow through forex trading.
- London is a key player in the
global digital economy, with the fifth largest GDP by metropolitan
area in the world. Equinix's flagship London data center based in Slough (LD6) is
one of the fastest-growing in the UK and has been established as a
hub for businesses to interconnect in a secure colocation
environment.
Quotes
- Gordon McArthur, CEO, Beeks
Financial Cloud:
"Beeks Financial Cloud has continued to
grow rapidly on Equinix's interconnection platform, with
Hong Kong being our eighth
addition. Data centers underpin our business and we are confident
that Equinix's Cloud Exchange will enable the speed, resilience and
reduced latency our customers have come to expect from our company.
Equinix's global footprint of interconnected data centers has
allowed our business to really thrive."
- James Eibisch, research
director, EMEA Telecoms and Networking, IDC:
"We see the
global demand for data center colocation being largely driven by
cloud adoption. That coupled with the expanded reach of Equinix's
global interconnection platform is a compelling offering for
businesses such as Beeks that require connectivity and access to
new markets to meet business demand."
- Russell Poole, managing
director UK, Equinix:
"We're seeing an increasing number
of customers leverage our interconnection platform to expand their
businesses globally. The rapid growth of the cloud industry is
driving activity in all business sectors including financial
services – we are seeing more businesses partner with us to host
their critical financial infrastructures off-premise in our data
centers in order to get the best out of the cloud. On Equinix Cloud
Exchange, we are confident Beeks Financial Cloud will continue to
accelerate its growth and move quickly into new markets."
Additional Resources
- How Interconnected Clouds Can Boost Your Performance for Less
Cost [blog]
- Equinix Invests $42M in London Data Center Expansion [press
release]
- Cloud Exchange for Enterprise [video]
About Equinix
Equinix, Inc. (NASDAQ: EQIX) connects
the world's leading businesses to their customers, employees and
partners inside the most interconnected data centres. In 40 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 centres
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 centres; 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.
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