Equinix to Provide Data Center and Connectivity Infrastructure for Social Network Application Leader Slide
August 18 2008 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq:EQIX), the leading global provider of
network-neutral data centers and Internet exchange services, today
announced that Slide, the world's largest producer of applications
for social networks, has deployed operations at Equinix�s
Washington, D.C.-5 Internet Business Exchange� (IBX�) center in
Ashburn, VA. The move will enable Slide to operate within a high
performance data center environment that offers the most efficient
connectivity infrastructure for linking to its social network
partners and to its more than 150 million users around the world.
Slide offers people the ability to engage and have fun with one
another using the relationships they've already developed on social
networks such as Facebook and MySpace. Slide�s applications rely
upon fast and stable links to end-users and to the social networks
where the applications are available. Slide will use Equinix�s
network-rich data center environment to directly connect with an
aggregation of strategic partners within the same physical
location. By operating within this Internet ecosystem and by
conveniently connecting to these partners through the Equinix
Exchange central switching fabric, Slide will have the opportunity
to directly link with these companies, rather than connecting to
them in multiple, disparate locations and over long distances. This
direct connectivity reduces bottlenecks in the path between content
and end-users, providing improved performance levels and reductions
in transit costs. Equinix�s DC5 center will also provide Slide with
a secure and redundant physical infrastructure. Power operations at
the center include a high-performance backup system that provides
uninterrupted power even in the event of utility power disruption.
Security features include interlocking "mantrap" doors, multiple
layers of biometric hand-geometry scanners controlling access, as
well as 24-hour security officers and hundreds of surveillance
cameras. �Slide requires fast and reliable connectivity to our
partner social networking sites to ensure the best possible user
experience with our applications,� said Ken Brownfield, Director of
Operations at Slide. �Equinix's Washington, D.C. area campus is one
of the most well connected data centers on the East Coast and it
made the top of our list when we evaluated options for our East
Coast expansion.� �With more than 150 million users around the
world, Slide is an innovator in developing applications that
leverage the growing popularity of social networking sites,� said
Margie Backaus, chief business officer of Equinix. �At Equinix,
Slide has access to a one-stop location to more efficiently reach
their partners and users, while operating within premium data
centers that provide high levels of performance and reliability.�
About Equinix Equinix is the leading global provider of
network-neutral data center and interconnection services, offering
premium colocation, traffic exchange and outsourced IT
infrastructure solutions. Global enterprises, content companies,
systems integrators and network service providers look to Equinix
Internet Business Exchange (IBX�) centers for world-class
reliability and network diversity. Equinix IBX centers serve as
critical, core hubs for IP networks and Internet operations
worldwide. With 40 IBX centers located in 18 strategic markets
across North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific, Equinix enables
customers to reliably operate their mission-critical infrastructure
on a global basis. 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 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; the results of any litigation
relating to past stock option grants and practices; 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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