Equinix Announces SSAE 16 Standards Compliance for 39 Data Centers in North America
February 02 2012 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), a provider of global data center
services, today announced that 39 of its North American data
centers have achieved Statement on Standards for Attestation
Engagements (SSAE) No. 16 Type II standards compliance. Assessed by
auditors from Deloitte & Touche and Brightline, this
certification demonstrates Equinix’s commitment to the highest
standards of operational excellence for its 4,000 customers around
the world.
The audits, which were conducted at Equinix’s International
Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data centers, determined that 39 of these
sites meet or surpass SSAE16 standards for physical security and
environmental controls, many for the third consecutive year. The
certification is of particular importance to Equinix’s financial
services customers, for which SSAE16 compliance is often a
requirement. This announcement comes on the heels of Equinix
achieving greater than ‘six nines’ of availability (99.9999%)
across its North American IBX facilities in 2011.
“To achieve SSAE16 compliance across such a large number of
facilities is a tremendous accomplishment for Equinix. We
understand that for our customers, knowing Equinix’s facilities
have the highest levels of security and controls is critical, and
this certification confirms it for them,” said Sam Kapoor, chief
operating officer, Equinix Americas.
SSAE No. 16 is a new reporting standard for services
organizations put forth by the Auditing Standards Board (ASB) of
the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).
SSAE16, which replaces Statement on Auditing Standards No. 70
(SAS70), addresses engagements undertaken by a service auditor for
reporting on controls at service organizations (e.g., data center
providers) that provide services to user entities, for which a
service organization’s controls are likely to be relevant to a user
entity’s internal control over financial reporting (ICFR).
About Equinix
Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX) connects businesses with partners
and customers around the world through a global platform of high
performance data centers, containing dynamic ecosystems and the
broadest choice of networks. Platform Equinix connects more than
4,000 enterprises, cloud, digital content and financial companies
including more than 680 network service providers to help them grow
their businesses, improve application performance and protect their
vital digital assets. Equinix operates in 38 strategic markets
across the Americas, EMEA and Asia-Pacific and continually invests
in expanding its platform to power customer growth.
http://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 centers 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 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; 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.
Equinix and IBX are registered trademarks of Equinix, Inc.
International Business Exchange is a trademark of Equinix, Inc.
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