Equinix,
Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX) has teamed with Ciena®
(NYSE:CIEN) to enable on-demand virtual network capabilities that
allow service provider and enterprise customers to quickly provision
high-speed, high-capacity network resources whenever they need them.
Extending across the U.S., EMEA and Asia-Pacific, these “on-demand”
networks allow Equinix customers to benefit from the full promise of
cloud — providing access to massive amounts of compute and network
resources, exactly and only when needed. For example, a video service
provider can provision an on-demand, high-speed connection during a
major sporting event to stream low-latency HD video and other
bandwidth-intensive applications during peak demand, and then
decommission the connection once the event is over, only paying for
actual usage. Equinix on-demand services will be supported by a
programmable SDN architecture, leveraging Ciena Optical VPN and NFV
technologies as well as WaveLogic processors, giving end customers
greater flexibility, control and capacity.
Key Facts:
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Continued cloud adoption is creating massive disruptions in how
businesses consume IT services, which is driving significant
opportunities for Equinix. The cloud infrastructure market is expected
to reach $6B in 2015 while the multi-tenant data center (MTDC) market
is projected to reach $26.5B in 2014, with an 18 percent compound
annual growth rate, according to 451 Research. Networks are strategic
to these data centers, and there is a growing demand for more
sophisticated interconnection services for multiple networks and
facilities.
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Equinix is utilizing Ciena’s 6500
platform in its metropolitan networks in the United States, Europe,
Middle East and Asia-Pacific providing 100G capabilities today – with
a path to 400G and beyond in the future. In addition, Ciena’s V-WAN
network resource broker and scheduling application as well as its
network management capabilities lay the foundation for multi-layer SDN
control, allowing Equinix to rapidly create and provision high-speed
connections with greater agility and lower costs.
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Ciena’s coherent optical technology and software also supports the Equinix
Cloud Exchange, a new service that combines the automated
interconnection of cloud, network and managed service providers with
advanced service orchestration, providing enterprises with simple,
scalable and direct access to multiple cloud services. This solution
minimizes cloud lock-in and gives Equinix customers the ability to
create a private and secure 1Gb or 10Gb connection to transfer data
between their own infrastructure and multiple cloud providers, such as Amazon
Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft
Azure.
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As part of the Equinix Cloud Exchange fabric this deployment is an
excellent example of how Ciena’s OPn®
architecture can facilitate network integration within and between
data centers to transform connectivity, compute and store into a
programmable platform for a variety of new services.
Executive Comments:
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“Many Equinix customers are looking for the ability to expand their
networks globally and they require high-speed connections within a
metro, or globally, between our IBX data centers. Through our
relationship with Ciena, we can offer customers a dynamic and
automated interface to the hundreds of network and cloud service
providers inside our data centers and meet their needs for
next-generation connectivity solutions.”
- Ihab Tarazi, Chief
Technology Officer at Equinix
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“Enterprises and service providers today require ‘on-demand’ network
capabilities, and market leaders like Equinix are in an excellent
position to capitalize on this industry shift. We’ve worked closely
with Equinix to design an intelligent, open and programmable
architecture that delivers an elastic, high-speed, high-performance
network for inter- and intra- data center connectivity. Equinix Cloud
Exchange customers in major markets worldwide will have access to
affordable, private connectivity on-demand to support their cloud and
network service requirements.”
- Francois Locoh-Donou, Senior
Vice President, Global Products Group at Ciena
Supporting Resources:
About Equinix
Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), connects more than 4,500 companies
directly to their customers and partners inside the world's most
networked data centers. Today, businesses leverage the Equinix
interconnection platform in 32 strategic markets across the Americas,
EMEA and Asia-Pacific. http://www.equinix.com
About Ciena
Ciena (NYSE: CIEN) is the network specialist. We collaborate with
customers worldwide to unlock the strategic potential of their networks
and fundamentally change the way they perform and compete. Ciena
leverages its deep expertise in packet and optical networking and
distributed software automation to deliver solutions in alignment with
its OPn architecture for next-generation networks. We enable
a high-scale, programmable infrastructure that can be controlled and
adapted by network-level applications, and provide open interfaces to
coordinate computing, storage and network resources in a unified,
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