Equinix announced plans to offer high-performance, private connections from its International Business Exchange data centers to Microsoft Azure.
Specifically, Equinix will enable customers to directly connect to Azure in Equinix IBX data centers across five continents including: North America, South America, Asia, Europe and Australia. Microsoft’s physical infrastructure for Azure ExpressRoute resides in Equinix data centers and is available via an Equinix switching fabric that provides secure connectivity and real-time provisioning.
Equinix is currently previewing the service from data centers in Silicon Valley, Washington, D.C. and London.
“Enterprises are drawn to hybrid cloud to benefit from cloud computing efficiencies, while maximizing their existing infrastructure. With 57 percent of Fortune 500 companies already using Microsoft Azure combined with Equinix’s global data center footprint, we look forward to working together to help customers bridge their cloud and on-premises technology to build hybrid environments with enterprise-grade control and reliability,” stated Steven Martin, general manager, Microsoft Azure at Microsoft.
http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/expressroute/
- Equinix already offers an AWS Direct Connect Service.
