Equinix and VMware partner
to accelerate enterprise hybrid
cloud transformations
E
quinix, the global interconnection
and data centre company, has
announced an expanded partnership
with VMware to support VMware Cloud
on Dell EMC on Platform Equinix.
The Digital Transformation landscape has
never been more complex. Enterprises
must focus on ensuring the availability,
performance, security and reliability of a
massive set of applications while operating
in a cost-effective and scalable manner.
To meet these evolving needs, Equinix and
VMware are teaming together to develop
solutions to help enterprises accelerate
hybrid cloud transformations based on
VMware Cloud on Dell EMC within Equinix
International Business Exchange (IBX)
data centres.
With the Equinix Cloud Exchange Fabric
(ECX Fabric) interconnection service on
Platform Equinix, enterprises can now take
advantage of private and secure multi-
cloud connectivity, and quickly deploy
hybrid cloud infrastructures.
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Highlights/Key facts
• • Through the expanded partnership,
VMware will support Equinix as a global
colocation provider for VMware Cloud
on Dell EMC, combining industry-
leading systems and storage with
forward-thinking innovation in hybrid
cloud infrastructures.
• • Equinix and VMware have been
working together since 2013 to
enable hybrid cloud infrastructures,
helping Global 2000 enterprises
address the increasing volume and
complexity of application workloads
and data. This expanded collaboration
will further help customers simplify
complex hybrid multi-cloud
deployments and accelerate their
Digital Transformation in public cloud
and Edge deployments.
• • To enable hybrid cloud deployments
for enterprises using AWS Direct
Connect, Equinix teamed with VMware
in August 2018 to offer private
connectivity to VMware Cloud on AWS
THIS EXPANDED
COLLABORATION
WILL FURTHER
HELP CUSTOMERS
SIMPLIFY
COMPLEX HYBRID
MULTI-CLOUD
DEPLOYMENTS
AND ACCELERATE
THEIR DIGITAL
TRANSFORMATION
IN PUBLIC CLOUD
AND EDGE
DEPLOYMENTS.
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As a fully managed cloud service, VMware
Cloud on Dell EMC combines public cloud
simplicity, agility and economics with the
security, control and performance of on-
premises infrastructure.
By also tapping into the power of rich
digital ecosystems located at Equinix,
enterprises can further unlock value
as they gain access to potentially
thousands of new global partners they can
interconnect with via ECX Fabric.
via AWS Direct Connect at Equinix IBX
data centres globally.
• • ECX Fabric is an on-demand, SDN-
enabled interconnection service that
helps meet the Digital Transformation
needs of enterprises by allowing any
business to connect between its own
distributed infrastructure and any other
company’s distributed infrastructure,
including the world’s largest cloud
providers, on Platform Equinix.
• • Direct and private connectivity
to strategic cloud service providers
is essential as Digital Transformation
fuels higher demand for localised digital
services at the Edge. According to the
Global Interconnection Index (GXI)
Volume 2, a market study published
by Equinix, interconnection between
enterprises and cloud and IT providers
is projected to grow 98% per annum
through 2021, supporting businesses
building out new digital services and
migrating existing workloads to third-
party cloud platforms. ◊
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