Leading cloud services provider expands customer base with Equinix
Marketplace and global network of data centers
Equinix,
Inc. (Nasdaq:EQIX), a provider of global data center services, and Virtacore
Systems, Inc., an industry leader in hybrid cloud services, today
announced that Virtacore has leveraged Platform
Equinix™ to support its expanding customer base and world wide
growth. Part of Equinix's robust ecosystem of cloud and IT service
providers, Virtacore benefits from the ability to quickly and securely
interconnect with network and service partners in order to speed the
deployment of its hybrid cloud services to enterprise customers.
Virtacore is currently located in Equinix International Business
Exchange™ (IBX®) data centers in four strategic markets—Silicon
Valley, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Washington, DC—and is the first
customer to leverage Equinix Business Suites in its DC10 data center in
Ashburn, Virginia. The Business Suites offering is ideal for cloud
service providers like Virtacore that have multi-tier architecture
requirements and also require a larger footprint service delivery
environment that can be directly connected and fully integrated with
their existing IBX infrastructure. Virtacore also plans to move into
other Equinix IBX facilities around the world.
Virtacore selected Equinix as its strategic infrastructure provider to
deliver its hybrid cloud services, including managed private cloud and
public cloud, which are built on VMware's vCloud Platform and managed
through a single integrated portal, as well as Google Apps for Business
technologies. Virtacore recently opened a storefront in the Equinix Marketplace™
to promote and sell its hybrid cloud services to the more than 4,000
customers that are a simple cross-connect away in Equinix data centers.
With Platform Equinix, Virtacore can directly connect to customers and
partners ensuring fast and secure delivery of its cloud services, as
well as, develop new revenue streams within the Equinix Marketplace.
Virtacore provides cloud hosting and managed hosting services for
start-ups, small and medium sized businesses, developers and
enterprises. Utilizing the latest virtualization hosting technology,
Virtacore delivers customized cloud solutions inside multiple Equinix
IBX data centers that enable customers to virtualize and move their IT
infrastructure to the cloud, reducing capital and operating expenses,
and improving data security, network availability, application
performance and scalability.