FEATURE : CLOUD SOLUTIONS

Equinix Fabric Cloud Router now enabling Hong Kong enterprises to connect applications easily and efficiently across multiple clouds – delivered as a service on demand and in near real time .

“ Equinix , with its extensive cloud on-ramp availability and low network latency combined with the recently added Equinix Fabric Cloud Router is well positioned to deliver these capabilities ,” said Bob Laliberte , Principal Analyst , ESG

Customers can deploy Equinix Fabric Cloud Router in Hong Kong and all other Equinix Fabric-enabled markets globally with low latency connectivity to all major cloud providers , including Amazon Web Services ( AWS ), Google Cloud Platform , Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure – as well as hundreds of other service providers like Akamai , ServiceNow and Zoom .

Equinix Fabric Cloud Router is pitched as helping customers simplify their complex cloud-to-cloud and hybrid cloud networking challenges by providing an easy-to-configure , enterprise-grade , multicloud routing service that can be deployed in under a minute .

Utilizing Equinix ’ s secure private connectivity , customers can connect applications across public clouds in more locations than any other service .

“ Modern IT environments are highly digitized and distributed . TechTarget ’ s Enterprise Strategy Group research shows that in 2023 , 94 % of organizations are now using multiple unique public clouds and the top Drivers behind this adoption are to optimize performance and to scale applications .

“ The network connectivity that supports these multicloud applications must provide the same ability to scale and improve performance .

Delivered as a service on demand and in near real time , Equinix Fabric Cloud Router can remove the costs and complexities of owning and operating a physical router or licensing a virtual router . By removing these limitations , customers can improve application performance , reduce cloud costs and accelerate services to market .

Enterprises can also accelerate their multicloud adoption by avoiding vendor lock-in with Equinix ’ s cloud agnostic service , eliminating networking constraints and enabling them to choose the right cloud environment and provider for specific workloads .

“ Multicloud networking is hard , but now with the launch of Equinix Fabric Cloud Router we are simplifying it for businesses everywhere by helping users connect different clouds in as little as 45 seconds . This is what you ’ d expect from Equinix , the leader in multicloud networking ,” said Arun Dev , Vice President of Digital Interconnection , Equinix .

“ By combining Equinix ’ s steadfast commitment to cloud and network neutrality that has spanned more than 25 years , our leading access to cloud on-ramps , and the largest selection of cloud providers and services partners , Equinix is uniquely positioned to provide the on-demand digital infrastructure today ’ s enterprises need .”

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