How to Speak Like a Data Center Geek, Part 4: The Cloud
Welcome to the latest installment of the How to Speak Like a Data Center Geek series, Equinix’s guide to helping you fit into the wonderful world of data centers, or at least sound like you do....
View ArticleFlexible IT and the “Performance Hub” through Dispersion and Decentralized...
Equinix Global Solution Architect Rick Galietta recently authored a white paper highlighting a new trend in IT architecture that can significantly enhance business continuity and recovery services....
View ArticleWhy the Buzz about Brazil?
Brazil is, in a word, booming. That’s why Equinix is expanding our footprint in the country with the upcoming launch of our RJ2 IBX® data center . The sixth-largest economy in the world and the...
View ArticleCollapsing the Distance Between Brazil and Miami
Given its rapid economic growth and financial influence in Latin America, Brazil is one of the top commercial centers where international businesses are aiming to build a local presence. Yet...
View ArticleIN GOOD COMPANY: Equinix’s Ad-IX ecosystem cuts milliseconds, adds business...
Do more in less time. It’s an eternal imperative of business, but it looks particularly challenging when your industry is already working in transactions that start and finish in 1/10 of a second....
View ArticleThe Digital Economy: Some Assembly Required
When Henry Ford moved his entire factory to an assembly model, the operation of which began on this date 100 years ago, he wasn’t thinking of transforming an entire paradigm. The assembly line was...
View ArticleHow to Speak Like a Data Center Geek, Part 5
Welcome to the final edition of Equinix’s ”How to Speak Like a Data Center Geek” series. This post aims to explain some hard-core data center terms and acronyms relating to our buildings. Study...
View ArticleVIDEO: Validation Isn’t Just for Parking: Introducing the Equinix Solution...
Data centers today are rarely simple. Hybrid cloud architectures, AWS, WAN optimization and balancing traffic across multiple sites are just some of the complexities to consider when designing,...
View ArticleMoore’s Law Means Moooore Cloud
Earlier this week, Google made the bold prediction that pricing for IaaS and other basic cloud services would fall at a rate that tracks to the computing performance gains modeled by Moore’s Law. That...
View ArticleOlé, Olé, Olé, Olé … Brazil … Brazil …
The 2014 FIFA World Cup starts this week. It’s the biggest sporting competition in the world, outside of the summer Olympics. More than 3.2 billion people watched the 2010 World Cup, and advertising...
View ArticleThe Future of Robotics is Bi-Directional Learning
When we think about robots, most of us picture something out of science fiction or the friendly Pepper robot seen at tech events in the last few years. But the current reality is not quite that...
View ArticleA Driverless Future Depends on Data
Autonomous cars have captured our imagination for quite some time – think of the Batmobile or Herbie, the iconic Volkswagen Beetle with a mind of its own. While being able to choose a vehicle’s...
View ArticleHow the Dallas Infomart is Shaping the Way Businesses Connect
The twelve counties that comprise the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex are home to more than 25 Fortune 500 companies and boast the title of the 4th largest U.S. region in terms of gross domestic product...
View ArticleMasters of the Internet
Can you imagine where we would all be if there was no public internet? It has become a critical lifeline that we take for granted ̶ except for now, during a global pandemic, when our lives really...
View ArticleHow to Speak Like a Data Center Geek: Secure Access Server Edge (SASE)
In today’s business environment, there are probably far more users outside of your corporate firewall than within. In particular, remote workers are using public internet connections from their homes...
View ArticleA New Normal Part 2: Getting digital ready for post-pandemic recovery
In my previous blog I explored how many industries are being faced with unexpected disruptions and changing customer behaviors, making this a critical moment for businesses to rethink how they can...
View ArticleInsurance and Digital Disruption: The Paradigm Shift
For more than 350 years, insurance as an industry has faced challenges to its existence from catastrophic loss, societal change and the need to innovate, all of which have presented themselves over...
View ArticleLeveraging Network Service APIs for Mission Speed and Scale
Nothing in recent history has tested the world’s information technology (IT) infrastructure quite like the global COVID-19 pandemic. The robustness and resiliency demonstrated by the world’s internet,...
View ArticleConnecting for Change, with Equinix PrideConnect
This summer marks the 50th anniversary of Pride in many countries around the world. While Pride is known as a celebration of love, its roots are in resistance to institutionalized ignorance and...
View ArticleAutonomous Things vs Hyperautomation
When I purchased a Furby, the must-have toy of the year in 1998, little did I know that it was an early precursor to an autonomous thing! This furry robot toy’s main claim to fame was the ability to...
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