Equinix Extends Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute Availability Into Canada Azure

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Equinix Extends Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute Availability Into Canada Azure

Equinix, Inc. has announced that it will provide private access to Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute via its Equinix Cloud Exchange™ in the company’s Toronto (TR2) International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data center. Through this partnership, Canadian-based companies gain private access to both Azure and Office 365 while maintaining data residency in region. This deployment is part of Equinix’s global partnership with Microsoft which now directly connects 18 markets globally with Azure ExpressRoute.

“We are thrilled to continue collaborating with Equinix and are happy to welcome them in Canada as an Azure ExpressRoute partner. Equinix now connects to 18 markets globally with Azure ExpressRoute, helping to further business innovation and competitiveness in a cloud-first, mobile-first world,” said Janet Kennedy, president, Microsoft Canada.

Many companies are looking to deploy hybrid clouds through private interconnection, to reap the scalability and cost benefits of the cloud, while at the same time maintaining the control of on-premises infrastructure. In fact, a recent study, Enterprise of the Future, found that by 2017, 84% of IT leaders will deploy IT infrastructure where interconnection — defined as private, secure physical or virtual connections — is at the core, compared to only 38% today. By offering private access to Azure ExpressRoute and Office 365 across the global market, Equinix helps enterprise CIOs achieve this by seamlessly incorporating Azure and Office 365 services into their existing architectures.

Opened in 2015, Equinix’s TR2 facility offers interconnections for more than 155 enterprise companies, financial services firms, and more than 60 cloud and network providers that have collocated with Equinix via the company’s original data center in Toronto, TR1. Expanding Azure ExpressRoute into this critical market provides our many Canadian enterprise customers the benefit of a high-performing and private connection to the Microsoft Cloud and our growing cloud ecosystem.

Equinix is working with several reseller partners in the Canadian market to help customers quickly realize the benefits of Equinix Cloud Exchange and the Microsoft Cloud. These partners include Airgate, IMP Solutions, New Signature, Powerland and Solgenia.

“By providing direct access to Azure and Office 365 via ExpressRoute inside Equinix data centers, we are enabling companies, worldwide, to bridge their cloud and data center strategies and fully realize the benefits of hybrid and multi-cloud. By offering this capability now in Canada, local companies concerned with data residency can now get the full benefits of Microsoft cloud services, in a trusted, secure, low-latency deployment,” said Greg Adgate, vice president of global technology partners, Equinix.

Source: CloudStrategyMag