Equinix Leverages OCP Technology from Facebook to Develop Open Source Ecosystem Inside Equinix Data Centers
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Posted on March 9, 2016 at 8:21:01 AM
Equinix Leverages OCP Technology from Facebook to Develop Open Source Ecosystem Inside Equinix Data Centers
Building upon Open Compute Project contributions, open source-based ecosystem will enable enterprises to create next-generation IoT and hybrid cloud platforms
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., March 9, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Equinix, Inc., the global interconnection and data center company, today announced that it has incorporated technology designed by Facebook and available from the Open Compute Project (OCP) to help develop an open source ecosystem inside Equinix International Business Exchange(TM) (IBX®) data centers. As part of this announcement Equinix and Facebook will collaborate on technology innovation to build a diverse, open source platform for both software and hardware. Building on contributions to OCP, this ecosystem will be built on a new, open source architecture that will enable faster innovation, and create greater efficiency in data center and hybrid cloud deployments. To facilitate this ecosystem, Wedge open source switches, developed by Facebook and contributed to OCP, will be part of the new architecture inside Equinix. By working with Facebook to build this ecosystem, Equinix is able to provide its enterprise customers with an optimal environment to push technology boundaries and develop next-generation interconnection solutions.
Many industry trends are driving the need for the massive scaling and performance increases provided by open source hardware and software. For example, the industry is rapidly moving toward a more software-centric model, wireless capacity for 5G is currently limited, and there is an explosion of devices that require massive scaling. OCP and the resulting ecosystem forming inside Equinix will provide the scale and performance to further drive these innovations and trends through interconnection. As a result, customers will have an open source hardware and software platform to deploy their mobile, Internet of Things (IoT) and hybrid cloud deployments in a cost-effective manner.
Highlights / Key Facts
-- The open source platform will provide an environment for true innovation
across hardware and software, and enables access to the dense ecosystem
of networks and cloud service providers inside Equinix data centers.
Equinix is home to more than 1,100 network providers, as well as
500-plus cloud service providers, which gives customers a broad choice
of providers in any of Equinix's 40 global markets. In total, Platform
Equinix hosts more than 6,300 customers, each of them potential
customers or partners in developing new solutions or new routes into
untapped markets.
-- This open source platform will be powered by the Mesosphere Datacenter
Operating System (DCOS), which is based on the proven Apache Mesos
architecture that is used in production today, at very large scale, by
some of the world's biggest and most innovative companies. DCOS is an
ideal fit for Open Compute equipment because it aggregates all data
center resources into a single pool; automatically schedules workloads
wherever they can fit; and simplifies the process of managing complex
systems such as Apache Spark, Apache Kafka and HDFS. This approach
increases utilization and slashes energy bills, while also improving
both development and operational efficiency. Placing DCOS in Equinix
data centers will help users achieve their goals around hybrid cloud
environments and IoT program applications, by enabling them to build
their application infrastructure once and deploy it anywhere.
-- Equinix recently joined the OCP Telco Project along with several leading
network providers. Since it was founded five years ago, OCP has brought
new levels of openness to data center technology, and momentum is
continuing to build around open source contributions for networking,
servers, storage, and Open Rack.
-- The Open Compute Project has been proven to reduce costs and provide a
catalyst for innovation. In fact, Facebook has saved their company
billions since their work on OCP began.
Quotes
-- Ihab Tarazi, CTO, Equinix:"We are thrilled to be working in close
partnership with Facebook as we bring a new level of innovation and
collaboration to our growing customer base. By working together, we can
drive technology evolution for interconnection by defining the
next-generation architecture for the network and cloud edge, thus
ensuring our customers have the scale and performance they require for
newly evolving platforms and applications."
-- Jason Taylor, Chairman and President of the Open Compute Project
Foundation, and VP of Infrastructure, Facebook:"The OCP community works
best when there is strong collaboration between companies, and that's
why I think the work on this open architecture for software and hardware
is so important. I look forward to seeing how the use of OCP technology
like Wedge open network switches helps Equinix better meet the needs of
enterprises."
-- Tobi Knaup, CTO, Mesosphere:"The Open Compute Project has done an
amazing job bringing next-generation data center designs to enterprise
users, and Mesosphere is doing the same for webscale software with our
Datacenter Operating System. Through our partnership with Equinix and
Facebook, we will help our users run their data centers even more
efficiently, while also making it much simpler to build, deploy and
scale innovative enterprise applications."
-- Andy Lawrence, Research VP, Datacenter Technologies and Eco-efficient
IT, 451 Research:"As ever more people and devices come online around the
globe, sharing data-intensive content, it is vital that the
infrastructure and platforms are in place to support the demanding
performance needs of IoT. Equinix's involvement in OCP and its plans to
create an open source ecosystem inside its global platform of data
centers, is exactly the kind of initiative that is needed. It will place
the company in a position to better respond to the needs of enterprises
as they tackle the burgeoning possibilities of IoT."
Additional Resources
-- An Innovation Platform: Equinix Joins the Open Compute Project [blog
post]
-- Equinix Uses Facebook Technology to Build an Open Source-Based Ecosystem
[blog post]
About Equinix
Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX) connects the world's leading businesses to their customers, employees and partners inside the most interconnected data centers. In 40 markets worldwide, Equinix is where companies come together to realize new opportunities and accelerate their business, IT and cloud strategies. http://www.equinix.com/.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from expectations discussed in such forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such differences include, but are not limited to, the challenges of acquiring, operating and constructing IBX centers and developing, deploying and delivering Equinix services; unanticipated costs or difficulties relating to the integration of companies we have acquired or will acquire into Equinix; a failure to receive significant revenue from customers in recently built out or acquired data centers; failure to complete any financing arrangements contemplated from time to time; competition from existing and new competitors; the ability to generate sufficient cash flow or otherwise obtain funds to repay new or outstanding indebtedness; the loss or decline in business from our key customers; and other risks described from time to time in Equinix's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In particular, see Equinix's recent quarterly and annual reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, copies of which are available upon request from Equinix. Equinix does not assume any obligation to update the forward-looking information contained in this press release.
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CONTACT: Press Contacts: Equinix Media Contacts (Americas): Sally Comollo, +1 (781) 366-5580, scomollo@equinix.com; Mindshare PR for Equinix, Wilson Craig, +1 (408) 516-6182, wilson@mindsharepr.com; Equinix Media Contacts (EMEA): Antonella Crimi, +44 (0)20 7634 4022, Antonella.Crimi@eu.equinix.com; Equinix Media Contacts (APAC): Lorraine Little-Bigelow, + (852) 2970 7742, llittlebigelow@ap.equinix.com; Equinix Investor Relations Contacts: Katrina Rymill, +1 (650) 598-6583, krymill@equinix.com
Web Site: http://www.equinix.com
Building upon Open Compute Project contributions, open source-based ecosystem will enable enterprises to create next-generation IoT and hybrid cloud platforms
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., March 9, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Equinix, Inc., the global interconnection and data center company, today announced that it has incorporated technology designed by Facebook and available from the Open Compute Project (OCP) to help develop an open source ecosystem inside Equinix International Business Exchange(TM) (IBX®) data centers. As part of this announcement Equinix and Facebook will collaborate on technology innovation to build a diverse, open source platform for both software and hardware. Building on contributions to OCP, this ecosystem will be built on a new, open source architecture that will enable faster innovation, and create greater efficiency in data center and hybrid cloud deployments. To facilitate this ecosystem, Wedge open source switches, developed by Facebook and contributed to OCP, will be part of the new architecture inside Equinix. By working with Facebook to build this ecosystem, Equinix is able to provide its enterprise customers with an optimal environment to push technology boundaries and develop next-generation interconnection solutions.
Many industry trends are driving the need for the massive scaling and performance increases provided by open source hardware and software. For example, the industry is rapidly moving toward a more software-centric model, wireless capacity for 5G is currently limited, and there is an explosion of devices that require massive scaling. OCP and the resulting ecosystem forming inside Equinix will provide the scale and performance to further drive these innovations and trends through interconnection. As a result, customers will have an open source hardware and software platform to deploy their mobile, Internet of Things (IoT) and hybrid cloud deployments in a cost-effective manner.
Highlights / Key Facts
-- The open source platform will provide an environment for true innovation
across hardware and software, and enables access to the dense ecosystem
of networks and cloud service providers inside Equinix data centers.
Equinix is home to more than 1,100 network providers, as well as
500-plus cloud service providers, which gives customers a broad choice
of providers in any of Equinix's 40 global markets. In total, Platform
Equinix hosts more than 6,300 customers, each of them potential
customers or partners in developing new solutions or new routes into
untapped markets.
-- This open source platform will be powered by the Mesosphere Datacenter
Operating System (DCOS), which is based on the proven Apache Mesos
architecture that is used in production today, at very large scale, by
some of the world's biggest and most innovative companies. DCOS is an
ideal fit for Open Compute equipment because it aggregates all data
center resources into a single pool; automatically schedules workloads
wherever they can fit; and simplifies the process of managing complex
systems such as Apache Spark, Apache Kafka and HDFS. This approach
increases utilization and slashes energy bills, while also improving
both development and operational efficiency. Placing DCOS in Equinix
data centers will help users achieve their goals around hybrid cloud
environments and IoT program applications, by enabling them to build
their application infrastructure once and deploy it anywhere.
-- Equinix recently joined the OCP Telco Project along with several leading
network providers. Since it was founded five years ago, OCP has brought
new levels of openness to data center technology, and momentum is
continuing to build around open source contributions for networking,
servers, storage, and Open Rack.
-- The Open Compute Project has been proven to reduce costs and provide a
catalyst for innovation. In fact, Facebook has saved their company
billions since their work on OCP began.
Quotes
-- Ihab Tarazi, CTO, Equinix:"We are thrilled to be working in close
partnership with Facebook as we bring a new level of innovation and
collaboration to our growing customer base. By working together, we can
drive technology evolution for interconnection by defining the
next-generation architecture for the network and cloud edge, thus
ensuring our customers have the scale and performance they require for
newly evolving platforms and applications."
-- Jason Taylor, Chairman and President of the Open Compute Project
Foundation, and VP of Infrastructure, Facebook:"The OCP community works
best when there is strong collaboration between companies, and that's
why I think the work on this open architecture for software and hardware
is so important. I look forward to seeing how the use of OCP technology
like Wedge open network switches helps Equinix better meet the needs of
enterprises."
-- Tobi Knaup, CTO, Mesosphere:"The Open Compute Project has done an
amazing job bringing next-generation data center designs to enterprise
users, and Mesosphere is doing the same for webscale software with our
Datacenter Operating System. Through our partnership with Equinix and
Facebook, we will help our users run their data centers even more
efficiently, while also making it much simpler to build, deploy and
scale innovative enterprise applications."
-- Andy Lawrence, Research VP, Datacenter Technologies and Eco-efficient
IT, 451 Research:"As ever more people and devices come online around the
globe, sharing data-intensive content, it is vital that the
infrastructure and platforms are in place to support the demanding
performance needs of IoT. Equinix's involvement in OCP and its plans to
create an open source ecosystem inside its global platform of data
centers, is exactly the kind of initiative that is needed. It will place
the company in a position to better respond to the needs of enterprises
as they tackle the burgeoning possibilities of IoT."
Additional Resources
-- An Innovation Platform: Equinix Joins the Open Compute Project [blog
post]
-- Equinix Uses Facebook Technology to Build an Open Source-Based Ecosystem
[blog post]
About Equinix
Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX) connects the world's leading businesses to their customers, employees and partners inside the most interconnected data centers. In 40 markets worldwide, Equinix is where companies come together to realize new opportunities and accelerate their business, IT and cloud strategies. http://www.equinix.com/.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from expectations discussed in such forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such differences include, but are not limited to, the challenges of acquiring, operating and constructing IBX centers and developing, deploying and delivering Equinix services; unanticipated costs or difficulties relating to the integration of companies we have acquired or will acquire into Equinix; a failure to receive significant revenue from customers in recently built out or acquired data centers; failure to complete any financing arrangements contemplated from time to time; competition from existing and new competitors; the ability to generate sufficient cash flow or otherwise obtain funds to repay new or outstanding indebtedness; the loss or decline in business from our key customers; and other risks described from time to time in Equinix's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In particular, see Equinix's recent quarterly and annual reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, copies of which are available upon request from Equinix. Equinix does not assume any obligation to update the forward-looking information contained in this press release.
SOURCE Equinix, Inc.
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Photo:http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20140102/MM39832LOGO
http://photoarchive.ap.org/
Equinix, Inc.
CONTACT: Press Contacts: Equinix Media Contacts (Americas): Sally Comollo, +1 (781) 366-5580, scomollo@equinix.com; Mindshare PR for Equinix, Wilson Craig, +1 (408) 516-6182, wilson@mindsharepr.com; Equinix Media Contacts (EMEA): Antonella Crimi, +44 (0)20 7634 4022, Antonella.Crimi@eu.equinix.com; Equinix Media Contacts (APAC): Lorraine Little-Bigelow, + (852) 2970 7742, llittlebigelow@ap.equinix.com; Equinix Investor Relations Contacts: Katrina Rymill, +1 (650) 598-6583, krymill@equinix.com
Web Site: http://www.equinix.com