REDWOOD CITY, Calif. and LONDON, Jan. 11, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the global interconnection and data center company, today announced global financial cloud infrastructure provider, Beeks Financial Cloud, has deployed on Equinix's Cloud Exchange as it continues to expand its business globally.

Beeks Financial Cloud leverages Cloud Exchange and Platform Equinix(TM) to connect its customers to global cloud services and networks via a secure, private and low-latency interconnection model. By joining the Equinix Cloud Exchange, Beeks Financial Cloud gains access to instantly connect to multiple cloud service providers (CSPs) in 21 markets, build a more secure application environment and reduce the total cost of private network connectivity to CSPs for its customers.

Highlights / Key Facts


    --  Today, banks, brokers, forex companies and professional traders are
        increasingly relying on high-speed, secure and low-latency connections
        for more efficient business transactions, as demand for data centers and
        colocation services in the cloud, enterprise and financial services
        sector continues to grow. According to a July 2016 report by Gartner -
        Colocation-Based Interconnection Will Serve as the 'Glue' for Advanced
        Digital Business Applications - digital business is "enabled and
        enhanced through high-speed, secure, low-latency communication among
        enterprise assets, cloud resources, and an ecosystem of service
        providers and peers. Architects and IT leaders must consider
        carrier-neutral data center interconnection as a digital business
        enabler."
    --  Beeks Financial Cloud, a UK-based company, first deployed in an Equinix
        London data center four years ago on one server rack, now has
        approximately 80 interconnections within Equinix across eight data
        centers situated in financial business hubs around the world. These
        direct connections provide increased performance and security between
        Beeks and its customers and partners across its digital supply chain.
        Beeks was the first provider in the world to use cross connects to
        ensure a retail trader customer had a direct connection to their broker.
    --  Beeks' new deployment in Equinix's Cloud Exchange provides the necessary
        digital infrastructure and access to a mature financial services
        business ecosystem to connect with major financial services providers in
        key markets around the globe via the cloud. Equinix's global data
        centers are home to 1,000+ financial services companies and the world's
        largest multi-asset class electronic trading ecosystem-- interconnected
        execution venues and trading platforms, market data vendors, service
        providers, and buy-side and sell-side firms.
    --  Equinix's Cloud Exchange offers software-defined direct connections to
        multiple CSPs including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud
        Platform, Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute and Office 365, IBM Softlayer,
        Oracle Cloud and others. This has allowed Beeks to scale up rapidly
        while securely connecting to multiple cloud providers.
    --  Beeks Financial Cloud has continued to expand its business on Equinix's
        global interconnection platform of 146 International Business
        Exchanges(TM) (IBX®) in 40 markets across the globe. Beeks is currently
        deployed in Equinix's International Business Exchanges(TM) (IBX®) in
        London, New York, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Chicago, and most recently, Hong
        Kong.
    --  The move to Equinix's Cloud Exchange is expected to help save
        approximately £1M over the next 3 years, while enabling Beeks Financial
        Cloud to meet the needs of its global customer base who thrive and grow
        through forex trading.
    --  London is a key player in the global digital economy, with the fifth
        largest GDP by metropolitan area in the world. Equinix's flagship London
        data center based in Slough (LD6) is one of the fastest-growing in the
        UK and has been established as a hub for businesses to interconnect in a
        secure colocation environment.

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    --  Gordon McArthur, CEO, Beeks Financial Cloud:"Beeks Financial Cloud has
        continued to grow rapidly on Equinix's interconnection platform, with
        Hong Kong being our eighth addition. Data centers underpin our business
        and we are confident that Equinix's Cloud Exchange will enable the
        speed, resilience and reduced latency our customers have come to expect
        from our company. Equinix's global footprint of interconnected data
        centers has allowed our business to really thrive."

    --  James Eibisch, research director, EMEA Telecoms and Networking, IDC:"We
        see the global demand for data center colocation being largely driven by
        cloud adoption. That coupled with the expanded reach of Equinix's global
        interconnection platform is a compelling offering for businesses such as
        Beeks that require connectivity and access to new markets to meet
        business demand."

    --  Russell Poole, managing director UK, Equinix:"We're seeing an increasing
        number of customers leverage our interconnection platform to expand
        their businesses globally. The rapid growth of the cloud industry is
        driving activity in all business sectors including financial services -
        we are seeing more businesses partner with us to host their critical
        financial infrastructures off-premise in our data centers in order to
        get the best out of the cloud. On Equinix Cloud Exchange, we are
        confident Beeks Financial Cloud will continue to accelerate its growth
        and move quickly into new markets."

Additional Resources


    --  How Interconnected Clouds Can Boost Your Performance for Less Cost
        [blog]
    --  Equinix Invests $42M in London Data Center Expansion [press release]
    --  Cloud Exchange for Enterprise [video]

About Equinix
 Equinix, Inc. (NASDAQ: EQIX) connects the world's leading businesses to their customers, employees and partners inside the most interconnected data centres. In 40 markets across five continents, Equinix is where companies come together to realize new opportunities and accelerate their business, IT and cloud strategies. 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 centres 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 centres; 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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