CloudSigma enhances Hybrid Cloud solutions

Equinix, Inc.says thatCloudSigma, a public cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) provider with advanced hybrid hosting solutions, is the latest cloud service provider to join the Equinix Cloud Exchange™. Enterprises now have access to CloudSigma services across the globe via the Equinix Cloud Exchange, an advanced interconnection solutiondesigned to accelerate cloud adoption and performance, enabling hybrid-cloud IT through secure, on-demand access to multiple clouds and networks across the globe.

Leveraging the Equinix Cloud Exchange enables CloudSigma to solve the business challenge of providing private cloud access to enterprise customers in an automated, high-performance and cost-effective manner.

With Cloud Exchange, CloudSigma is able to establish standardised business processes globally, lowering operational expenses, while also benefiting from automated ordering and provisioning, which reduces the time to onboard customer network connections.

CloudSigma will gain access to private networking services, and the ability to easily interconnect with service providers and enterprises stationed on the Cloud Exchange.

Equinix’s Silicon Valley SV5 data centre is the initial Cloud Exchange connection point for CloudSigma. As a customer of Equinix, CloudSigma has benefited from increased flexibility, scalability and reduced time to market – while enabling the company to win new business via Equinix’s vast business ecosystem.

Equinix is continuing to expand its marketplace with growing cloud service providers joining the Cloud Exchange to conduct business with enterprises and network service providers, including tw telecom, Level 3, Ciena and more.

The Equinix Cloud Exchange is currently available in 17 markets globally – Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo, Silicon Valley, Washington D.C., New York, Toronto, Seattle, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Dallas, Chicago, London, Paris, Amsterdam and Frankfurt – with plans to expand to 19 markets by the end of 2014.