Equinix, a digital infrastructure company, has announced the launch of Equinix Metal and Equinix Network Edge in Mumbai, India. Together with Equinix Fabric, the full Equinix portfolio of digital services will provide modern enterprises in India with an automated, ‘as-a-Service’ deployment method to build their foundational infrastructure and take advantage of the global reach, interconnected ecosystems and cloud adjacency available on Platform Equinix.
As per IDC Future of Digital Infrastructure 2022 Global Sentiment Survey (India, n=100), almost 40% of Indian enterprises consider availability of consumption-based models as the most crucial factor when determining where to deploy their workloads. With these new and enhanced capabilities, Equinix aims to empower digital leaders in India to consume interconnected infrastructure with the control of physical hardware, low overhead and enhanced developer experience of the cloud, helping them move faster in today’s competitive environment.
Manoj Paul, Managing Director, Equinix India, said: “In today’s digital landscape, business success is intricately tied to agility, efficiency and adaptability. The future of digital enterprises hinges on strategically placing the right infrastructure closer to customers, seamlessly interconnecting data and applications and easily obtaining services on a pay-per-use basis. Equinix Metal and Equinix Network Edge, along with the cloud ecosystem on Platform Equinix, will enable our customers needing a presence in Mumbai to turn up their IT infrastructure in minutes without owning or needing to deploy any physical infrastructure.
“Through this highly secured and 100% private bare metal servers adjacent to their cloud infrastructure, customers will enjoy the benefits of high performance and optimised network throughput. They can also leverage the power of DevOps integrations, Kubernetes support and a rich API to automate and orchestrate their infrastructure. Whether they need a single server, a full cluster or a hybrid cloud solution, Equinix Bare Metal can provide them with the flexibility, reliability and efficiency they need to power their enterprise applications.”
Digital leaders are increasingly drawn to Equinix Metal, a fully automated and interconnected Bare Metal-as-a-Service, to enhance their connectivity to essential hardware, software, clouds and networks.
Equinix Network Edge, an open source x86-based infrastructure platform, offers a virtual network function (VNF) services ecosystem that enables enterprises to deploy virtual network services at a predictable cost, build large-scale virtual infrastructure deployment and strategies and take advantage of the best cloud connectivity. Companies can also deploy network services faster, reach more markets and cover a wide geographic area, even in countries where it is difficult to deploy physical hardware.
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