REDWOOD CITY, Calif.,
April 14, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --
Equinix, Inc., a global interconnection and data center company,
today announced that it has joined the Cloud Security Alliance
(CSA), a not-for-profit organization with a mission to promote the
use of best practices for providing security assurance within cloud
computing, and to provide education on the uses of cloud computing
to help secure all other forms of computing.
While many enterprise CIOs understand the importance of moving
to the cloud for business agility and performance gain, many still
cite security as a significant barrier to cloud adoption. In
fact, in a recent study, "The Enterprise of the Future," security
topped the list of enterprise IT concerns, with 64 percent of
survey respondents reporting that security worries could drive them
to consider re-architecting their IT infrastructure over the next
12 months. By providing secure and direct connections to multiple
cloud providers via its Equinix Cloud Exchange™ solution, Equinix
enables the interconnected enterprise to bypass the public internet
and therefore realize the benefits of the cloud in a more secure
manner. Equinix Cloud Exchange is an advanced interconnection
solution that enables seamless, on-demand and secure direct-access
to multiple clouds from multiple networks in Equinix International
Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data centers around the world.
Quotes
- Brian Lillie, CIO,
Equinix:
"Equinix Cloud Exchange
provides direct, secure interconnection to multiple cloud service
providers and applications with very high throughput and
consistency. Businesses of all sizes are leveraging it to
securely access thousands of cloud services, including Amazon Web
Services, Microsoft Azure and Office 365, Google Cloud Platform and
Oracle Cloud. By joining the Cloud Security Alliance, we are
helping to continue to solve the cloud security concerns for our
growing enterprise customer base."
- Jim Reavis, CEO, Cloud
Security Alliance
"Equinix's Cloud Exchange
brings a remarkable capability to the cloud computing industry:
direct cloud computing interconnections that bypass the public
Internet, which has interesting and positive implications for cloud
security. We're excited to have Equinix join the CSA fold alongside
other influential cloud computing market leaders."
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/.
About the Cloud Security Alliance
The Cloud Security Alliance is a not-for-profit organization
with a mission to promote the use of best practices for providing
security assurance within Cloud Computing, and to provide education
on the uses of Cloud Computing to help secure all other forms of
computing. The Cloud Security Alliance is led by a broad coalition
of industry practitioners, corporations, associations and other key
stakeholders. For further information, visit us at
www.cloudsecurityalliance.org, and follow us on Twitter
@cloudsa.
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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