The GXI tracks, measures and forecasts growth in Interconnection Bandwidth, which is the total capacity provisioned to privately and directly exchange traffic with a diverse set of participants at distributed IT exchange points. As the fuel for all these business-critical interactions, Interconnection Bandwidth is a powerful barometer for how companies are leveraging Interconnection to grow, scale and ultimately succeed as digital businesses.

The enterprise faces evolving challenges as the Internet of Things (IoT), big data and tightening regulatory compliance continuously alter the digital landscape. Equinix and Microsoft have identified Azure hybrid and public cloud use cases that address these challenges. Join us at Ignite (Booth #1705) where we will be presenting these solutions in our in-booth theatre and talk with one of our on-site experts.

In digital business, leveling up means successfully traveling a continuum full of increasingly rich rewards of innovation, growth and leadership. And like in video games, unlocking each new level of value in this world means mastering a whole new set of challenges and complexities.

Twelve years after our founding, on my very first day at Equinix in April 2010, we had just closed a major acquisition, giving us a footprint about three times the size of our largest U.S. competitor. At that time, this positioned the company for an unprecedented phase of growth and transformation.

As we move forward, I want to further extend the Magic of Equinix to our customers, helping them solve their evolving challenges in an ever-changing world.  By keeping customers at the center of everything we do, we can leverage our global reach, scaled ecosystems, leading interconnection portfolio and track record of operational excellence to enable our customers to reach everywhere, interconnect everyone and integrate everything needed to succeed in this digital era.

With more and more organizations using the cloud to host their applications, the scope of e-commerce and the volume of non-cash payments will continue to increase. The greatest growth will be found in developing countries where wireless communications and mobile devices are reaching even the remotest corners.

We surveyed more than 100 financial services experts to learn how they’re handling key competitive issues and opportunities while preparing for the future. In a new report, published by Finextra and sponsored by Equinix , find out how the right interconnection strategy can help you embrace retail banking’s new digital frontier: Interconnection and Data at the Edge: A New Frontier of Competitive Advantage in Financial Services. 

Cisco estimates that by 2021, traffic within hyperscale data centers will quadruple, and hyperscale data centers will account for 55% of all data center traffic by 2021.

Robotics is not only a research field within AI and machine learning (ML), but it is a field of application, one where all areas of artificial intelligence can be tested and integrated to reach a final result. AI brings intelligent behavior to robots so they can provide services to humans in unpredictable and changing environments, which could mean in your home, a hospital, your work place or anywhere around you.

Digital technologies increase business efficiency in infinite ways in all industries, all around the world. For example, just think of the time-consuming and costly processes that have been eliminated by businesses deploying cloud, collaboration, robotics and data analytics platforms. CAPEX is reduced, while scale is increased. Supply chains bring solutions to market more effectively and faster. Repetitive tasks are expedited, making room for new value creation. And greater insights can be revealed in real-time, making a real difference in customer satisfaction.