InterConnections &#8211; The Equinix Blog

A Global Platform for Innovation, 20 Years in the Making

In its first decade, Equinix's top priority was achieving scale. When I joined in 2008, originally as chief information officer (CIO), we had just reached Europe and were expanding rapidly to meet the growing demand for colocation spurred by internet growth and an increased need for network peering.

Brian LillieJuly 23, 2018August 10, 2018

Equinix Launches Support for Google Cloud’s Partner Interconnect Service Globally

Equinix not only provides a vast number of Google Cloud Interconnection options, but we also offer direct and on-demand access to Google Cloud services on a global scale. With dedicated interconnection services to GCP in 19 metros worldwide, we’re making it easier for customers to consume Google Cloud services from anywhere.

Brian LillieApril 30, 2018November 9, 2018

SmartKey Delivers Secure, Scalable Encryption Key Management

The hybrid multicloud is the architecture of the future because it fits where business is going, and so does Equinix SmartKey™, a new as-a-service security offering we’re launching today. SmartKey delivers multicloud-ready encryption key management, which we know is a critical part of doing business in an increasingly digital world.

Brian LillieMarch 13, 2018July 27, 2018

Scaling Digital Business: Making “Everywhere, Everyone and Everything” a Reality

While digital creates new possibilities across all industries, it also poses a big challenge to traditional IT models. The very nature of the distributed, dynamic and virtualized infrastructure required to conduct digital business flies in the face of the centralized, manual, physical IT architecture most enterprises have relied on for years.

Brian LillieDecember 4, 2017January 18, 2018

Media and Entertainment’s Next Big Thing

Many of the M&E companies we work with recognize that they need to transform their IT infrastructures and to make that happen, they need fast and secure access to the cloud. When they ask us how it can be done, we demonstrate how leveraging an Interconnection Oriented Architecture (IOA™) deployed on Platform Equinix™ can give them a safe, simple on-ramp to a wealth of cloud services and access to a rich ecosystem of M&E partners.

Brian LillieMay 6, 2016June 14, 2016

Why CIOs Should Share Data Breach Info to Help Keep Everyone Safe

Threats are growing in both scope and sophistication. In its 2015 Internet Security Threat Report, Symantec estimates advanced hackers targeted 5 out of 6 large companies, a 40% increase over the prior year.

Brian LillieApril 20, 2016May 9, 2016

Achieving IT Priorities with Interconnection

If growing revenue is the top priority, then so is freeing the enterprise from the constraints of a highly centralized IT model that’s headed toward obsolescence. But that can’t happen without interconnection.

Brian LillieDecember 3, 2015