Digital Infrastructure Roadmap to Unlock Growth – Part 1: Digital Core – Interconnections – The Equinix Blog
During our session at the Equinix Digital Leaders Summit, Luis shared how working with a partner like Equinix was essential to helping National Instruments meet its goals around cloud-adjacent infrastructure. ”Companies like Equinix are strategically placed very close to the cloud providers,” said Luis. “The reality is if you want the lowest latency and the best performance, you’re most likely not going to get that in a cost-efficient manner anywhere else.”
Dedicated cloud brings together on-demand compute with cloud services
For today’s enterprises, multicloud access is a given. However, digital leaders also recognize that they can get the best results by pairing cloud services from multiple providers with dedicated on-demand compute, analytics and specialized hardware, all provided in cloud-adjacent locations. At Equinix, we call this “dedicated cloud,” and we believe it represents the next evolution of private cloud.
Working with a digital infrastructure partner such as Equinix to deploy dedicated compute capabilities, on-demand and in proximity to the cloud services of their choice, can help enterprises accelerate the shift from CAPEX to OPEX and drive operational savings of 30–40%. In addition, collocating compute capabilities in the digital core instead of deploying hardware in traditional private data centers helps prevent technical debt, and thus helps enterprises future-proof their digital infrastructure.
The virtualized hardware solutions that enterprises deploy as part of their dedicated cloud environment can be purpose-built and workload-optimized for today’s advanced digital applications. This could drive performance benefits of up to 80%, when compared with generic virtual infrastructure.
Digital leaders are also using automation capabilities to deploy the dedicated digital infrastructure and cloud connectivity that their business requires. Equinix benchmarking found that this approach could reduce deployment time by as much as 5–10x.
Start interconnecting your digital core today
Forming an interconnected digital core requires a global footprint and access to the right partners in the right places. With our 240+ data centers spread across six continents, and connectivity to 3,000+ cloud and IT service providers and 2,000+ network providers, Equinix is the ideal partner to support this key step in your digital transformation journey.
To learn more about how today’s top enterprises are tackling the challenges and capitalizing on the opportunities of the digital age, read the Equinix Leaders’ Guide to Digital Infrastructure today.
Also, check out the Equinix Global Interconnection Index for a closer look at how the digital core is driving interconnection bandwidth growth across the globe.
Check back soon for the remainder of this three-part series:
- Part 2: Digital Ecosystems (coming October 28)
- Part 3: Digital Edge (coming November 17)
