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Equinix Inc. is partnering with other players, such as The Linux Foundation, to offer open-source developers relevant infrastructure, such as bare metal, for unparalleled performance, scalability and manageability over their environments, according to Josh Atwell (pictured, left), senior director of developer relations at Equinix.“Software is really boring if it doesn’t have something to run on,” Atwell said. “Being at Equinix has been pretty fantastic, because it’s our core — what we do is infrastructure. We’ve had a few partners that just come by to talk to our joint customers about how they’ve been using our platform, using our network, our bare metal servers to be able to solve problems, and it’s just nice remembering that the infrastructure’s still there and it’s important.” Atwell and Robert Reeves (right), vice president of strategic partnerships at The Linux Foundation, spoke with theCUBE industry analysts Savannah Peterson and Dustin Kirkland at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA, du

IDC MarketScape has recognized Equinix as a leader in the Worldwide Datacenter Services 2023 Vendor Assessment. Read the press release here. The report recognized Equinix's strengths in the following areas: Global expansion and ecosystem growth: The company has a strong global footprint and recently expanded into emerging markets in the Asia-Pacific, Latin America and Africa. Equinix spans six continents with data center facilities in 70 metros across 32 countries, and access to a dense ecosystem that includes more than 2,000 networks and over 3,000 cloud and IT companies. Innovative platform capabilities: According to the report, "[Equinix] has one of the most diverse portfolios of any data center company, which meets the demands of enterprises, hyperscalers and networking providers." Equinix continues to evolve its platform for increased automation and on-demand capabilities with its digital service offerings, including software-defined interconnection

Did you know you can move hardware reservations between projects using the Equinix Ansible collection? Enjoy the benefits of both flexible resource management and dedicated hardware!   Users can also search and access interconnection resources which will pave the way for future management of Virtual Circuits. If you're eager to see these changes come sooner, or if you need Ansible interfaces for other Equinix services, please let us know in the comments.

The Equinix Pulumi and Crossplane providers have been updated to take advantage of the latest Fabric Cloud Router features from the Terraform provider.   This includes recent updates that allow any Fabric resources to instantly approve AWS connections when given AWS credentials.   Secondly a new connection type, FCR to IPWAN, is now available!   Any Fabric Cloud Routers connected to an IPWAN will automatically peer with other remote FCRs connected to the same IPWAN. Also, Fabric automatically provisions redundant network connectivity to the IPWAN service, meaning customers only provision a single connection but receive additional protection. This drastically reduces customer configuration requirements, allowing users to rapidly produce a regional or global network.   The routes automatically learnt from remote FCRs in the IPWAN network are displayed in each of their active routing tables so users

Customers participating in the beta for Metal Load Balancing as a Service can now experiment with this upcoming service through Cloud Provider Equinix Metal (CPEM), a Kubernetes Cloud Controller Manager. Anyone in the beta can set up L3 load balancing for the Kubernetes Control Plane IP and for Services running in Kubernetes. If you’ll be at Kubecon next week, come see this and other integrations in action at our booth!  This latest version of the official kubernetes-sigs project, CPEM continues to include MetalLB and KubeVIP configurations options as in-cluster self-managed alternatives.  

A few years ago, the folks behind Flatcar Container Linux made it their business to change that, to give the world a version of Linux that would behave and be managed like a cloud native developer would expect. Today, engineers can configure and deploy Flatcar instances using the same declarative approach they use to create a Kubernetes cluster: by listing their desired configuration details in a YAML doc and then having the OS image automatically installed and configured on as many servers as they would like. Here’s how the Flatcar team does this, with a little bit of help from its friends at Equinix! Read more on Deploy.Equinix.com 

Connect with peers and partners across the world using the Equinix Community. You’ll have access to Equinix product experts, be the first to know what’s coming up, and help shape Equinix with your knowledge and insights. Login, join in discussions and share your ideas at http://community.equinix.com   

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the completion date for the DC11 Building Management System (BMS) upgrade is now expected to be on or before: 29 December 2023

Customers can enjoy the lightning-fast deployment of Equinix Internet Access (EIA) within mere minutes by leveraging an Equinix Fabric Port.Previously, customers had the opportunity to explore EIA with Fabric during our limited private preview launch, accessible through the portal and public APIs. The free trial phase has concluded, and customers can now experience the full range of capabilities offered by EIA with Fabric.EIA with Fabric introduces a streamlined and cost-effective approach to activating internet access, allowing customers to initiate and enact their services within a matter of minutes. The EIA service is provisioned and fulfilled immediately upon order submission, and customers can monitor their connection in the Fabric Connections Inventory and the Internet Access Inventory dashboards.It's worth highlighting that customers not only gain access to EIA with Fabric, but also gain the ability to utilize the same Fabric port for connecting to various cloud services and oth

Are you using the Fabric V3 API? Make sure you have a plan to migrate away if you haven't already.

In this short Tech Talk, we'll review how to design network access to AWS for high availability and resiliency to ensure your connectivity is available when you need it most. Our experts Dhanil Parwani, Senior Partner Solutions Architect at AWS and Gene McColm, Principal Solutions Architect at Equinix will explain how to:Achieve resiliency with your network deployment of AWS Direct Connect Solve challenges and risks of having a single connection to AWS Discover the benefits of designing for high availability vs resiliency Gain maximum resiliency for critical workloads Manage between cloud regions for data residency and compliance Become geo-resilient across multiple global metros  

Equinix, Inc.  the world's digital infrastructure company®, today announced an expanded relationship with Southern Cross Cables Limited (Southern Cross) to provide a key U.S.-based interconnectivity access point for the Southern Cross NEXT (SX NEXT) submarine cable system. SX NEXT will leverage Equinix's next-generation cable landing station (CLS) architecture, enabling rapid provisioning and cost savings for the cable network provider.  Check out the full press release here

Do you have ConnectDirect (Coax) connections? Make sure you have a plan to migrate away if you haven't already.

Equinix Terraform Provider v1.16.0 not only has the ability to create Fabric Cloud Router resources directly, but also layer 2 connections to AWS, GCP, and specific fabric ports in Equinix. Connections to Azure and Oracle via Terraform are coming soon! FCR is a great option for those who want to quickly route between clouds using BGP or static networks without worrying about specific OS, vendor requirements, or advanced configuration.   For those who use Network Edge, this Terraform release allows you to disable the default internet connectivity before provisioning specific firewalls (Palo Alto Networks NGFW, Cisco FTDv, and Aviatrix FireNet) just like you can in the console. 

As of version 3.6.2, Cloud Provider Equinix Metal is officially part of the Kubernetes Cloud Provider Special Interest Group! We are happy to offer up the work we continue to do on CPEM to a larger community and allow broader engagement. You can find (and contribute to) the repo under kubernetes-sigs/cloud-provider-equinix-metal or find Equinix listed in the SIG Cloud Provider community readme. Recent updates include fixed elastic IP annotations for those still using facilities (which are being deprecated) as well as a fix to CPEM's use of MetalLB v0.12.1. 

Equinix is thrilled to launch VetConnect, a powerful initiative dedicated to fostering a sense of belonging and growth for veterans, their families, and allies within our community. VetConnect is more than a program – it's a commitment to creating an environment where the contributions of our military community are recognized and celebrated. Through mentorship, skill-building, and collaboration, we're dedicated to empowering veterans as they continue their journey of success beyond their service.

In this video, well Service Profile association for Equinix Fabric has been moved to the project level. In this video we'll show you how to add User permissions for different Fabric Service Profiles and you'll see how easy it is to shift between Projects while in the Fabric Portal.To get started, head to "My Company," and then, "Service Profiles" after logging into the Fabric portal: https://fabric.equinix.com/  

Over 115 million customers use the IHG One Rewards mobile app to book hotels and enhance guest experiences worldwide. Through their software-defined network, IHG empowers their DevOps teams to swiftly onboard new partners, SaaS vendors, and cloud services, fostering continuous innovation without compromising network stability.The Equinix network solution also allows data and applications to easily move between regions into their enterprise data warehouse for analytics, keeping the business and their customers running at top performance.  

Today we announced our intention to build a fourth data center in India. The addition of MB4 will expand Equinix's digital infrastructure capacity in India to address the rising demand for data center and interconnection services among businesses.Check out the full press release here  

Interested in a free trial of Equinix Internet Access? Here's a step-by-step guide on how to order with a Fabric port.  You can find additional resources on Product Documentation and Product Readiness.Product Documentation – https://docs.equinix.comProduct Readiness – https://readiness.equinix.com

Did you miss the exiting announcement from our identity team? Identity and Access Management (IAM) has been implemented for Fabric, Network Edge, and Equinix Precision Time (EPT) users in your account. Read the full announcement below:

A number of features and improvements have landed in metal-go since the v0.9.0 release last month. As of the latest release, v0.15.0, metal-go has gained support for: tags on projects, SSH keys, and virtual networks specifying storage configuration when creating a new device logging Sunset & Deprecation headers for backwards compatibility with packngo (especially important in light of the upcoming deprecation of facilities) filtering projects by name when loading all projects for a user or organization using the name query parameter searching devices by hostname, description, short_id, reservation short_id, tags, plan name, plan slug, facility code, facility name, operating system name, operating system slug, or IP addresses using the search query parameter For a full list of the changes that have landed in metal-go since v0.9.0, check out the the metal-go releases page on GitHub.

See how Air Canada has architected critical IT systems infrastructure that keeps their passengers and airline partners connected for the best end user experience possible. Developing a digital backbone on Platform Equinix has allowed them to take advantage of AI, machine learning, augmented reality and other solutions with ease. Further, they benefit from the sustainability efforts of Equinix and the many partners that are in our ecosystem. Learn more about Platform Equinix at https://www.equinix.com/insights/platform-equinix

The demo provides an overview of the technologies used, an explanation of the proof of concept, and a demonstration of live feed market data flow.This webinar demonstrates our integrated solution detailing how: AWS Outpost servers simplify your datacenter or co-location infrastructure by bringing AWS Cloud technology to supported locations globally.Equinix provides you with state-of-the-art datacenter interconnect and precision time protocol support capabilities, connecting you to the most important trading venues of the world. Exegy addresses your needs for fast access to real-time direct market data.   

With a new partnership with Arista Networks, Network Edge has added Arista’s CloudEOS Router to provide multi/hybrid-cloud routing capabilities. CloudEOS provides a consistent, secure and universal approach to hybrid cloud networking. Any virtualized cloud deployment can take advantage through advanced network telemetry and secure IPSec VPN connectivity in a software-only package. Use cases for CloudEOS include secure multi-cloud connectivity, interconnecting VPCs/VNets in the public cloud, multi-site VPN aggregation and the time/cost savings of network function virtualization.