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Quickly spin up a Fabric Cloud Router instance for routing between GCP and AWS with available Pulumi templates (programs) and these step by step workshops: Equinix FCR to Google Cloud Platform with Pulumi (Workshop) Equinix FCR Multi-cloud with Pulumi (Workshop) By the end, you'll have seamless routing between GCP Partner Interconnect and GCP Cloud Router as well as AWS Direct Connect.You can also find this information on the deploy site here.

Equinix, Inc., the world's digital infrastructure company, announced the availability of Dell PowerStore on Equinix Metal, a new, enterprise-grade Storage as a Service (STaaS) solution. Dell PowerStore on Equinix Metal with flexible configurations can help enterprises manage a wide range of high-performance multicloud workloads through low-latency connectivity with proximity to major public clouds. Read the press release

Check out the latest May 2024 Equinix API Update. For details on new or updated APIs, we recommend looking at the Release Notes, organized by product in the Developer Portal API Documentation.

In this video, we'll show you how to connect a Fabric Cloud Router to the Google Cloud Platform. We begin with creating a connection from a Fabric Cloud Router to Google Cloud Platform using our Quick Connect feature. After the connection is submitted, we'll configure BGP in Google Cloud. We'll add the Peer ASNs for both connections and take the IP addresses provided by Google. Then we return to the Equinix portal to configure BGP on the Fabric Cloud Router. We use the Peer IP addresses obtained from GCP and apply these changes to the primary and secondary connections. Then we'll confirm that the routes are active. We'll head to the Cloud Router Inventory and view the Active Routes. Finally, we view the Route Tables on both the AWS and Azure sides of this connection to confirm that we have interconnectivity between three cloud environments using Fabric Cloud Router. 

In this video, Steve Martinelli interviews Martin Hickey, a software developer at IBM, about his experience working with open-source projects. Martin explains how he got started in open source and the benefits of collaboration within the community. He also discusses his current work in the field of AI and the potential applications of the technology. Martin shares his experiences speaking at conferences and emphasizes the importance of human interaction in technology. He concludes by highlighting the need to approach AI with caution but also recognizes its potential for positive impact.  

Ed Vielmetti from Equinix and Hannah Aubry from Fastly discuss the similarities between their work and how they address challenges in the open source community. They emphasize the importance of supporting open source projects and communities, as well as the value of collaboration and contribution. They also discuss the concept of financial sustainability for open source projects and the need for organizations to support and give back to these communities. They highlight the importance of communication and asking for help when needed. Overall, they express their passion for open source and the positive impact it has on innovation and collaboration.  

We are proud to release our 2023 Integrated Sustainability Report reflecting progress towards our environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals. Equinix's approach to sustainability is rooted in ambitious targets, transparency in reporting progress, upholding ethical principles and integrity, and actively collaborating with stakeholders to foster transformative change. Read the Press Release 

Quside, a quantum technology company, is working closely with Equinix, the world’s digital infrastructure company®, to enable easy access to the latest quantum random number generation technologies to help customers build the strongest cryptographic foundation to defend against increasingly sophisticated attacks. Read the press release

I'm attempting to change the bandwidth using python requests based on this https://developer.equinix.com/catalog/fabricv4#operation/updateConnectionByUuidauthorization is solid, used same headers for many other without issue. url = f"https://api.equinix.com/fabric/v4/connections/{cid}" headers["content-type"] = 'application/json-patch+json' response = requests.patch( url, headers=headers, timeout=5, data=[ { "op": "replace", "path": "/bandwidth", "value": bw } ]   if run as above I get this error Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Users/gregcox/Projects/app/main.py", line 238, in <module> pp(update_bandwidth(vcs[0], 200)) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/Users/gregcox/Projects/app/main.py", line 208, in update_bandwidth response = requests.patch( ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/requests/api.py", line 145, in patch return request("patch", url, data=data, **kwargs) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I am also looking for TV exchange centers in Europe and the World. I know that a lot of such company in Amsterdam Frankfurt and London but also need specific locations.

We cant able to apply the router filter policies(RFP) when the Peerings are down on FCR. By the time we apply the Filter policies, all routes learnt from peers are advertised to the other peers resulting in downtime due to loop(unwanted routing). Even if we are quick enough to apply the policies, Fabric backend can only able to process one Filter policy at a time. If you try to apply/save the other policies it gives you an error as FCR is in Transient state. As a best practice we need to have Filter policies enabled first and then turn on the BGP peering to avoid loops/sub optimal routing.

Equinix Internet Access (EIA) enhancement to support Network EdgeDesigned to fulfill a range of Internet use cases, Equinix Internet Access can now connect to Network Edge Virtual devices. This gives Network Edge customers the ability to connect to the internet within minutes. Equinix can provide IP addresses, or customers can bring their own.  For more information, please visit https://docs.equinix.com/en-us/Content/Interconnection/EIA/EIA-internet-ne.htm. 

Equinix, Inc., the world's digital infrastructure company®, and PGIM Real Estate, the real estate investment and financing arm of PGIM, Prudential Financial's global asset management business, today announced the entry into a $600 million joint venture to develop and operate the first xScale data center in the U.S., located in the Silicon Valley region of CALIFORNIA. The two-story facility, known as SV12x, will be built in two phases and is expected to provide more than 28 megawatts (MW) of power capacity at full build out. SV12x is located at Equinix's Great Oaks data center campus in San Jose, California alongside four existing Equinix International Business ExchangeTM (IBX®) data centers. The facility's first phase is scheduled to be completed in Q2 2024. Read the press release announcement.    

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How do you find your Account Manager on the Portal?Whats the procedure for moving a cross connect from one of our racks to the other?I know how I would do it. I don't want to set a date for it as thats what the portal wants me to do and I am not ready for that yet. Answers on a post card please or a phone call if possible.

Hi team,  Could someone explain the new BlueCat offering on Equinix Network Edge?

Equinix providers for Terraform and Pulumi benefit from several updates to infrastructure products Network Edge and Fabric.  Specify NE project ID via IAC Providers  While using said IaC providers to create Network Edge resources (Device, DLG, ACL, SSH Public key), the optional field "project ID" can be specified to prevent use of the default project and ensure correct billing. Add a Single, Diverse NE Device via IAC Providers   Previously, it was difficult to simply add a diverse device in a high availability architecture unless users destroyed the current device and chose a dual deployment option. The optional field fixes this by automatically selecting the redundant control plane option for rack and network diversity when adding a single device.  Upgrade Number of Device Cores via IAC Providers  A "core" field has been added to the Update Virtual Device API which

Check out the latest March 2024 Equinix API Update. For details on new or updated APIs, we recommend looking at the Release Notes, organized by product in the Developer Portal API Documentation.

I'd like to connect my own fiber network to and Equinix IBX, can I pull my own fiber into the IBX?

Is it possible to connect Network Edge devices to Fabric Cloud Router?

Can I use an Equinix Fabric port to connect to the internet?

Hi allI am testing how to create inbound and outbound orders via the API.I am using the equinix sandbox and following https://developer.equinix.com/dev-docs/ecp/getting-started/schedule-shipments#step-4-schedule-inbound-shipmentI am able to get a token, list users, list sites, etc.When I try to create an inbound shipment, I have the following$ curl -X POST "https://sandboxapi.equinix.com/colocations/v2/orders/shipments" -H "content-type: application/json" -H "authorization: Bearer TOKEN" -d @equinix-inbound.json -v < HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error < Content-Length: 187 < Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8 < ETag: W/"bb-fFnLakTrYhk69LoXetj3crBTst4" < x-powered-by: Express < x-apigee-message-id: 79ff47bf-5867-4677-bf9c-02c3631e25ac < x-request-id: 79ff47bf-5867-4677-bf9c-02c3631e25ac < x-apigee-dp-color: 174 < x-apigee-region: us-west1 < x-apigee-organization: eqx-apg-prod < x-apigee-environment: extsbx < x-apigee-proxy: /organizat

How to create route policies to filter routes between 2 CSP. I could see all the routes learned from vWAN are advertised to AWS using BGP peerings on Fabric Cloud Router. I dont see any documenation in Equinix portal about Fabric filter policies.I see the below error when trying to creating a policy at the first step too." Route Filter Policy Name"Error: Invalid input.

Recently I have been having issues with the Shipments v1 endpoint for pending storage (https://api.equinix.com/v1/orders/shipment/pendingStorage), receiving 503 service unavailable.Searching the catalog, there is no 503 defined so not entirely sure what this error is stating.Looking to see if this is a bug or if the endpoint was deprecated without notice.Thank you

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