Hybrid & Multicloud Infrastructure

Today, I want to dive into the exciting world of Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and explore why it's gaining popularity among businesses of all sizes. Additionally, I'm curious to know if any of our esteemed community members have hands-on experience or have deployed a VDI solution using Equinix products and services. Let's collaborate and share our insights! 🖥️ What is VDI and why is it trending? 🚀 Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) is a technology that enables businesses to host and manage virtual desktops on a centralized server or cloud infrastructure, delivering them to end-users over the network. This approach offers numerous benefits, including: 1️⃣ Enhanced Security: With VDI, sensitive data is stored in a centralized and secure location, reducing the risk of data breaches and unauthorized access. 2️⃣ Scalability and Flexibility: VDI allows for easy scalability, empowering businesses to add or remove virtual desktops based on their evolving needs. It also facilitates

Equinix is being featured in a short film highlighting our goals and perspective on sustainability. The documentary also looks at our alignment with United Nations’ (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and our vision for sustainability and its drivers in the data center industry.  The documentary is part of the Vision 2045 campaign, which is an effort to highlight what multinational companies are doing to help save our planet.   Produced by TBD Media Group and sponsored by The Economist. Check it out!    

In this short Tech Talk, we review how to manage hybrid workloads in a multicloud environment using Azure Arc and Platform Equinix®. Our experts explain how to enable your business to use the power of the cloud regardless of workload location.Led by Jaime Schmidtke, Microsoft Unified Edge Specialist, Global Black Belt and Brian Petit, Equinix Global Solutions Architect, Microsoft AllianceHighlightsLearn how to leverage Azure Arc to enable the central operation and governance of diverse environments. Discover how to simplify the complexity you face when building applications and services in hybrid cloud. Understand how to maintain a secure and robust dedicated connection between on-premise and public cloud. Experience seamless, on-demand, direct access to cloud services such as Microsoft Azure. 

We recently published a blog (here) called "How Did My Cloud Bill Get So High?" which focused on choosing the best workload placement based on business value, cost and risks. How have your cloud migrations gone historically? Did you migrate from colocation or something else? What were the best (or worst) parts of your migration? Let us know your stories in the comments! 

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Hey Community, I thought it might interesting to see what certifications everyone has or is interested in getting. Also, what is your favorite resource to use for study? There are a bunch out there from the various vendors so I'm curious to see everyone's thoughts. Hopefully those getting started can use the information in this thread as a head start.

There are over 300 service providers available for direct connection via Equinix Fabric including all the major IaaS providers (AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle, etc.) many network service providers, and other collaboration, SaaS, and security services. What other types of services or service providers would you like to have available on Equinix Fabric?

Hear how HPE and Equinix help organizations successfully migrate complex workloads using the most appropriate network and infrastructure architecture designs. Featuring Malcolm Ferguson, HPE Distinguished Technologist and Jason Lee, Equinix Principal Solutions Architect.  

What are you doing to make your network more digital? Check out the Virtual Networking Trends from a study conducted with 100 executives. Virtual network trends | Equinix infographic

At Equinix, we’ve made investments to our platform with the capacity to support the demand of global chip shortage that’s been a consequence of the pandemic. Our Senior Vice President, EMEA Sales, Johan Arts, discusses how chip shortage is impacting businesses and how virtual digital infrastructure can be a solution to this global issue.