To help companies benefit from interconnection, Equinix has unveiled a blueprint for becoming an interconnected enterprise.
The interconnection oriented architecture (IOA) was developed based on work with more than 100 Fortune 500 customers, and 400+ Equinix Performance Hub deployments.
Equinix said it has developed IOA as a “proven and repeatable engagement model that both enterprises and solution providers can leverage to directly and securely connect people, locations, clouds and data.”
Many enterprise customers have already turned to Equinix to implement an IOA strategy. In a recent panel at the Gartner Catalyst Conference in San Diego, Equinix led a group of customers including The Weather Company, General Dynamics and Microsoft, discussing “how and why interconnection oriented architecture supports enterprise growth."
Additionally, CDM Smith, a consulting engineering and operations company with 160 offices worldwide, engaged Equinix to deliver a robust, integrated end-to-end IOA solution to improve user experience globally, leverage a hybrid cloud model and introduce greater global consistency.
Analysts agree on the need for and benefits of IOA. A recent report from 451 Research, “Interconnection 101,” examined the critical importance for companies to connect with each other to exchange data traffic.
It also profiled the rise of interconnection itself as a viable business, with facilities such as Equinix’s, where the largest number of firms can meet and interconnect, as drivers of interconnection growth.