Customers at the Edge benefit from a secure, agile, software-only connectivity solution, dynamically extending their network anywhere, on-demand, to support multi-cloud, IoT, SaaS and Extranet requirements
Herndon, VA – October 30, 2018 – EdgeConneX®, specializing in global data center solutions at the edge of the network, today announces that NetFoundry, the leader in Application Specific Networking, which enables businesses to instantly connect distributed applications in any cloud, on any device, anywhere with unprecedented simplicity, will deploy its leading SDN-based (Software Defined Network) elastic interconnection services in Edge Data Centers® across its global footprint. With NetFoundry, EdgeConneX continues to extend its Edge ecosystem of key cloud and IoT enablement platforms providing enterprise customers with scalable, private and direct connections to the world’s most popular cloud and IoT service providers, including Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and more.
Cloud adoption by enterprises and SMBs continues at an ever-increasing pace. According to Rightscale’s 2018 State of the Cloud Report, over 95 percent of enterprises use cloud and over 80 percent have a multi-cloud strategy. However, security to the cloud continues to be a challenge for over 75 percent of enterprises, along with cloud related spend. Meanwhile, Cisco’s latest Global Cloud Index predicts that by 2021 more than 95 percent of data center traffic will be to and from the cloud. Addressing all these challenges means a new networking solution is required to better enable secure, cost effective, high performing access to multiple cloud providers globally.
By collaborating with next-generation application-specific connectivity enablers like NetFoundry, EdgeConneX helps enterprises maximize the benefits, while at the same time minimize the impediments and concerns of using the cloud. With private, dedicated access to leading cloud providers from EdgeConneX data centers via the NetFoundry platform, customers have the peace of mind of an economical, flexible and high-performance networking solution.
“By deploying NetFoundry’s platform throughout EdgeConneX’s global Edge Data Centers, we are helping bring a better cloud locally to enterprises,” explains Phillip Marangella, Chief Marketing Officer, EdgeConneX. “Whether it’s cloud, IoT, or SaaS applications, proximity increasingly matters for both service providers and end users, so having NetFoundry’s solution available at the Edge will benefit both.”
“It’s important for enterprises to have readily available access to cloud service providers,” adds Galeal Zino, CEO of NetFoundry. “NetFoundry’s collaboration with EdgeConneX is a major milestone toward enhanced connectivity at the Edge of the network, bringing direct cloud access where it’s needed most. Our software-only, global platform drives cloud adoption throughout the enterprise community with unmatched agility and simplicity. We look forward to providing EdgeConneX customers the necessary means to achieve instant, fast, and reliable connectivity to mission-critical cloud services.”
The first market that NetFoundry service will be available is in Portland. Further expansion across the EdgeConneX data center network of Edge Data Centers™ is planned for later in the year and in 2019.
For more information about EdgeConneX and its leading Edge of network infrastructure solutions for expanding and improving access to wireless and data communications, visit edgeconnex.com or email info@edgeconnex.com. To learn more about how NetFoundry is changing the way the world connects to applications, visit netfoundry.io or email info@netfoundry.io.
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About NetFoundry
NetFoundry is the leader in Application Specific Networking, enabling businesses to instantly connect distributed applications in any cloud, on any device, anywhere with unprecedented simplicity. The NetFoundry platform enables businesses to securely and reliably connect applications without the constraints of VPNs, custom hardware or private circuits. NetFoundry is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, with offices in San Francisco, New York, London, Bangalore and Singapore.
About EdgeConneX®
EdgeConneX® is the only global Edge Data Center® provider. Creating purpose-built, edge-of-network infrastructure solutions that extend the internet’s reach, EdgeConneX enables the fastest and most secure delivery of content, cloud services and applications. Edge Data Centers host bandwidth intensive and latency sensitive data closer to end-users, establishing a more secure, reliable and cost effective distribution model for the internet. For more information, please visit the EdgeConneX Internet of Everywhere® at edgeconnex.com.
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