Equinix
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Equinix, Inc. is an American
public corporation that provides carrier-neutral data center
s and internet exchanges
. Equinix provides network-neutral data centers (IBX or "Internet Business Exchange") and interconnection services. The company offers colocation
, traffic exchange
and outsourced IT infrastructure solutions to enterprises, content companies, systems integrators and over 600 network service providers worldwide.
Equinix currently operates 98 data centers across 38 major metropolitan areas in 12 countries in North America
, Europe
, Asia-Pacific
and South America
. According to the company website, Equinix’s mission is to “store, power, and connect the internet.”
Equinix was founded in 1998 and went public August 11, 2000 and soon after announced the Equinix Foundation charitable fund.
s. In its first few years of operation, Equinix was successful in attracting many of the world’s largest telecom networks due to its large scale and “network neutral” policy, which allows any network to connect with any other network as long as both are customers. Thus, in order to easily and efficiently access the world’s leading networks, other telecom networks are compelled to join the Equinix “ecosystem” as well.
services to major enterprises, web commerce companies, and cloud computing companies. This enables these organizations to outsource their IT infrastructure so that they can focus on their own core competencies. Equinix colocation centers provide enterprises and web commerce companies with fast, reliable, secure, and cost-effective internet connections and scalable data storage. Also, many major enterprises such as Google and Microsoft use Equinix data centers for disaster avoidance and off-site data backup. In recent years, the company has become very active in the cloud computing space. Because cloud companies store data in clouds rather than on user desktops, they have a significant need for data storage. In a recent interview, CEO Stephen M. Smith said the company’s top priority is to be “the home to as much cloud infrastructure as we possibly can.”
Equinix has been successful in leveraging network effects in its colocation business as well. In fact, CEO Steve Smith says the company’s ability to interconnect its customers efficiently has been its secret to success. Equinix’s vast scale, massive customer base, and technological expertise has enabled it to create “ecosystems” that facilitate efficient interaction between companies, which improves both performance and decreases costs. For example, Equinix boasts the world’s “most robust and mature financial ecosystem” which enables asset managers, research providers, exchanges, and other financial institutions to exchange information as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible. Because of this network effect, other financial institutions are compelled to join the Equinix financial ecosystem as well.
, two facilities managers at Digital Equipment Corporation
. The founders believed that existing data centers would not be sufficient to support the rapid growth of the internet and saw the opportunity to deploy data centers on a much larger scale to support this growth. The company quickly began to experience rapid growth and its initial public offering in 2000 raised over $270 million of capital. During the internet/telecom boom, various companies invested in data centers to accommodate the hyper-growth of the internet. When the bubble burst, however, there was an oversupply of data centers and the industry underwent significant consolidation. Equinix managed to survive the internet/telecom bubble and took advantage of the oversupply by purchasing several distressed data centers. In the years that followed, the company experienced significant growth and, between 2003 and 2004, Equinix was the best performing stock on the NASDAQ
Stock Exchange.
In 2007, the company announced a $2.0 billion international expansion plan. That year, the company acquired European data center operator IXEurope, which solidified its position as the leading data center operator in the world. Between 2008 and 2010, Equinix continued its international expansion plan by building or acquiring several new data centers in Europe and Asia-Pacific. In 2010, Equinix acquired Switch and Data
Facilities Company, Inc., a U.S. internet exchange and colocation services provider, in a transaction valued at approximately $683.4 million. This acquisition enabled the company to expand its colocation services into new metropolitan markets and ensured that the company maintained its stranglehold on the internet exchange market. Most recently, Equinix acquired Brazilian company ALOG Data Centers, which marked its first expansion into the South American market.
More than 200 different carriers and ISPs now participate in Equinix IBX centers, including:
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
public corporation that provides carrier-neutral data center
Data center
A data center is a facility used to house computer systems and associated components, such as telecommunications and storage systems...
s and internet exchanges
Peering
In computer networking, peering is a voluntary interconnection of administratively separate Internet networks for the purpose of exchanging traffic between the customers of each network. The pure definition of peering is settlement-free or "sender keeps all," meaning that neither party pays the...
. Equinix provides network-neutral data centers (IBX or "Internet Business Exchange") and interconnection services. The company offers colocation
Colocation
Colocation is the act of placing multiple entities within a single location.Colocation is often used in the data sourcing industry to mean off-site data storage, usually in a data center. This is very important for businesses since the loss of data can be crucial for companies of any size...
, traffic exchange
Traffic exchange
A traffic exchange is a type of website which provides a service for webmasters in exchange for traffic. It is similar to the autosurf concept with the exception that traffic exchanges usually use a manual rotation.-Concept:...
and outsourced IT infrastructure solutions to enterprises, content companies, systems integrators and over 600 network service providers worldwide.
Equinix currently operates 98 data centers across 38 major metropolitan areas in 12 countries in North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
, Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, Asia-Pacific
Asia-Pacific
Asia-Pacific or Asia Pacific is the part of the world in or near the Western Pacific Ocean...
and South America
South America
South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...
. According to the company website, Equinix’s mission is to “store, power, and connect the internet.”
Equinix was founded in 1998 and went public August 11, 2000 and soon after announced the Equinix Foundation charitable fund.
Internet Business Exchange Business
Former CEO and current Executive Chairman Peter Van Camp describes Equinix internet exchanges (IBXs) as “international airports where passengers from many different airlines make connections to get to their final destinations.” These internet exchanges route internet traffic between over 600 telecommunications networks worldwide. Equinix IBXs route over 90% of the world’s internet traffic. The company has been able to maintain its dominant market share primarily because of its ability to leverage network effectNetwork effect
In economics and business, a network effect is the effect that one user of a good or service has on the value of that product to other people. When network effect is present, the value of a product or service is dependent on the number of others using it.The classic example is the telephone...
s. In its first few years of operation, Equinix was successful in attracting many of the world’s largest telecom networks due to its large scale and “network neutral” policy, which allows any network to connect with any other network as long as both are customers. Thus, in order to easily and efficiently access the world’s leading networks, other telecom networks are compelled to join the Equinix “ecosystem” as well.
Colocation Business
Equinix also provides colocationColocation
Colocation is the act of placing multiple entities within a single location.Colocation is often used in the data sourcing industry to mean off-site data storage, usually in a data center. This is very important for businesses since the loss of data can be crucial for companies of any size...
services to major enterprises, web commerce companies, and cloud computing companies. This enables these organizations to outsource their IT infrastructure so that they can focus on their own core competencies. Equinix colocation centers provide enterprises and web commerce companies with fast, reliable, secure, and cost-effective internet connections and scalable data storage. Also, many major enterprises such as Google and Microsoft use Equinix data centers for disaster avoidance and off-site data backup. In recent years, the company has become very active in the cloud computing space. Because cloud companies store data in clouds rather than on user desktops, they have a significant need for data storage. In a recent interview, CEO Stephen M. Smith said the company’s top priority is to be “the home to as much cloud infrastructure as we possibly can.”
Equinix has been successful in leveraging network effects in its colocation business as well. In fact, CEO Steve Smith says the company’s ability to interconnect its customers efficiently has been its secret to success. Equinix’s vast scale, massive customer base, and technological expertise has enabled it to create “ecosystems” that facilitate efficient interaction between companies, which improves both performance and decreases costs. For example, Equinix boasts the world’s “most robust and mature financial ecosystem” which enables asset managers, research providers, exchanges, and other financial institutions to exchange information as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible. Because of this network effect, other financial institutions are compelled to join the Equinix financial ecosystem as well.
History
Equinix was founded in 1998 by Al Avery and Jay AdelsonJay Adelson
Jay Adelson is an is an American Internet entrepreneur. His Internet career includes Netcom, DEC's Palo Alto Internet Exchange, co-founder of Equinix, Revision3 and Digg, and CEO of SimpleGeo, Inc before they were purchased by Urban Airship.In 2008, Adelson was named a member of Time Magazine's...
, two facilities managers at Digital Equipment Corporation
Digital Equipment Corporation
Digital Equipment Corporation was a major American company in the computer industry and a leading vendor of computer systems, software and peripherals from the 1960s to the 1990s...
. The founders believed that existing data centers would not be sufficient to support the rapid growth of the internet and saw the opportunity to deploy data centers on a much larger scale to support this growth. The company quickly began to experience rapid growth and its initial public offering in 2000 raised over $270 million of capital. During the internet/telecom boom, various companies invested in data centers to accommodate the hyper-growth of the internet. When the bubble burst, however, there was an oversupply of data centers and the industry underwent significant consolidation. Equinix managed to survive the internet/telecom bubble and took advantage of the oversupply by purchasing several distressed data centers. In the years that followed, the company experienced significant growth and, between 2003 and 2004, Equinix was the best performing stock on the NASDAQ
NASDAQ
The NASDAQ Stock Market, also known as the NASDAQ, is an American stock exchange. "NASDAQ" originally stood for "National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations". It is the second-largest stock exchange by market capitalization in the world, after the New York Stock Exchange. As of...
Stock Exchange.
In 2007, the company announced a $2.0 billion international expansion plan. That year, the company acquired European data center operator IXEurope, which solidified its position as the leading data center operator in the world. Between 2008 and 2010, Equinix continued its international expansion plan by building or acquiring several new data centers in Europe and Asia-Pacific. In 2010, Equinix acquired Switch and Data
Switch and Data
Switch and Data Facilities Company, Inc. was a U.S. public corporation that provided network-neutral data centers and Internet exchange services to network-centric businesses.. Switch and Data was acquired by Equinix in 2010....
Facilities Company, Inc., a U.S. internet exchange and colocation services provider, in a transaction valued at approximately $683.4 million. This acquisition enabled the company to expand its colocation services into new metropolitan markets and ensured that the company maintained its stranglehold on the internet exchange market. Most recently, Equinix acquired Brazilian company ALOG Data Centers, which marked its first expansion into the South American market.
Europe data centers
- FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
- (2 locations) ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
RoissyRoissyRoissy can refer to:*Roissy-en-Brie in the Seine-et-Marne département in France*Roissy-en-France in the Val-d'Oise département in France*The hamlet of Roissy, within the commune of Ormoy, Essonne in France...
, ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
Saint-DenisSaint-DenisSaint-Denis is a commune in the northern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. Saint-Denis is a sous-préfecture of the Seine-Saint-Denis département, being the seat of the Arrondissement of Saint-Denis.... - GermanyGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
- (6 locations) 3 in FrankfurtFrankfurtFrankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...
(City, North, Morfelden), 2 in MunichMunichMunich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
, DüsseldorfDüsseldorfDüsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...
, - NetherlandsNetherlandsThe Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
- (3 locations) AmsterdamAmsterdamAmsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
, EnschedeEnschedeEnschede , also known as Eanske in the local dialect of Twents, is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands in the province of Overijssel and in the Twente region...
and ZwolleZwolleZwolle is a municipality and the capital city of the province of Overijssel, Netherlands, 120 kilometers northeast of Amsterdam. Zwolle has about 120,000 citizens.-History:... - SwitzerlandSwitzerlandSwitzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
- (4 locations) 3 in ZurichZürichZurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
and 2 in GenevaGenevaGeneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland... - UK - (5 locations) 5 in LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
(City, West, Park Royal, Slough(2))
U.S. and Canada data centers
- Ashburn, VirginiaAshburn, VirginiaAshburn, Virginia is a census-designated place located in Loudoun County, Virginia, northwest of Washington, D.C., and is part of the Washington Metropolitan Area...
(Washington, D.C. Metro AreaWashington, D.C.Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
) (3 locations) - Atlanta, GeorgiaAtlanta, GeorgiaAtlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
(3 locations) - Boston, Massachusetts
- Buffalo, New YorkBuffalo, New YorkBuffalo is the second most populous city in the state of New York, after New York City. Located in Western New York on the eastern shores of Lake Erie and at the head of the Niagara River across from Fort Erie, Ontario, Buffalo is the seat of Erie County and the principal city of the...
- Chicago, Illinois (3 locations)
- Cleveland, OhioCleveland, OhioCleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...
- Dallas, TexasDallas, TexasDallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
(3 locations) - Denver, ColoradoDenver, ColoradoThe City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...
- Detroit, MichiganDetroit, MichiganDetroit is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people. As the seat of Wayne County, the city of Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and serves as a major port on the Detroit River...
- Indianapolis, IndianaIndianapolis, IndianaIndianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population is 839,489. It is by far Indiana's largest city and, as of the 2010 U.S...
- Los Angeles, CaliforniaLos Angeles, CaliforniaLos Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
(4 locations) - Miami, FloridaMiami, FloridaMiami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625...
(2 locations) - Nashville, TennesseeNashville, TennesseeNashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
- New York City Metro AreaNew York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
(3 locations) - North Bergen, New JerseyNorth Bergen, New JerseyNorth Bergen is a township in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2010 Census, the township had a total population of 60,773. Originally founded in 1843, the town was much diminished in territory by a series of secessions. Situated on the Hudson Palisades, it is one...
- Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...
(2 locations) - Phoenix, ArizonaPhoenix, ArizonaPhoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...
- Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaPittsburgh, PennsylvaniaPittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...
- Seattle, WashingtonSeattle, WashingtonSeattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...
(2 locations) - Silicon Valley, California (3 locations: Palo Alto, CaliforniaPalo Alto, CaliforniaPalo Alto is a California charter city located in the northwest corner of Santa Clara County, in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, United States. The city shares its borders with East Palo Alto, Mountain View, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Stanford, Portola Valley, and Menlo Park. It is...
, San Jose, CaliforniaSan Jose, CaliforniaSan Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay...
, Sunnyvale, CaliforniaSunnyvale, CaliforniaSunnyvale is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States. It is one of the major cities that make up the Silicon Valley located in the San Francisco Bay Area...
) - St. Louis, MissouriSt. Louis, MissouriSt. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
- Tampa, FloridaTampa, FloridaTampa is a city in the U.S. state of Florida. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County. Tampa is located on the west coast of Florida. The population of Tampa in 2010 was 335,709....
- Toronto, Canada
Asia-Pacific data centers
- Hong Kong, China
- SingaporeSingaporeSingapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
- Tokyo, Japan (2 locations)
- Sydney, Australia (2 locations)
South America data centers
- BrazilBrazilBrazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
- (3 locations) 2 in São PauloSão PauloSão Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
and 1 in Rio de JaneiroRio de JaneiroRio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
Customers
As of May 2010, Equinix serves more than 3,000 customers worldwide.More than 200 different carriers and ISPs now participate in Equinix IBX centers, including:
- AbovenetAboveNetAboveNet, Inc. , provides high bandwidth connectivity primarily for large corporate enterprises and communications carriers. AboveNet operates private metro area and long haul optical networks, and offers services including high bandwidth metro access to WDM, Metro Ethernet, VPN and IP networks,...
- AdobeAdobe SystemsAdobe Systems Incorporated is an American computer software company founded in 1982 and headquartered in San Jose, California, United States...
- Agile Communications
- Amazon.comAmazon.comAmazon.com, Inc. is a multinational electronic commerce company headquartered in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is the world's largest online retailer. Amazon has separate websites for the following countries: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Japan, and...
- AOLAOLAOL Inc. is an American global Internet services and media company. AOL is headquartered at 770 Broadway in New York. Founded in 1983 as Control Video Corporation, it has franchised its services to companies in several nations around the world or set up international versions of its services...
- AT&TAT&TAT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications corporation headquartered in Whitacre Tower, Dallas, Texas, United States. It is the largest provider of mobile telephony and fixed telephony in the United States, and is also a provider of broadband and subscription television services...
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- Centauri Communications
- ComcastComcastComcast Corporation is the largest cable operator, home Internet service provider, and fourth largest home telephone service provider in the United States, providing cable television, broadband Internet, and telephone service to both residential and commercial customers in 39 states and the...
- Electronic ArtsElectronic ArtsElectronic Arts, Inc. is a major American developer, marketer, publisher and distributor of video games. Founded and incorporated on May 28, 1982 by Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer games industry and was notable for promoting the designers and programmers...
- Etheric Networks
- EWE TEL
- GAPGap (clothing retailer)The Gap, Inc. is an American clothing and accessories retailer based in San Francisco, California, and founded in 1969 by Donald G. Fisher and Doris F. Fisher. The company has five primary brands: the namesake Gap banner, Banana Republic, Old Navy, Piperlime and Athleta. As of September 2008,...
- General ElectricGeneral ElectricGeneral Electric Company , or GE, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in Schenectady, New York and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States...
- Global CrossingGlobal CrossingGlobal Crossing Limited was a telecommunications company that provides computer networking services worldwide. It maintained a large backbone and offered transit and peering links, VPN, leased lines, audio and video conferencing, long distance telephone, managed services, dialup, colocation and...
- GiganewsGiganewsGiganews, Inc is a Usenet/newsgroup service provider. Founded in 1994, Giganews service is available to individual users through a subscription model and as an outsourced service to internet service providers. Giganews currently offers service to over 10 million broadband users in 180 countries....
- GoogleGoogleGoogle Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program...
- Live365Live365Live365 is an Internet radio network where members can create their own online radio station or listen to other Live365 broadcasters' online stations. As of October 2006, there were about 6,500 active stations, some of which play niche genres seldom heard on AM/FM radio...
- VonageVonageVonage is a publicly held commercial voice over IP network and SIP company that provides telephone service via a broadband connection. The company's name is a play on their motto "Voice-Over-Net-AGE"....
- Internet Initiative JapanInternet Initiative Japanis a telecommunications company based in Tokyo, Japan. Established on December 3, 1992, it employs 1,715 people and has a capitalization of ￥14,295,000,000. They provide internet connectivity and network-related services, network systems construction, operation and maintenance, development and...
- IBM
- Internode SystemsInternode SystemsInternode, founded on 8 May 1991 by Managing Director Simon Hackett, is an Australian Internet Service Provider . The company focuses primarily on ADSL-based Internet access, but also provides business-class access , web hosting, co-location, Voice over IP, and a variety of related...
- IPTP NetworksIP Triple PlayIPTP Networks is a trade mark of Group of the Companies IPTP Holding PLC, IPTP LLC, IPTP Limited, Fredonia Trading Limited, IPTP Networks. IPTP Networks - is a group of Telecommunication companies...
- Level 3 CommunicationsLevel 3 CommunicationsLevel 3 Communications is a telecommunications and Internet service provider headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado.It operates a Tier 1 network. The company provides core transport, IP, voice, video and content delivery for most of the medium to large Internet carriers in North America and Europe...
- Logicworks
- MicrosoftMicrosoftMicrosoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
- MSNMSNMSN is a collection of Internet sites and services provided by Microsoft. The Microsoft Network debuted as an online service and Internet service provider on August 24, 1995, to coincide with the release of the Windows 95 operating system.The range of services offered by MSN has changed since its...
- NTT Communications
- Qwest Communications
- SAVVISSAVVISSavvis – A CenturyLink Company is a subsidiary of CenturyLink, a company headquartered in Monroe, Louisiana. Savvis provides information technology solutions for enterprises and government agencies...
- SonySony, commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....
- SprintSprint NextelSprint Nextel Corporation is an American telecommunications company based in Overland Park, Kansas. The company owns and operates Sprint, the third largest wireless telecommunications network in the United States, with 53.4 million customers, behind Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility...
- Sun MicrosystemsSun MicrosystemsSun Microsystems, Inc. was a company that sold :computers, computer components, :computer software, and :information technology services. Sun was founded on February 24, 1982...
- UnitedLayer
- United OnlineUnited OnlineUnited Online is a public company formed by the 2001 merger of NetZero and Juno Online Services. The company's range of products and services has evolved significantly since inception, primarily through a series of acquisitions that have included Classmates Online , MyPoints and FTD Group, Inc. ....
- UUNETUUNETUUNET founded in 1987, was one of the largest Internet service providers and one of the nine Tier 1 networks. It was based in Northern Virginia and was the first commercial Internet service provider...
- Verizon
- Voxel dot Net
- WalkerTek
- Workday, Inc.
- Yahoo!Yahoo!Yahoo! Inc. is an American multinational internet corporation headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, United States. The company is perhaps best known for its web portal, search engine , Yahoo! Directory, Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Groups, Yahoo! Answers, advertising, online mapping ,...
See also
- Cloud computingCloud computingCloud computing is the delivery of computing as a service rather than a product, whereby shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices as a utility over a network ....
- Colocation centreColocation centreA colocation centre or colocation center , is a type of data centre where equipment space and bandwidth are available for rental to retail customers...
- Data centerData centerA data center is a facility used to house computer systems and associated components, such as telecommunications and storage systems...
- Internet exchange
- PeeringPeeringIn computer networking, peering is a voluntary interconnection of administratively separate Internet networks for the purpose of exchanging traffic between the customers of each network. The pure definition of peering is settlement-free or "sender keeps all," meaning that neither party pays the...
External links
- Official Website - Financial Exchange
- Equinix Stock Quote (Google Finance)