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Equinix Selects Infinera for Metro Networks in North America and Asia
Digital Optical Networks to Support Growth of Key Internet Resources
| Source: Infinera
SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwire - January 29, 2008) - Infinera (NASDAQ : INFN ) today announced that
Equinix, Inc. (NASDAQ : EQIX ) has selected Infinera for its metro networks
linking its Internet Business Exchange™ (IBX®) centers in major cities
in North America and Asia.
Equinix's IBX centers are critical hubs in the infrastructure of the
Internet, and the selection of Infinera illustrates the importance of
Infinera's large-scale photonic integration and Bandwidth
Virtualization™ technology in supporting the growth of
bandwidth-intensive Internet applications and websites.
Equinix is a leading global provider of network-neutral data center and
interconnection services, offering premium colocation, traffic exchange and
outsourced IT infrastructure solutions. Global enterprises, content
companies, systems integrators and network service providers look to
Equinix IBX centers for world-class reliability and network diversity.
Equinix IBX centers serve as critical core hubs for IP networks and
Internet operations worldwide. With 37 IBX centers located in 17 strategic
markets across North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific, Equinix enables
customers to reliably operate their mission-critical infrastructure on a
global basis.
"Ten Gigs is the New One Gig"
Equinix selected Infinera because of the benefits and global track record
of the Infinera architecture. Scalability, speed and flexibility of
provisioning, and service density were important attributes for Equinix to
meet the needs of today's marketplace. In particular, Infinera's Bandwidth
Virtualization enables Equinix to deploy large bandwidth quickly, and
reconfigure it easily, rapidly, and cost-effectively.
With many of the world's largest enterprises, content providers, network
service providers and financial institutions as customers, Equinix also
found that Infinera's DTN System met its high standards for carrier-class
reliability. In addition, Infinera's successful deployment experience and
customer acceptance in North America, Europe, and Asia were crucial factors
to Equinix as it was seeking an optical system that had proven it could
meet international standards and requirements and function effectively in
multiple markets worldwide. Finally, Equinix was impressed by Infinera's
commitment to develop 100 Gigabit Ethernet solutions, a technology Equinix
regards as critical for meeting the needs of its bandwidth-intensive
customers in the future.
Equinix's Chief Technologist Lane Patterson highlighted the importance of
Infinera's unique architecture in helping it meet the rapidly growing and
often unpredictable needs of many of its customers. "Some of the world's
largest Internet content providers rely on Equinix's network-rich
interconnection hubs to facilitate their high-performance content delivery
operations," commented Mr. Patterson. "To many of these companies, 10
Gigabits has become the new 1 Gigabit, and their need for rapid
provisioning of multiple 10 Gigabit wavelengths continues to grow.
Infinera enables us to respond quickly to this demand and to provide a
highly scalable solution for customers."
"We are very pleased to have Equinix as a customer," said Infinera CEO
Jagdeep Singh. "Equinix's interconnection hubs comprise the core of the
Internet, and Equinix's deployment of Infinera is another demonstration of
the critical role that Infinera and its unique Bandwidth Virtualization
capabilities are playing in supporting today's Internet."
The Infinera DTN is a Digital ROADM for long-haul and metro core networks,
combining high-capacity DWDM transport, integrated digital bandwidth
management, and GMPLS-powered service intelligence in a single platform.
NOTE: See also today's Infinera news release, Infinera Launches Bandwidth
Virtualization Architecture for Industry-Leading Speed and Flexibility.
About Infinera
Infinera provides Digital Optical Networking systems to telecommunications
carriers worldwide. Infinera's systems are unique in their use of a
breakthrough semiconductor technology: the Photonic Integrated Circuit
(PIC). Infinera's systems and PIC technology are designed to provide
optical networks with simpler and more flexible engineering and operations,
faster time-to-service, and the ability to rapidly deliver differentiated
services without reengineering their optical infrastructure. For more
information, please visit www.infinera.com.
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements based on
current expectations, forecasts and assumptions that involve risks and
uncertainties. These statements are based on information available to
Infinera as of the date hereof; and actual results could differ materially
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Forward-looking statements include statements regarding Infinera's
expectations, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future, such
as the benefits and capabilities of our products and the Digital Optical
Network's architecture, benefits that the Infinera architecture offered to
Equinix today, and enabled for Equinix in the future, the ability of
Bandwidth Virtualization enables Equinix to deploy large bandwidth quickly,
and reconfigure it easily, rapidly, and cost-effectively, our ability to
meet Equinix's high standards for carrier-class reliability Infinera's
successful deployment experience and customer acceptance in North America,
Europe, and Asia, Infinera's commitment to develop 100 Gigabit Ethernet
solutions in the future, our ability to enable Equinix to respond quickly
to customer demands and to provide a highly scalable solution for its
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