Equinix Meets Amazon Direct Connect Cloud Service
May 10, 2013
Grazed from TalkinCloud. Author: Chris Talbot.
Equinix’s SE3 International Business Exchange (IBX) data center in Seattle is now sporting the Amazon Web Services Direct Connect service. This will provide Equinix’s Seattle customers with a direct connection to AWS so they can get millisecond latency between SE3 and AWS infrastructure.
In an email to customers, AWS noted that the launch of Direct Connect in Seattle provides local customers with direct connection access to the AWS US West (Oregon) region, which it stated is a frequently requested capability…
From the AWS email: "If you have equipment running at Equinix SE2, you can use AWS Direct Connect to optimize its connection to AWS. If your equipment is located elsewhere, you can work with one of our partners to establish a connection to an AWS Direct Connect location, and on to AWS from there."…
Read more from the source @ http://talkincloud.com/cloud-computing-management/equinix-meets-amazon-direct-connect-cloud-service