Equinix Network Edge brings the network where it is needed, thanks to virtualization

Equinix announced Network Edge, a fresh Equinix platform feature that enables you to readily handle network virtualization and the tools you need. Equinix offers a solution that can bypass the need to buy costly network devices to depend on virtualized networks, more efficiently and effectively connect data centers at various places around the globe as well as public cloud suppliers.

Equinix Network Edge: the virtual network in a couple of minutes Virtual networks are the equivalent in the field of data center virtualization networks: instead of using the classic view of "a task= a device," a device is used to perform more tasks and therefore resources are optimized. It is also feasible to build geographically distributed private networks within this paradigm: in this manner it saves significantly compared to the classic strategy, which often means a (costly) lease of the physical network from a third party provider.

Network Edge applies these ideas to the Equinix Platform and enables you to take advantage of virtualizing networks with appliances from various suppliers (Cisco, Juniper Networks, Palo Alto Networks) that are virtualized and ready to use within minutes. Equinix promises reduced expenditure than the traditional equivalent, particularly with regard to the quantity to be paid in the infrastructure activity start-up stage. In fact, one of the advantages of virtualized networks is that they don't have to buy the devices and can resize the network based on needs.

Using Network Edge, as the name indicates, enables network features to be brought where they are required, which is on the "edge" of the network and near to end consumers, without relying on individual data centers that cause latencies and configuration issues. It is feasible to connect wherever they are required through Equinix Network Edge, reducing latencies, growing efficiency, expanding the reach of the company and at the same moment attaining a high level of safety.

Among possible Network Edge usage instances, we discover high-performance routing from cloud to cloud to better support apps distributed between various cloud suppliers (both government and private) or to support information transfer from cloud to cloud, for instance, for backup; developing software firewalls for public cloud applications; establishing geographically distributed networks;

Mike Taylor, Chief Technology Officer of World Wide Technologies, claims that "the legacy networks of our clients have been constructed to provide connectivity to personal and centralized data centers. Applications are moving quickly into the cloud today, and such legacy architectures are struggling to adapt to their users ' size and performance requirements.