REDWOOD CITY, Calif and ZURICH, Switzerland — JULY 9, 2013 — Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the global interconnection and data center company, today announced a partnership with CloudSigma, an innovative Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) provider based in Zürich, Switzerland.

CloudSigma’s flexible enterprise-class hybrid cloud servers and public cloud hosting solutions have been initially deployed in Equinix’s Zurich International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) campus and Washington (DC6) data center. These deployments represent the first phase in an ambitious targeted roll-out in selected markets covered by Equinix’s global footprint of more than 90 IBX data centers in 31 markets.

Highlights / Key Facts

Under the agreement the two companies will jointly market cloud and data center services to enterprise and government customers. The collaboration  is designed to improve customer service and cloud adoption processes

Equinix’s global platform of carrier-neutral data center services and direct connect private line virtual LANs extending into CloudSigma solutions will enable Equinix’s 4000+ customers to build hybrid cloud architectures incorporating public, private and legacy components.

Equinix is well placed to quickly and cost-effectively support CloudSigma through its 900-strong global network ecosystem and extensive Ethernet Exchange Platform

Equinix is also home to over 500 cloud providers, providing a foundation on which CloudSigma can develop new platform (PaaS) and software (SaaS) offerings for Equinix customers.

Quotes

Bernino Lind, chief operating officer, CloudSigma
“CloudSigma is a global company with ambitions to expand its presence in Europe and North  America, as well as newly emerging digital markets such as Brazil, the United Arab Emirates  and Asia Pacific, fueled by our existing customers’ demand. Equinix is a perfect strategic  match for this expansion due to its innovative culture, proactive partnership approach,  global footprint and the IBX connectivity solution.”

Dick Theunissen, chief marketing officer, Equinix EMEA
“CloudSigma’s highly customizable infrastructure is designed to minimize restrictions, allowing customers to incorporate flexibly sized virtual machines running their choice of operating system into hybrid cloud architectures spanning multiple locations and extending private networks into the CloudSigma cloud. They are a new and important component in our global ecosystem of best-of-breed cloud providers.”