Voxel Extends Deployment to Equinix Data Centers in Seven Markets to Support Global Operations for Top Web SitesNEW YORK & FOSTER CITY, Calif., Oct 28, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Voxel dot Net, Inc, a managed hosting and content delivery network
services provider, and Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq:EQIX), a provider of global
data center services, today announced that Voxel has expanded operations
to Equinix International Business Exchange(TM)
(IBX(R)) data centers in Singapore, Amsterdam
and Dallas, bringing Voxel's total deployment
with Equinix to seven different markets. The companies also announced
that Voxel will participate on the Equinix Direct platform, providing IP
network capacity to bandwidth buyers operating at Equinix.
Voxel is a leading provider of managed hosting and content delivery
solutions including dedicated servers, high availability managed
clusters and managed application deployment for company websites such as
The New York Observer, Hasbro, Porsche Cars of North America, DailyKos,
Perez Hilton and Air America Radio. The company now offers its full
suite of services from 15 locations across three continents, which are
interconnected with its own International IP backbone with extensive
peering relationships.
In addition to enhancing its U.S., European and Asian presence by
leveraging Equinix's high-performance data
centers and the aggregation of strategic partners operating in those
centers, Voxel will also provide IP backbone services through the
Equinix Direct service. Equinix Direct enables enterprises, content
providers and other bandwidth purchasers operating at Equinix to quickly
and easily diversify their IP connections to any number of network
providers in order to achieve more reliable performance and significant
cost savings.
"As we continue to grow our global network and
service offerings further into Asia and Europe, Equinix continues to be
a valuable partner because they give us the worldwide footprint that is
pivotal to our service-oriented mission," said
Zachary Smith, president of Voxel dot Net. "Equinix
provides us with the best interconnection and peering solutions needed
for delivering massive amounts of rich content in the most reliable
manner possible."
Voxel currently operates within Equinix IBX centers in the New York,
Washington, D.C., Chicago and Silicon Valley areas.
About Voxel dot Net
Voxel dot Net delivers high-performance on-demand managed hosting
infrastructure services over its own global IP network and
fully-integrated performance-tuned content delivery network (CDN). With
nearly 10 years of deep experience in managed hosting, Voxel powers
web-based operations from entrepreneurial start-ups to large
international corporations. Voxel hosts, serves and delivers content for
websites, online marketplaces, and live streaming video sites. Offering
a single-point of resolution across its fully-integrated service stack,
Voxel offers the trifecta of reliability, scalability and
accountability, thus eliminating the need for companies to contract and
negotiate with multiple vendors. The Voxel difference has won the
company critical clients in the web's most demanding segments, including
telecom providers, the developer community, media publishers,
international companies, online gaming networks and financial services
and trading platforms. Founded in 1999, privately-held Voxel Dot Net is
headquartered in New York City and offers services across 3 continents,
as well as 24x7 expert follow-the-sun sales and support from New York
City and Singapore. (www.voxel.net)
About Equinix
Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq:EQIX) provides global data center services that
ensure the vitality of the information-driven world. Global enterprises,
content and financial companies, and network service providers rely upon
Equinix's insight and expertise to protect
and connect their most valued information assets. Equinix operates 41
International Business Exchange(TM) (IBX(R))
data centers across 18 markets in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific.
Important information about Equinix is routinely posted on the investor
relations page of its website located at www.equinix.com.
We encourage you to check Equinix's website
regularly for the most up-to-date information.
This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve
risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from
expectations discussed in such forward-looking statements. Factors that
might cause such differences include, but are not limited to, the
challenges of acquiring, operating and constructing IBX centers and
developing, deploying and delivering Equinix services; unanticipated
costs or difficulties relating to the integration of companies we have
acquired or will acquire into Equinix; a failure to receive significant
revenue from customers in recently built out or acquired data centers;
failure to complete any financing arrangements contemplated from time to
time; competition from existing and new competitors; the ability to
generate sufficient cash flow or otherwise obtain funds to repay new or
outstanding indebtedness; the loss or decline in business from our key
customers; and other risks described from time to time in Equinix's
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In particular, see
Equinix's recent quarterly and annual reports filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, copies of which are available upon request from
Equinix. Equinix does not assume any obligation to update the
forward-looking information contained in this press release.
Equinix and IBX are registered trademarks of Equinix, Inc. Internet
Business Exchange is a trademark of Equinix, Inc.
SOURCE: Equinix, Inc.
Voxel Dot Net
Rosally Sapla, 212-751-3321
voxel@groupsjr.com
or
K/F Communications, Inc. for Equinix
David Fonkalsrud, 415-255-6506
dave@kfcomm.com
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