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engineers , because when EdgeUno acquires companies , it hires very senior people . “ These senior people know other veterans in the industry , and they are attracted to the idea of working with us ,” Akcin said .
One such partnership is with Seaborn Networks with whom EdgeUno works very closely . Seaborn is a submarine networks company that addresses global communications needs across the Americas delivering transport , Ethernet private line and IP services . “ We use their internet backbone infrastructure very heavily - we rely on it ,” says Akcin . EdgeUno ’ s other partners include Equinix , Juniper , and Dell working on both the equipment side and server side of their operations .
Discussing the partnerships in more detail , Akcin said : “ EdgeUno is a very transparent company . We tell our partners our intentions clearly . We work with longterm partnership opportunities - we don ’ t just look for the one day or twelvemonth contract and we want to focus on win-win situations . Sometimes we might be buying something from a customer , but it might turn out to be that we can be their customer too . So , we like to be dynamic .”
Additional company acquisitions and new edge data centres are on the cards of the future Akcin outlined what we can expect to see from EdgeUno in the near future . Although he didn ’ t want to name them specifically , he said that EdgeUno is going to be working with “ some really big names ” in the industry as their LATAM representative . Akcin also mentioned the company may be venturing into the Fintech industry with investments as well as providing support for startups . “ These startups don ’ t
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