CLOUD & 5G
When it comes to cloud services, LINX also balances what it consumes as a corporate enterprise business.
“ We have our own needs and we balance what we can do on-prem versus in the cloud depending on where the data should be and held because of the secure services that we want to provide,” Richard explains.“ But also, as a business, we provide internet fabrics that span multiple data centres. In that, we now start to integrate cloud providers into that fabric, as we allow anybody to connect in who’ s a member.
“ For years there’ s been cloud players and content players using our exchange platform, but we also now have a product that we’ ve developed over the last few years for onboarding cloud services, specifically for new types of LINX members – customers that want to join just to consume cloud type services over the fabric.”
As more businesses start to adopt a cloud approach, LINX has adapted its product portfolio to meet rising demand. It now manages what Richard refers to as a“ massive highway of pipes” to pass network traffic through very quickly.
“ We’ ve tracked and observed what’ s happening in the market now,” Richard explains.“ We have Internet Exchanges( IX) up and down the UK, including in Manchester, Scotland, Wales and two sites in London, as well as other parts of the world.
“ Our model for cloud services is really varied around the globe depending on what market we are in and where we’ ve just expanded into Africa.”
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“That relationship between the data centre and the IX has been strong for many years and I don’ t see that changing”
RICHARD PETRIE, CTO, LINX
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