way that allows us to build systems differently — to build systems that are sustainable , OPEX-driven , and flexible .”
Let ’ s look at workloads as an example : “ Organisations have workloads and often they would have the same workload sitting in four or five different geographic locations in case of a ransomware attack , power outage or other disaster .
Another example might be an e-commerce website which needs to be able to handle many loads because of an upcoming holiday sale .
Traditionally , these organisations had to buy more physical infrastructure to architect the infrastructure for the worst-case scenario in the case of disaster recovery or maximum utilisation in the case of the e-commerce provider even though that infrastructure would be redundant 99 % of the time . This redundancy is hugely inefficient , expensive and CO 2 emissions heavy . “ This is where Equinix brings a unique value to organisations on their sustainable digital transformation journey . We help them identify what they need , when they need it ,
“ The big thing here is that the consumption model is where digital services from Equinix really disrupt .”
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC
Schneider Electric started its sustainable digital transformation with Platform Equinix . Schneider Electric has started using new models of “ Platform-as-a- Service ” and “ Bare-Metal-as-a-Service ”, which are covered with renewable energy from Equinix , enabling the next evolution of its IT infrastructure
These services are helping Schneider simultaneously improve performance and industrial automation , by improving operations and energy management . Additionally , at a time of unprecedented supply chain disruptions and constraints , virtual infrastructure built on Equinix ’ s digital services helped Schneider Electric to mitigate the delays on energy efficiency implementations .
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and make it available to them on demand , as-a-service , eliminating the costs and emissions related to owning and operating primary and redundant hardware .
“ We ' re bringing organisations the components they already use , whether it ' s networking providers , such as Cisco , Juniper and Nutanix , storage providers like Dell , HPE or Pure Storage , or security providers like Fortinet and F5 . We ' re bringing all of those components together ; optimised inside of this virtual world . Sustainable digital transformation starts with modernising and virtualizing physical infrastructure , and Platform Equinix is the foundation from which to begin .”
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