Equinix
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2 video interviews · 2023
What's next for data center services in 2023?
- Equinix's Jim Poole predicts progress toward fully automated data center interconnects.
- He weighs whether Network-as-a-Service takes off in 2023.
Full summary
Will data center interconnects become fully automated? Will Network-as-a-Service take off? Here are 3 predictions from Equinix's Jim Poole.
Bare Metal for Telco Clouds
- Equinix's Zachary Smith says telcos need to be in many places with the most demanding requirements.
- High-intensity, multi-tenant workloads driven by billions of packets point to bare metal as an enabling solution.
Full summary
Telcos need to be in a lot places and have the most demanding requirements, says Zachary Smith, Head of Edge Infrastructure Services, Equinix. The high-intensity workloads driven by billions of packets are what powers the underlying rails of our digital lives. The telco environment usually is a multi-tenant, multi-application proposition. All of these factors point to bare-metal as an enabling solution for telco clouds.