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Equinix announced Beeks Financial Cloud has deployed on Equinix’s Cloud Exchange as it continues to expand its business across the globe.
Beeks Financial Cloud deploys Cloud Exchange and Platform Equinix to connect its customers to global cloud services and networks via a secure, private and low-latency interconnection model. By joining the Equinix Cloud Exchange, Beeks Financial Cloud acquires access to connect to various cloud service providers (CSPs) in 21 markets, build a more secure application environment and lower the total cost of private network connectivity to CSPs for its customers.
Beeks Financial Cloud first deployed in an Equinix London data centre four years ago on one server rack, now has roughly 80 interconnections within Equinix across eight data centres located in financial business hubs around the world. These direct connections offer improved performance and security between Beeks and its customers and partners across its digital supply chain.
Beeks’ new deployment in Equinix’s Cloud Exchange offers the essential digital infrastructure and access to a mature financial services business ecosystem to connect with major financial services providers in key markets around the world via the cloud. Equinix's global data centres are home to over 1,000 financial services companies and among the largest multi-asset class electronic trading ecosystem— interconnected execution venues and trading platforms, market data vendors, service providers, and buy-side and sell-side firms.
Equinix’s Cloud Exchange provides software-defined direct connections to various CSPs including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute and Office 365, IBM Softlayer, Oracle Cloud and others. As a result, Beeks can scale up rapidly while securely connecting to various cloud providers.
Beeks Financial Cloud has continued to develop its business on Equinix’s global interconnection platform of 146 International Business Exchanges (IBX) in 40 markets across the globe. Beeks is presently deployed in Equinix’s IBX in London, New York, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Chicago, and most recently, Hong Kong.
The move to Equinix’s Cloud Exchange is estimated to help save approximately £1M over the next 3 years, while allowing Beeks Financial Cloud to meet the demands of its global customer base who thrive and grow through forex trading.
According to Gordon McArthur, CEO, Beeks Financial Cloud, “Beeks Financial Cloud has continued to grow rapidly on Equinix’s interconnection platform, with Hong Kong being our eighth addition. Data centres underpin our business and we are confident that Equinix’s Cloud Exchange will enable the speed, resilience and reduced latency our customers have come to expect from our company. Equinix’s global footprint of interconnected data centres has allowed our business to really thrive.”
Russell Poole, Managin Director UK, Equinix also said, “We’re seeing an increasing number of customers leverage our interconnection platform to expand their businesses globally. The rapid growth of the cloud industry is driving activity in all business sectors including financial services – we are seeing more businesses partner with us to host their critical financial infrastructures off-premise in our data centers in order to get the best out of the cloud. On Equinix Cloud Exchange, we are confident Beeks Financial Cloud will continue to accelerate its growth and move quickly into new markets.”