REDWOOD CITY, Calif., March 31, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the global interconnection and data center company, today announced that Equinix representatives will be speaking at the upcoming Microsoft Envision Conference in New Orleans. Taking place April 4-6, Microsoft Envision brings together the most forward thinking minds in business and technology.  The event is designed for CxOs and senior business leaders who are driven to position their organizations and business for success in a mobile-first, cloud-first world. Equinix director of platform partner programs, David Anderson, and Nimbo (Equinix Professional Services) cloud architect, Michael Lapidakis, will discuss how enterprises are transforming the data center using an Interconnection Oriented Architecture™ (IOA™) and present an example of an Equinix enterprise customer who is leveraging an IOA to deploy a hybrid, multi-cloud solution.

Event Details:

• Transforming the Data Center with an Interconnection Oriented Architecture (IOA™).  This session will explore how businesses are entering an unprecedented era of digital disruption – the "interconnected era," where cloud dominates and enterprise business models are interdependent. This time of transformational change is driving the need for enterprises to evolve their business architecture and become an "interconnected enterprise."  Equinix will discuss how a business can achieve this by leveraging an IOA, a proven and repeatable engagement model for directly and securely connecting people, locations, clouds and data.  This session will be presented at the following times:
  • Monday, April 4th in Room 268, 4:00 – 4:45 p.m.
  • Monday, April 4th at the Media Wall Solutions Experience, 6:30 – 6:45 p.m.
  • Tuesday, April 5th at the Media Wall Solutions Experience, 5:45 – 6:00 p.m.

Equinix will also be exhibiting at Microsoft Envision in booth #409.  For more information on Equinix's participation in Microsoft Envision, please visit our blog post, "Microsoft Envision Looks Toward the Future." For information on Equinix's partnership with Microsoft, please visit http://www.equinix.com/partners/microsoft-azure/.

About Equinix
Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX) connects the world's leading businesses to their customers, employees and partners inside the most interconnected data centers.  In 40 markets worldwide, Equinix is where companies come together to realize new opportunities and accelerate their business, IT and cloud strategies. http://www.equinix.com/.

Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from expectations discussed in such forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such differences include, but are not limited to, the challenges of acquiring, operating and constructing IBX centers and developing, deploying and delivering Equinix services; unanticipated costs or difficulties relating to the integration of companies we have acquired or will acquire into Equinix; a failure to receive significant revenue from customers in recently built out or acquired data centers; failure to complete any financing arrangements contemplated from time to time; competition from existing and new competitors; the ability to generate sufficient cash flow or otherwise obtain funds to repay new or outstanding indebtedness; the loss or decline in business from our key customers; and other risks described from time to time in Equinix's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In particular, see Equinix's recent quarterly and annual reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, copies of which are available upon request from Equinix. Equinix does not assume any obligation to update the forward-looking information contained in this press release.

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