[January 17, 2012] Equinix and Neutral Tandem partner to simplify the delivery of Ethernet services Tweet Jan 17, 2012 (M2 EQUITYBITES via COMTEX) -- Equinix Inc (Nasdaq: EQIX), a provider of global data centre services, and Neutral Tandem Inc (Nasdaq:TNDM), a provider of interconnection services, announced on Monday plans to offer participants of the Equinix Carrier Ethernet Exchange (ECEE) a single point of contact for managing the complexity associated with global, exchange-based, end-to-end managed Ethernet services. Under the partnership, financial details of which were not available, Equinix will offer ECEE participants the option to utilise Neutral Tandem's EtherCloud Layer-2 connectivity network and platform to streamline and accelerate Ethernet service delivery into new markets. Utilising Neutral Tandem's EtherCloud service, ECEE participants will reportedly be able to save time and reduce complexity with a single source for managing multi-carrier local loop arrangements, E-NNI agreements, service provisioning, SLAs, amongst others. The companies said that the planned combination of ECEE and Neutral Tandem's EtherCloud platform is ideally positioned to address the needs of customers in the network, cloud and financial services markets, enabling them to capitalise on higher-margin Layer 2 and Layer 3 services as they expand into new markets. Neutral Tandem reportedly selected Equinix to propagate its EtherCloud offering due to the reach of Equinix's interconnection business across multiple business ecosystems, including financial services and cloud. The Equinix Carrier Ethernet Exchange delivers value to its participants by combining large scale Ethernet interconnectivity with a global ecosystem of partners and customers, including 680 operator partners, all securely housed in Equinix's market-leading IBX data centres. EtherCloud is a Layer 2 platform connecting diverse partner networks into a seamless Ethernet cloud that delivers end-to-end connectivity around the world. Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected] [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]