Nov, 2003 : Equinix Adds Customer to Chicago Facility

📅 November 10, 2003 - Equinix, Inc. (equinix.com), a provider of network-neutral data centers, said today that Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. has chosen Equinix's Chicago Internet Business Exchange (IBX) Center to host its Britannica.com Web site.

The company said colocating in Equinix's IBX center will give it a flexible environment to control and enhance the delivery of its digital content services while lowering overall costs.
"With the increasing importance of the digital delivery of our content, Britannica requires a data center infrastructure that provides us with the greatest degree of flexibility and control over our IT operations," said James Glenski, director, IT of Enclyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. "Equinix's premium centers offer us this flexibility and control, while also enabling us to reduce our network connectivity costs and improve end-user performance."
Equinix added that the aggregation of carriers operating in its Chicago IBX center allows Britannica to eliminate the costs of establishing separate connections to each of these partners in multiple locations.
"Britannica has fused its 235 year legacy as an authoritative information source with the latest technology and digital distribution," said Peter Van Camp, CEO of Equinix. "Our ability to help the company scale quickly while intelligently controlling network costs is a prime value that Equinix is bringing to fast growing companies and demonstrates our success in serving the needs of enterprise companies."
Equinix, based in Foster City, California, operates 13 Internet Business Exchange (IBX) Centers in five countries.