Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company bringing businesses together and providing them with the ability to interconnect foundational infrastructure at software speed. As the world’s digital infrastructure company, Equinix provide a globally consistent platform of vendor neutral data centres with physical and virtual offers that are interconnected via secure, software defined Equinix Fabric which enables technology and industry ecosystems to blossom and scale. We have the most dynamic, interconnected ecosystem of nearly 10,000 companies within the industry’s largest global footprint of over 240+ data centres across more than 66 metros in 27 countries on 5 continents.
Interconnection is emerging as central to the digital economy. It enables private, dedicated connectivity between businesses and their partners or customers, helping them ensure reliability, low latency, data security and privacy. By interconnecting with partners and customers across their distributed digital footprint, businesses can become both suppliers and consumers.
This helps them create a network effect that continuously compounds their value over time. Platform Equinix is home to innovative digital services, a global colocation footprint, and an unmatched digital ecosystem of partners and service providers. With Equinix’s leading portfolio of interconnection services it makes it easier to tap into the digital services that fuel your business transformation.
Equinix interconnected ecosystem has nearly 10,000 companies within global footprint of 240+ data centres
All data centres deliver space, power, cooling, and connectivity. Beyond that, data centres vary widely in quality, the type of space they provide and even in their business models. Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company, and its International Business Exchange IBX is a designation that Equinix created to define a world-class data centre.
Equinix’s data centres offer a wide selection of networks, compute and storage services IaaS and IT service partners on site. It gives customers more flexibility to mix and match services and network routes to improve data centre performance; it enables them to reduce costs; and gives customers the option to change providers and services as business needs change.
The extensive range of partners in the Equinix ecosystem includes technology, network and cloud service providers, managed service providers, systems integrators, and value-added resellers. As businesses strive to establish their digital presence and transform experiences at the edge, their reliance on technology, services and delivery through partners is crucial to success.
With the Equinix partner ecosystem, businesses can choose specific providers based on expertise relevant to specific projects and initiatives. At the centre is Platform Equinix, with its powerful vendor-neutral digital infrastructure that helps businesses get closer to prospective partners across the world. In addition, Equinix Fabric makes it quick and easy for customers to interconnect with the partners they need, on-demand.
Equinix brings together the building blocks of digital infrastructure with the company’s technical expertise, commitment to innovation and the large and diverse ecosystem of customers and partners. Equinix Fabric establishes a globally connected footprint of services that enables digital leaders to transform their businesses as they connect to everything and everyone that matters to their business.
Equinix Fabric continues to support hybrid multicloud connectivity and helps customers access network services in minutes, integrate bare metal servers from Equinix Metal, and connect virtual devices from Network Edge.
Arab Financial Services, the leading digital payment solutions provider and fintech enabler in the Middle East and Africa, has relocated its UAE data centre operations to Equinix Dubai International Business Exchange facilities in Dubai.
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As Managing Director of Equinix in the MENA region, Kamel oversees and is growing Equinix’s business portfolio in the region. Kamel helps the business to define its strategy for markets in the Middle East whilst continuing to engage and collaborate with the world’s leading clouds, networks, and service providers, supporting companies across the digital economy.
Kamel has 25 years’ experience in the IT industry in the Middle East region having worked with major corporations like NCR, EMC and Oracle, where he served in multiple senior leadership positions. Kamel has led large-scale projects across business functions and companies, leveraging leading business and technology practices to deliver effective ways of working, whilst driving ongoing scale and growth.
Kamel has driven Equinix’s move towards being the Middle East region’s go-to resource for digital infrastructure and innovative solutions, building the digital pathways for private sector companies and public sector organisations alike. Kamel is leading the development of a new International Business Exchange IBX Salalah in partnership with Omantel. Once operational the data centre will become a key interconnectivity point for traffic