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Epsilon Extends Remote Peering to South Africa with NAPAfrica

Friday, July 24, 2020

Singapore - “ Epsilon, a global connectivity and communications service provider, has partnered with NAPAfrica to deliver peering at the largest internet exchange (IX) on the African continent. This marks Epsilons first IX partnership in Africa, having established relationships with global peering exchanges including AMS-IX, DE-CIX and LINX.

Enabled on its software-defined networking (SDN) platform Infiny, customers of Epsilon can access NAPAfrica directly via the Remote Peering service, without a physical presence at the internet exchange points (IXPs) located in Johannesburg and Cape Town. The NAPAfrica IXP enables peering with over 430 unique networks (ASNs) across 20 countries in the southern African region.

Africa represents a massive opportunity for businesses looking to penetrate a fast-growing market with enormous potential for digitalisation. Our partnership with NAPAfrica enables us to deliver on-demand access to key internet hubs in sub-Saharan Africa which will allow businesses to peer efficiently with local and regional partners, said Mark Daley, Director of Digital Strategy and Business Development at Epsilon. NAPAfrica is an excellent addition to our global network fabric as we grow our remote peering capabilities. Were excited to be working with NAPAfrica and bringing our customers into the peering community within Africa.

In March 2020, NAPAfrica reached 1Tbps of peak traffic “ a 1884x growth from its first recorded traffic of 532Mbps in 2012. Africa has experienced the fastest international internet bandwidth growth compared to any market in the world between 2015 and 2019 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 45%, according to TeleGeography.

Our partnership with Epsilon will enable more organisations across the globe to peer directly with their customers and partners in Africa. With Epsilons global reach, we see this as a great opportunity to add value to our existing partners and increase the number of peering options for our community, said Andrew Owens, Technical Lead at NAPAfrica. This partnership is another milestone for NAPAfrica as we establish ourselves as the internet hub for sub-Saharan Africa. We look forward to working with Epsilon to grow our peering community and accelerate our contribution to the internet ecosystem across the region.

Epsilon Extends Remote Peering to South Africa with NAPAfrica

Thursday, July 30, 2020

Singapore - Epsilon, a global connectivity and communications service provider, has partnered with NAPAfrica to deliver peering at the largest internet exchange (IX) on the African continent. This marks Epsilons first IX partnership in Africa, having established relationships with global peering exchanges including AMS-IX, DE-CIX and LINX.

Enabled on its software-defined networking (SDN) platform Infiny, customers of Epsilon can access NAPAfrica directly via the Remote Peering service, without a physical presence at the internet exchange points (IXPs) located in Johannesburg and Cape Town. The NAPAfrica IXP enables peering with over 430 unique networks (ASNs) across 20 countries in the southern African region.

Africa represents a massive opportunity for businesses looking to penetrate a fast-growing market with enormous potential for digitalisation. Our partnership with NAPAfrica enables us to deliver on-demand access to key internet hubs in sub-Saharan Africa which will allow businesses to peer efficiently with local and regional partners, said Mark Daley, Director of Digital Strategy and Business Development at Epsilon. NAPAfrica is an excellent addition to our global network fabric as we grow our remote peering capabilities. Were excited to be working with NAPAfrica and bringing our customers into the peering community within Africa.

In March 2020, NAPAfrica reached 1Tbps of peak traffic “ a 1884x growth from its first recorded traffic of 532Mbps in 2012. Africa has experienced the fastest international internet bandwidth growth compared to any market in the world between 2015 and 2019 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 45%, according to TeleGeography.

Our partnership with Epsilon will enable more organisations across the globe to peer directly with their customers and partners in Africa. With Epsilons global reach, we see this as a great opportunity to add value to our existing partners and increase the number of peering options for our community, said Andrew Owens, Technical Lead at NAPAfrica. This partnership is another milestone for NAPAfrica as we establish ourselves as the internet hub for sub-Saharan Africa. We look forward to working with Epsilon to grow our peering community and accelerate our contribution to the internet ecosystem across the region.

maincubes Enters Strategic Partnership with Epsilon to Service Growing Digital Needs of its Customers

Monday, August 31, 2020

Singapore - Fast-growing European data centre operator maincubes has entered a new partnership with Epsilon, a global connectivity and communications service provider, to deploy Infiny by Epsilon at its data centres in Frankfurt and Amsterdam.

The partnership enables maincubes to harness Epsilons software-defined networking (SDN) platform to directly access its global network fabric. It can now deliver secure, on-demand connections to world-leading cloud service providers, internet exchanges and interconnected data centres, as well as a network of service providers.

Cloud and interconnection demands are driving new growth in the data centre market. Our partnership with maincubes will enable more European businesses to accelerate their hybrid cloud strategy by combining secure, highly available data centres with a suite of global connectivity solutions, said Lee Myall, Chief Commercial Officer at Epsilon. Infiny will bring more connectivity options and add value for maincubes customers as we continue to grow our interconnect ecosystem.

Infiny gives maincubes the ability to deliver automated, on-demand connectivity with flexible and scalable bandwidth options to its European customer base. Under the brand secureexchange®, maincubes customers can deploy dedicated, private connections to the cloud and interconnect with over 220 data centres globally from its Frankfurt and Amsterdam facilities. maincubes has invested considerably in the IT installation of the platform, thus a redundant connection and 99.9% availability can be guaranteed.

According to Structure Research, the global data centre colocation and interconnection (DCI) market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 10% between 2019 and 2024.

Epsilon enables us to support more of our customers interconnection needs as they grow, transform and deploy new software and services. The addition of SDN to our portfolio means that customers can easily access data centre and networking solutions from a single provider, said Oliver Menzel, CEO at maincubes. We chose Infiny by Epsilon for its intuitive platform, but also the companys proven expertise in networking. They make it easy to procure, deploy and manage global connectivity without adding complexity to our operations.

maincubes currently operates carrier-neutral data centres in Frankfurt (FRA01) and Amsterdam (AMS01) with plans to build its third data centre (FRA02) in the Frankfurt Rhine-Main area.

Epsilon Partners with BCX to Provide Global Data Centre Interconnection for African Enterprises

Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Johannesburg - Epsilon, a global connectivity and communications service provider, has partnered with Business Connexion (BCX), one of South Africas leading technology companies, to deliver high performance data centre interconnection (DCI) services for African enterprises. BCX uses Epsilons Network as a Service (NaaS) platform Infiny for seamless global connectivity and managing network services from a single portal.

The partnership will enable BCXs enterprise customers across South Africa, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Zambia and Tanzania to connect to data centres across the globe seamlessly. BCX has offices in six African countries. It delivers its managed services offering to customers across the financial, retail, mining, manufacturing, healthcare and government sectors.

It is great to expand our relationship with BCX and support its business growth with Infiny. It is an opportunity to serve new and growing demand for global connectivity across Africa, said Michel Robert, Chief Executive Officer at Epsilon. BCX can rapidly spin-up connections to multiple data centres across continents from a single portal. This also gives their customers the ability to interconnect cloud services and other networks on our network fabric. It is an exciting time to be connecting African businesses and were proud to deliver new global reach on-demand.

With Epsilons DCI solution, BCX can connect between its presence at Johannesburg and data centres in Europe, a key market outside of Africa. On top of this, BCX has access to Epsilons extensive network fabric of 220+ data centres and an ecosystem of cloud providers, internet exchanges and other networks globally. Using a NaaS model, it is simple for BCX to scale their services up or down according to customer demand and business needs.

Deploying Infiny gives our customers immediate access to data centres located in key technology and business hubs around the world. Our customers can connect and grow their global presence with on-demand network infrastructure. Infiny has given us the agility in serving our customers needs while offering new levels of resilience in our network that has direct impact on our enterprise customers services, said Mervyn Goliath, Managing Executive, Data Networks at BCX. We look forward to fully automating our network services with Infiny and benefitting from new levels of performance and visibility.

Epsilons DCI solution is offered through Infiny. The platform also offers a range of MEF-certified ethernet services, such as Cloud Connect and Remote Peering, with flexible terms and scalable bandwidth options.

ExodusClouds and Epsilon Telecommunications join forces for global connectivity

Friday, August 04, 2023

ExodusClouds, a global pioneer in cloud connectivity, has partnered with Epsilon Telecommunications, a global interconnectivity provider, to boost its global connectivity offering for enterprises across multiple industry verticals.

ExodusClouds will serve enterprise customers across the telecommunications, finance, healthcare, education, and manufacturing sectors with a white-labelled version of Epsilon’s Network as a Service (NaaS) platform, Infiny.

ExodusClouds is using Infiny to connect enterprise customers to Epsilon’s ecosystem of 300+ data centres and 600+ leading cloud, Internet exchange (IX), network and technology partners. The company is also utilising Epsilon’s global last mile capabilities to level up its own solutions including software-defined wide-area networking (SD-WAN). With Epsilon, ExodusClouds is helping its enterprise customers to grow beyond its existing markets of Turkey, the Middle East and Africa, with truly global reach.

Victoria Kalocsai, Alliances Manager at Epsilon Telecommunications, said: “Our partnership is an opportunity to help more enterprises experience the power and simplicity of Infiny. Both of our companies share an aligned objective to provide next-generation software-defined solutions focused on automation and cloud.

“ExodusClouds’ footprint covers Turkey, the Middle East and Africa, which will be supported by Epsilon’s infrastructure across Europe, APAC and the USA. This collaboration will provide both Epsilon and ExodusClouds’ customers with top-quality network solutions across the globe.”

ExodusClouds aims to simplify the increasingly complex cloud networking ecosystem with software-driven solutions based on automation, orchestration, and on-demand scalability. It provides high-performance infrastructure and connectivity to 150+ cloud service providers. Epsilon is helping ExodusClouds to extend its global reach via its MEF-certified network and suite of connectivity solutions, all within a single platform.

Nur Yildiz, Marketing Manager at ExodusClouds, commented: “It’s great to be working with Epsilon, a company that shares our vision for a hyperconnected, cloud-based future. Threading Infiny with our existing cloud, SD-WAN and other connectivity services will offer even greater value for enterprises across verticals.”

Epsilon and ExodusClouds Partner to Boost Global Enterprise Connectivity

Wednesday, August 23, 2023

ExodusClouds, a global pioneer in cloud connectivity, has partnered with Epsilon Telecommunications, a global interconnectivity provider, to boost its global connectivity offering for enterprises across multiple industry verticals. ExodusClouds will serve enterprise customers across the telecommunications, finance, healthcare, education and manufacturing sectors with a white-labelled version of Epsilon’s Network as a Service (NaaS) platform, Infiny.

ExodusClouds is using Infiny to connect enterprise customers to Epsilon’s ecosystem of 300+ data centres and 600+ leading cloud, Internet exchange (IX), network and technology partners. The company is also utilising Epsilon’s global last mile capabilities to level-up its own solutions including software-defined wide-area networking (SD-WAN). With Epsilon, ExodusClouds is helping its enterprise customers to grow beyond its existing markets of Turkey, the Middle East and Africa, with truly global reach.

“Our partnership is an opportunity to help more enterprises experience the power and simplicity of Infiny. Both of our companies share an aligned objective to provide next-generation software-defined solutions focused on automation and cloud,” said Victoria Kalocsai, Alliances Manager at Epsilon Telecommunications. “ExodusClouds’ footprint covers Turkey, the Middle East and Africa, which will be supported by Epsilon’s infrastructure across Europe, APAC and the USA. This collaboration will provide both Epsilon and ExodusClouds’ customers with top-quality network solutions across the globe.”

ExodusClouds aims to simplify the increasingly complex cloud networking ecosystem with software-driven solutions based on automation, orchestration, and on-demand scalability. It provides high-performance infrastructure and connectivity to 150+ cloud service providers. Epsilon is helping ExodusClouds to extend its global reach via its MEF-certified network and suite of connectivity solutions, all within a single platform.

“It’s great to be working with Epsilon, a company that shares our vision for a hyperconnected, cloud-based future,” said Nur Yildiz, Marketing Manager at ExodusClouds. “Threading Infiny with our existing cloud, SD-WAN and other connectivity services will offer even greater value for enterprises across verticals. We’re ready to grow across the globe with Epsilon’s world-leading NaaS platform, and take our services, customer experience, and global reach to the next level with agility and adaptability.”

By partnering with Epsilon, ExodusClouds can access a suite of solutions on Infiny in addition to Cloud Connect, including high performance data centre interconnection, access to internet exchanges and global inbound numbers. Infiny makes it simple for ExodusClouds to quickly pivot and scale its offerings in response to changing enterprise demands across multiple industries.