In financial services, said Knuff, Equinix provides transaction information and support of trading strategies.
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Equinix invests in redundant batteries and diesel generators to keep its data centers online.
The history lesson complete, we can now turn to the newest bullish bet on Equinix.
Equinix (EQIX), like Digital Realty, is a data center company that counts Facebook among its customers.
Data center companies Equinix and Cincinnati Bell-owned CyrusOne have also said they are exploring REIT status.
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"Steve's impact is immeasurable, " Jay Adelson, a co-founder of Internet infrastructure giant Equinix, wrote on Twitter.
Exchanges which place their matching engines in Equinix centers include the ISE, Direct Edge and the CBOE C2.
The NYSE completed their customer access strategy first, with Equinix providing its Secure Financial Transaction Infrastructure (SFTI) POPs.
Advanced data center and networking companies like Equinix would love to be the place where multi-cloud services live.
They went down the list of Equinix clients, narrowed the field to three or four providers and selected one.
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The Australian Securities Exchange created a point of presence at Equinix in Chicago.
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In the past, Dan has done research and writing for Cisco, Equinix, Logicworks, Intel, HP, and Rackspace.
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Behind a mask of code and data is a big heart, when it comes to Brian Lillie, CIO of Equinix.
Shares of Equinix were moving higher, up almost 7% on the news.
Braceline points to a potential precedent in Equinix, the data center company that lost 30% in stock value after announcing results in October.
Equinix Inc. (EQIX) is one of my least favorite stocks held by mid-cap blend ETFs and mutual funds and earns my very dangerous rating.
John Knuff, general manager of global financial services at Equinix, said his company serves 50 global exchanges, including 8 of the top 11.
Knuff said Equinix has seen a big surge in digital media.
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But, will this new bullish bet on Equinix yield similar results?
In theory, leasing should improve cash flow although the impact of the Equinix deal has not yet been factored into guidance or seemingly capital expenditure guidance.
Just recently, Rackspace announced its intention to lease data center space from Equinix in order to reduce its own capital outlays and generate higher-margin Fanatical Service revenue.
Triggered by a warning Tuesday after the close from Equinix, the entire cloud computing sector sold off hard, trapping greedy longs that had chased overvalued stocks higher.
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Citigroup upgraded shares of Equinix from hold to buy Wednesday as the firm believes revenue will grow in the second half of the year, especially domesitc sales.
For distant exchanges, a spot in an Equinix center makes them local to trading desks in Chicago or New York, even if they are located in Tokyo or Sydney.
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For example, Equinix provides an access node for the Australian Security Exchange from the Equinix Chicago data center so firms in Chicago can connect directly to the Sydney Futures Exchange.
That kind of continuous service is only to be expected, says Margie Backaus, Chief Business Officer at 365 Main competitor Equinix (nasdaq: EQIX - news - people ).
Equinix also raised its second-quarter and full-year revenue forecasts.
Equinix, a provider of global data center services which host hundreds of telecommunications connections and many financial exchanges including NASDAQ OMX, CBOE Stock Exchange and BATS Europe, is launching the Equinix Marketplace.
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Knuff said that Equinix has nearly 700 network connections inside its data centers, so a financial firm that wants to connect to South America or Asia or Europe has a choice of network providers.
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