Digital Realty Enables Cloud Brokers with Marketplace
Data center and colocation provider Digital Realty Trust has launched a new marketplace in conjunction with cloud services marketplace technology provider ComputeNext that is meant to enable Digital Realty's cloud brokerage business model.
Data center and colocation provider Digital Realty Trust has launched a new marketplace in conjunction with cloud services marketplace technology provider ComputeNext that is meant to enable Digital Realty’s cloud brokerage business model.
The new Digital Realty Global Cloud Marketplace was designed to provide customers with easy access to its portfolio of networked data centers to a cloud brokerage for instant provisioning of on-demand, burstable cloud services from a variety of cloud services providers. To kick things off, Digital Realty has signed on IBM SoftLayer, Internap, Interoute, GoGrid and SingleHop.
“Businesses are seeking a more flexible data center environment, with easier access to a hybrid solution of private, semi-private, and public cloud. By partnering with ComputeNext, we now offer access to a one-stop shop for cloud infrastructure services from trusted providers within the Digital Realty Global Cloud Marketplace,” said A. William Stein, interim CEO and CFO of Digital Realty, in a prepared statement. “This partnership, in combination with other strategic alliances we are forging—such as those previously announced with tw telecom and Level 3 Communications to enable direct and secure connectivity to Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure—are important initiatives in our ongoing efforts to provide businesses with flexible data center solutions that fit their IT and business strategies.”
Digital Realty provides data center and colocation services around the world, including in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. The company spans a wide variety of business sizes and sectors, providing services for industries such as financial services, cloud and IT, manufacturing, energy, gaming, life sciences and consumer products.
“Our platform allows clients to quickly search and provision cloud resources, with a unified API to search, catalog and manage workload lifecycles, without tying clients to a specific cloud platform or geography. This aligns perfectly with Digital Realty’s global reach and expanding client base,” said Sundar Kannan, CEO of ComputeNext, in a prepared statement.
