Equinix Enters into Partnership with Telarus to Distribute Colocation and Worldwide Interconnection Services
New partnership paves the way for Telarus’ network of over 4,000 technology brokers to offer their customers Equinix’s best-of-class infrastructure solutions that dynamically interconnects to the world’s largest ecosystem of people, Clouds, data, and things.
February 7, 2020 – SANDY, UT – Telarus, LLC., master agent of business Cloud infrastructure and contact center services, today announced it that it has entered into a technology distribution agreement with Equinix, the global interconnection and data center company. With over 200 data centers spread across five continents, Equinix is the world leader in connecting businesses with their customers. With this new agreement in place, Telarus’ network of over 4,000 technology brokers will be able to leverage the Equinix global infrastructure to transforming their customer’s ability to connect all their people, locations, Clouds, and data.
“We are excited to add Equinix to our data center and Cloud infrastructure portfolio,” said Koby Phillips, VP of Business Development – Digital Edge and Cloud for Telarus. “Having worked at Equinix as a Business Development Executive, I saw first-hand the power that comes with customers being able to interconnect to the world’s largest Clouds and SaaS providers via the Equinix Cloud Exchange Fabric. With 200+ International Business Exchange™ IBX® data centers on five continents and 99.9999% global uptime, Platform Equinix™ gives our partners and their customers unparalleled access to 53 major markets and lets them reach every destination on demand. That’s important, especially to our new partners in Australia, Canada, the UK, and the United States. We look forward to working with Equinix and their dynamic leadership team for many years to come.”
Telarus becomes the latest master agent to join the exclusive Equinix channel program, which is limited to only the top-performing agencies that focus on supporting data center and Cloud solutions. Equinix, for its part, was just named the Leader in the inaugural IDC MarketScape Report released in December 2019.
“Telarus has experienced tremendous growth for the past few years, and with their recent additions to their Cloud practice, we feel that the time is right to partner up and see what our two great organizations can do together,” said Randy Clark, Global Program Manager at Equinix. “As Telarus and its partners move up-market, they’ll find that Equinix will be a part of almost every data center and Cloud connectivity conversation. With the investments, we continue to make in our global infrastructure, and advanced services combined with Telarus’ investments in Cloud engineering, software tools, and in-region partner development managers, we see a true partner that has signaled to the marketplace it wants to become known for its ability to support Colo and Cloud connectivity opportunities. Their sales partners have done a marvelous job selling networking, mobility, and other Cloud communications products, and we look forward to adding to their portfolio offering by allowing them to sell the best solution for connecting their customers to mission critical data and applications worldwide.”
For more information about how to add Equinix’s best-in-class colocation and Cloud connectivity solutions platform to your portfolio, please reach out to Telarus by visiting our web site, www.telarus.com, or by calling our new partner hotline at 877-346-3232.
About Equinix
Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX) connects the world’s leading businesses to their customers, employees, and partners inside the most-interconnected data centers. On this global platform for digital business, companies come together across more than 55 markets on five continents to reach everywhere, interconnect everyone, and integrate everything they need to create their digital futures. For more information, visit www.equinix.com
About Telarus
Built for You, Telarus is the largest privately-held technology services distributor (master agent) in the United States. Our dynamic agent-partner community sources data, voice, Cloud, and managed services through our robust portfolio of 250 leading service providers. We are best known for our home-grown software pricing tools and mobile apps that are unique in the industry. To help our partners grow their businesses, even more, we’ve assembled the best support organization in the business, which includes SD-WAN, Cloud, mobility, contact center, and ILEC specialty practices whose primary goal is to help our partners identify and design the right technology solutions for their customers. To learn more about the Telarus opportunity, please visit www.telarus.com, or follow us on Twitter @Telarus.