Co-lo Interconnect Platform provides access to Cloud Service Providers

Our customer provides colocation and interconnection solutions for more than 500 companies co-located in our customer's data centre locations in the UK. Thereby, these clients can connect with their business partners across their digital supply chains.

Xantaro – chosen for stability and reliability 

Due to our exceptionally strong and successful partnership with the top-tier networking vendor Juniper Networks, coupled with the stability and reliability guaranteed by our professional services, our customer selected Xantaro for their Cloud Builder platform project.  

Additionally, the extensive programmability features offered by Juniper Networks were crucial, as our customer is in the process of developing their custom SDN controller that heavily relies on network equipment APIs. Juniper's forward-looking product lineup aligns perfectly with these requirements.  

Deploying a Cloud Builder platform 

The whole project offered an accurate picture of deploying a Cloud Builder platform with Juniper's technology stack. The MX Series provides Ethernet VPN services, and the QFX Series nodes provide Layer 2 connectivity connecting multiple data centres within London. As a result, our customer's clients will only recognise one logical network. 

Our customer's goal was providing the first global platform in a carrier-neutral data centre or hosting environment. This environment enables our customer providing connectivity to multiple cloud service providers (CSPs). Therefore, a client can easily connect to a port of the cloud platform which will build a virtual circuit, directly attaching to the cloud service. This solution results in clients having a 'one-stop' shop to raise direct connectivity to each CSP, which guarantees the best performance. 

Results 

We supported our customer deploying their new Cloud Builder platform. With this new platform, our customer can expand their business as their data centres now give new opportunities to their Enterprise and Service Provider clients. 

From a financial point of view, this new service provides additional revenue through selling connectivity to Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) for new or even existing customer base. Also, our customer can control client churn rate, reducing costs and automating service rollout.